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Three men appeared in court yesterday and were charged for the gunning down murder of accountant Jason Cort. The 27 year old accountant was shot dead in his Meadowbrook house two weeks ago when he came face to face with the intruders just after returning home with his girlfriend. The three men who have been […]
Former Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry and former Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Jo-Ann Barlow were today sworn in as Puisne Judges by President David Granger during a brief ceremony at the President’s Office. Both women have given several years of service to the public in the legal field and were tipped to be promoted just […]
Almost a week after the Minister of State, Joe Harmon revealed that a number of officials of the former government and their relatives had abused the Guyoil government credit system, the General Secretary of the PPP is challenging Harmon to “be a man” and release the names of the persons. At his Monday morning press briefing, […]
The main opposition, People’s Progressive Party has selected the 32 persons from its list of candidates who will now go on to represent the party in the National Assembly. PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee on Monday morning announced that the party has finalized the selection of its new Members of Parliament but he refused to […]
Police in Berbice are investigating the shooting death of a Corentyne businessman who was killed in Port Mourant shop on Sunday evening. According to a police statement, the incident took place just after 7:30 last evening as 41-year-ild Rampersaud Shivcharran was in his shop. Two men who were both armed with handguns entered the premises […]
The Commonwealth group has declared its commitment to Guyana’s sovereignty and territorial integrity following the latest decree by Venezuela’s President Nicholas Maduro, claiming Guyana’s oil rich territorial waters. In a statement from its United Kingdom Headquarters, the Commonwealth reminded that “we are an association of 53 member states worldwide accounting for one quarter of the United […]
New York based Guyanese singer, Lisa Punch will be representing Guyana at this year’s Miss World Pageant in Sanya, China. Punch who is better known on the local stage for her singing voice rather than for her catwalk moves, was selected at a glitzy special invitees only “Coronation” event at the Guyana Marriott Hotel on […]
A 34-year old barber from Berbice is in the custody of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit after he was busted on Friday afternoon at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport with just over 25 pounds of cocaine. A senior official of CANU confirmed the bust and told News Source that the cocaine was found in the […]
Kurt Campbell reports… The Guyana Government has strengthened its capacity to fight money laundering and terrorism financing with a swift passage of the controversial Anti Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (Amendment) Bill on Friday night . The passage of the Bill was not met with any resistance in the House as the […]
Chairman of Region 10, Sharma Solomon is not among the names that have been extracted by the APNU+AFC coalition, from its list of candidates to serve on the Regional Democratic Council for the Region. Government’s Chief Whip and Minister of Social Cohesion, Amna Ally made the confirmation on Friday during an interview with News Source. The […]
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