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Justice Winston Patterson, is to be appointed as the new Ombudsman. He replaces Justice Winston Moore, who passed away last year. This morning, President David Granger consulted with Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo on the appointment and the Opposition Leader offered no objections. In a brief telephone interview with News Source after the meeting, Mr. Jagdeo […]
Police investigators were called to Marigold Street, Roxanne Burnham Gardens this morning, after the body of a man was discovered in a clump of bushes. Persons in the area said the man’s lifeless body bore at least one gunshot wound to the head. A farmer in the area who was reportedly taking his cattle to […]
On the same day that his father was charged with attempting to bribe policeman to have him released, a Sophia Teen was remanded to prison after being charged with possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition. 19-year-old Micheal Raghubeer stood before the Chief Magistrate at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court this afternoon and faced the charges. […]
Two Sophia residents were today placed on $200,000 bail each at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court after they were both charged with attempting to bribe a policeman. The two men, Kamendra Raghubeer and Anil Persaud, both appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan and entered not guilty pleas. The court heard that on May 9th, at the […]
The family of a 19-year-old youth, who was diagnosed as being bipolar, is seeking the public’s help in locating him. The young man, Jude Eversley, was last seen in the early morning hours of Saturday as he barged out of his parent’s Sussex Street home. He had just gotten into a scuffle with his mom, […]
Opposition Leader Bahrrat Jagdeo believes that Guyana’s economy and citizens are worse off under the APNU+AFC coalition government than under any People’s Progressive Party government. Jagdeo’s comments come as the governing APNU+AFC coalition is entering its third year in office. Reflecting on the government’s performance over the last two years, the Opposition Leader said Guyanese […]
The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is blaming poor storage for its inability to produce several tax exemption files which were specifically requested by Auditor General, Deodat Sharma, during a routine audit of the Authority back in 2016. However, the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee is not satisfied with the explanation provided by GRA’s Deputy Commissioner General, […]
One of the men wanted in connection with last Friday’s cocaine in timber bust, was arrested by Police yesterday (Monday), and handed over to investigators of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit. The man, Tazim Gafoor, was arrested at Parika. He is the father of racecar driver, Nazim Gafoor, who has been in custody since the […]
Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo, is awaiting word from President David Granger on the latest list of nominees for the post of Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission. Mr. Jagdeo submitted a second list of nominees two weeks ago, after the first list was rejected back in January. The President has since indicated that […]
The Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) wants the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to investigate and provide a full report on the alleged removal and subsequent return of two vehicles from a private warehouse at Eccles, East Bank of Demerara. The Auditor General has pointed out in his 2016 report that during a physical inspection of […]
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