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Following the accusations by Former President, Bharrat Jagdeo, that the actions of the Special Organised Crime Unit to arrest and question former PPP cabinet members was politically motivated, the Government of Guyana in a statement assured that the investigations by SOCU has been “meticulous, fair and independent”. In a statement, the Government said the accusations […]
Member of Parliament for the People’s Progressive Party and former Attorney General, Anil Nandall this afternoon said it will be up to the Special Organised Crime Unit as to what happens next following the questioning of Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo and other former members of the PPP cabinet about the Pradoville 2 land acquisition scandal. […]
Moments after the arrest of former Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Roger Luncheon, Opposition Leader and Former President, Bharrat Jagdeo was escorted to the headquarters of the Special Organised Crime Unit of the Guyana Police Force as the probe continues into the Pradoville 2 land acquisition scandal. Also being held for questioning at the SOCU headquarters were […]
Former Head of the Presidential Secretariat and Cabinet Secretary under the PPP government, Dr. Roger Forbes Luncheon was this afternoon taken into custody by the Special Organised Crime Unit as the probe into the Pradoville 2 land acquisition scandal continued. The arrest took place at the Office of the Opposition Leader right in front of […]
A 15-year-old youth from Sophia was remanded to the Sophia Juvenile Detention facility this morning after he was charged with murder. The young man, whose name and identity will not be published because of his age, appeared before the Chief Magistrate and was not required to enter a plea to the indictable charge of murder. […]
Guyana and the Inter-American Development Bank have inked three Technical Cooperation Agreements that will cover several development projects. The agreements were signed on Monday by Minister of Finance,Winston Jordan and IDB Country Representative, Sophie Makonnen. According to the Finance Ministry, the Agreements are valued at a total of US$1,762,250 and represents technical assistance resources for […]
Former members of the PPP Civic government who all acquired sprawling land at Pradoville 2, far below what should have been the cost, are refusing to face questioning by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) at its headquarters. Instead, they have indicated that they would be prepared to face questioning at other locations, including Freedom […]
(NYDailyNews) A 32-year-old East Harlem man was convicted Monday of gunning down Guyanese born, NYPD Police Officer Randolph Holder in a pathetic bid to evade arrest after an unrelated shooting last year. It took a Manhattan jury four days to convict Tyrone Howard on charges that included murder, robbery and other charges. Howard was on […]
A Berbice man and woman were today slapped with a sentence of 60 months in jail each and fined a total of $57 Million after found guilty of attempting to traffic more than 40 pounds of cocaine through the Cheddi Jagan Airport. The couple, 25-year-old Mahendra Ramsuchit and 29-year-old Robhina Basdeoram were both found guilty […]
As the court case against the parking meter contract continues, Justice Brassington Reynolds today ruled that the Orders Nisi issued by Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards do not put a stay on the ongoing implementation of the parking meter project. He also rejected an application to put the project on hold until the case would have been […]
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