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A transgender sex worker was gunned down in the early hours of this morning in the Charlotte and King Streets area in Georgetown. Police investigators were alerted to the shooting incident just after 2 o’clock this morning. The dead sex worker’s identity has been given as Simon Shawn Anthony, who was 27-years-old. Another sex worker […]
The Guyana Police Force is investigating the deaths of two brothers from Parika on the East Bank of Essequibo in a cutlass chopping incident. The two dead brothers have been as identified 17-year-old Marvin Joseph and 30-year-old Ellis Joseph. In a statement, the Police explained a confusing series of events that resulted in the deaths. […]
In response to a letter writer in one of the daily newspapers, the Guyana Elections Commission today made it clear that it has no authority to remove the Leader of The New Movement part, Dr. Asha Kissoon, from the National Assembly, although the Commission is still actively discussing her presence in the Assembly and the […]
A Charlestown family is praying and hoping for the full recovery of their six-year-old son, Jeremiah Gustave, who was shot to the head on Tuesday evening, while standing near to his mother’s food stand in Charlestown. The shooting took place as a gunman opened fire near the stand at man in a suspected execution attempt. […]
Minster of Governance, Gail Teixeira, has stressed the need for public servants, especially high-ranking officials, to conduct their functions more diligently in order to promote good governance and effective management of the systems to ensure equitable access, fairness, and transparency in Guyana. Speaking at the opening of a round table discussion on ethical behaviour within […]
By Svetlana Marshall A Legal Conference on Criminal Justice Reform opened at the Mariott Hotel this morning with President Irfaan Ali highlighting the issue of “predictability” in the Justice System. At the conference, which has brought together legal luminaries from Guyana and the region, the President said there must be consistency in decisions handed down […]
An investigation has been launched by the Police as well as the Child Care and Protection Agency, after a 14-year-old boy lost his life by drowning on Tuesday afternoon at the National Aquatic Centre at Lilliendaal. The dead youth has been identified as Joel Adams, who lived at the Sophia Care Centre, which is managed […]
The Guyana Police Force has announced that it has dismantled a criminal network with the arrest of three Chinese nationals who it is suspected, were linked to gold smuggling and money laundering. In a statement last evening, the Police explained that the three were arrested during an inter-agency intelligence operation at a city hotel. According […]
Maintaining that ExxonMobil Guyana abides by the laws and regulations of the country, the President and CEO of the company, Alistair Routledge today ruled out any issue of there being a conflict of interest emerging from ExxonMobil’s relationship with the Hughes, Fields and Stoby Law Firm, now that one of the partners in that firm, […]
The first meeting of the new Constitutional Reform Commission took place today at the Commission of Inquiry Secretariat on Middle Street in Georgetown. At the meeting, Minister of Governance Gail Teixeira was voted in as the Vice Chairperson of the Commission, which has retired Chancellor, Justice Carl Singh as its Chairman. Teixeira was nominated by […]
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