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As the coalition government pushes for a centralized public information unit, it has announced plans to merge the Government Information Agency (GINA) with the newly created, Department of Public Information (DPI). Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo told News Source on Monday that Cabinet has already approved the merging of the two agencies for which a phased […]
High Court Judge, Navindra Singh, today handed down a 65 year jail sentence to a Linden farmer who was found guilty of murdering his brother-in-law. Citrus Farmer, Lakeraj Fredericks, little signs of emotion as he stood before the Judge and listened attentively to the sentence being handed down. A jury found the farmer guilty of the […]
Two youths, who are accused of stabbing a 16-year-old boy to death at a school fair recently, were charged and remanded to prison today for the teenager’s murder. In the Courtroom of the Chief Magistrate today, 20-year-old, Shonnon Cox and 17-year-old, Andy Peter, were not required to enter a plea to the indictable charge of […]
As the debate rages on about possible ways to salvage the sugar industry, Minister of Agriculture, Noel Holder, told the National Assembly today that the government intends to close at least two more sugar estates by the end of 2017 as it pushes ahead with plans for diversification. Holder identified those estates to be the Enmore […]
Justice Franklyn Holder this morning indicated that he has decided to recuse himself from further hearing the case involving the government and suspended Chairman of the Public Service Commission, Carvil Duncan. The Judge’s decision, came days after Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo made a request for him to recuse himself. The Prime Minister is a respondent […]
Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, who is a party in the court matter against suspended Public Service Commission Chairman Carvil Duncan, has formally requested that the Judge in the matter, Justice Franklyn Holder, recuses himself from further hearing the case. The Prime Minister’s request was made on May 4th, and comes just three days before the […]
Police ranks in Berbice arrested five men early this morning in the village of Glasgow, during a patrol. It was just around 1:30am, that the ranks pulled up long side a motorcar that was carrying five men. A search was conducted and the ranks found an unlicensed pistol with 13 live rounds , a length of […]
The Guyana Police Force is crediting “the quick response and diligent work” by ranks of D’ Division, for the arrest of four of six robbery suspects and the recovery of firearms and ammunition. The four men were arrested by Police, moments after they carried out a daring robbery at Cornelia Ida on the West Coast […]
Police investigators were called to C’ Field, Sophia last evening following the shooting death of a bread vendor during an armed robbery. Dead is 42-year-old, Andre Alexander. According to reports, the bread vendor was approached by two men on a motorcycle who ordered two loaves of bread and paid with a $5000 bill. As Alexander […]
The driver of a high-powered, sports car has been taken into custody in Linden following an accident at Amelia’s Ward yesterday afternoon, which left a 59-year-old man dead. The dead man has been identified as Michael Simon of Amerlia’s Ward, Linden. According to a Police report, at around 6:45 Friday evening, 35-year-old driver, Clint Henry […]
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