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The Attorneys for Opposition Leader David Granger have been given the all clear to file their appeal in the Appellate Court against the decision of Chief Justice Ian Chang to remove the Opposition Leader from the budget cut case. Granger’s attorneys have always argued that he should have been able present his side in the […]
Guyana’s governing party, the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has launched a barrage of criticism in Venezuela against the Opposition parties there as anti government protests continue in Caracas. In a statement, the PPP said it has extended its solidarity “with the Government and people of Venezuela in what appeared to be a well orchestrated attempt […]
The Barbados-based financial institution, the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) projects that Guyana, along with Suriname and Haiti will take the lead amongst the regional economies, in terms of accelerating growth in the next two years. This is according to the CDB’s President Dr William Warren Smith, during the bank’s annual press conference on February 11, […]
Police at Timehri are investigating the murder of a female taxi driver whose body was found early Sunday morning, dumped close to her car in a mining pit just off of the Linden Soesdyke Highway. A young labourer who works in the area has since been taken into custody as the investigations continue and investigators […]
Just six months after being appointed a Justice of Appeal in Guyana, Guyanese born, British lawyer Rabi Sukul has resigned from the post after he was asked to do so by the Chancellor of the Judiciary. The request by Chancellor (ag) Carl Singh came as information surfaced that Sukul had been disbarred in London for […]
A post-mortem examination conducted on the body of a Jamaican woman who was found dead in a Georgetown Hotel confirmed that the woman was a drug smuggler and had ingested a number of cocaine pellets. According to a Police report, the autopsy was conducted on Friday, February 14 on the body of Jamaican National Beverley […]
The Customs Anti Narcotics Unit is looking for a U.S Deportee who the agency believes in linked to the recent drug busts at the Cheddi Jagan airport which involved two passengers who had cocaine hidden in packets of achar. CANU has issued a wanted bulletin for Tarachandra Persaud aka Doce or Dos. Investigators believe he may […]
Former National Footballer and Coach Peter Lashley was killed on Friday morning in an accident on Mandela Avenue in the city. Reports indicate that Lashley was riding his motorcycle when he was hit down and run over by a speeding sand truck. The Guyana Police Force in a statement said from information it received from […]
Twenty-four Assistant Prison Officers (APOs) graduated in Basic Recruitment Training, after undergoing approximately two months of training by the Guyana Prison Service. This is the second batch of graduates to complete the course. Initially the course commenced on October 28, 2013 with 26 participants, however, 24 graduated, with the other two dropping out. The objective […]
United States Ambassador to Guyana Brent Hardt has indicated that his country is still very interested in having an office of the U.S Drug Enforcement Agency in Guyana but the move is awaiting approval back in Washington. Speaking to reporters on Thursday at the U.S Embassy in Georgetown, Ambassador Hardt said “its a matter of […]
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