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37-year-old West Demerara businessman, Robert Hoosein, was today charged for manslaughter in the shooting death of 35-year-old Police Lance Corporal, Richard Hayes. The Policeman was shot was shot dead last Thursday morning at the businessman’s cell phone in Vreed-en-Hoop during a row over the sale of a phone. In Court today, the businessman was granted […]
The University of Guyana today announced that it is set to graduate its largest batch of students in its history next month with almost 3,600 persons graduating with Certificates, Diplomas, Bachelor’s and Masters Degree and Doctoral Degrees. The three day graduation exercise will be held from November 20-22. In a release today, University explained that […]
The Government of Guyana has re-invited proposals for the 165 megawatts (MW) Amaila Falls Hydropower project. According to the Request For Proposals (RFP) issued by the Office of the Prime Minister, the Government is seeking investors for a Build-Own-Operate-Transfer (BOOT) model. Interested companies are expected to submit a proposal for a hydro dam with a […]
Disturbed by the tragic death of six-year-old Soraya Bourne, who was killed in a terrorist bomb attack in down town Georgetown on Sunday night, the opposition APNU today said Guyana is facing a major security breach, and the Government must now put added measures in place to ensuring that foreign nationals, in particular, Venezuelans, are […]
Still in shock over the death of her six-year-old daughter in a bombing attack on Sunday night at the Mobil Gas Station on Regent Street, Samantha Roach is calling on the authorities to do all in their power to bring the perpetrator to justice. “I need justice. I need justice. I need some kind of […]
A deadly explosion at the Regent Street Mobil station in Georgetown, which left a six-year-old girl dead and four others injured is being investigated as a deliberate attack carried out by a man suspected to be a foreign national. Moments before the explosion, the suspect was seen entering the gas station carrying a black gym-type […]
Two men, 25-year-old Akande Ross, of Herstelling, East Bank Demerara and 29-year-old Shaquille Wilburg, of Public Road Buxton, East Coast Demerara were today charged and remanded to prison for the murder of 24-year-old Faynell Brewster of West Ruimvelt. The woman was gunned down in her yard on Sunday night during an attempted robbery by the […]
Leader of the People’s National Conference Reform (PNCR), Aubrey Norton today condemned the United States Government over the killing of suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean Sea, off the coast of Venezuela. At a press conference, Mr. Norton said while the PNCR, and by extension A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), is completely against drug […]
President Irfaan Ali is seeking the agreement of outgoing Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on the appointment of Justice Roxane George as substantive Chancellor of the Judiciary and Justice Navindra Singh as substantive Chief Justice. Mr. Norton received the letter from the Government this afternoon, even as the President was preparing to announce the early retirement […]
In a late afternoon statement to the nation, President Irfaan Ali announced that Justice Yonette Cummings, who has been Acting Chancellor since 2017, will be heading off on early retirement. The President said Justice Cummings, who returned from two months of vacation leave this week, wrote to him today seeking pre-retirement leave from next Monday […]
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