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The Twenty-Sixth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) got underway on Wednesday at the CARICOM Headquarters in Georgetown Guyana. The Council is being chaired by Minister of Health and Social Services from Montserrat, Hon. Colin Riley and is being hosted with support from the International Labour Organization (ILO), the UN Women and the Caribbean Development Bank. […]
Investigators probing the police shooting of a 15-year-old boy in his mouth have asked the Doctor at the Georgetown Hospital who treated the young man to “clarify” his medical report. News Source understands that the Doctor has since indicated to the Police that there is nothing more to clarify and that he has reported exactly […]
The decision by the Progressive Youth Organisation to host a candle light vigil to lend its voice to the campaign to have the school girls kidnapped in Nigeria returned to their homes, was met with opposition by a number of other youth groups and youth organisations who launched their own “#bringback” campaign outside the PYO’s […]
Berbice businessman Nicholas Harrinandan who was charged in April with cocaine trafficking has been granted bail in the sum of $2 Million. He was charged after he was busted with over 15 pounds of cocaine in baked pastries at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport. When he made his first court appearance, he was refused bail […]
The Mayor and Councillors of Georgetown have decided to launch a public awareness campaign in light of the current situation at the municipality with two acting Town Clerks, one appointed by the Local Government Minister and the other put in place by the City Council itself. The Mayor and City Councillors at an extraordinary meeting […]
Member of Parliament for the APNU and Former Commissioner of Police Winston Felix is surprised that the Guyana Police Force is still to institute charges against the police officer who shot a 15-year-old boy in his mouth. Felix who is credited with dismantling the Roger Khan drug ring during his time in office, told a […]
The Guyana Police Force has announced that it is investigating the murder of 50-year-old miner Gregory Gibson, who died after being beaten with a piece of wood by another miner during an argument over money. According to a Police report, the incident took place on Sunday morning around 5:30 at Blackwater Landing in the Potaro […]
(Trinidad Guardian) Professor Liam Teague said T&T has only scratched the surface in discovering the potential of the national instrument the steelband. Teague, one of the three recipients of the 2014 Anthony N Sabga Caribbean Awards for Excellence, said it was miraculous that pan pioneers had been able to work against the odds to make the pan […]
Former model and beauty queen Carol Ann Lynch walked out of the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court a free woman for the second time after Chief Magistrate (ag) Priya Beharry accepted the no case submission by Lynch’s attorney Latchmie Rahamat in the murder of Lynch’s husband. The Magistrate found that a prima facie case had not been […]
In a notice published in Saturday’s newspapers, the Supreme Court has invited Attorneys who have more than 15 years of service to the local bar to submit applications to be considered to be elevated to the dignity of Senior Counsel. According to the notice, attorneys applying for the elevation should have 15 years of active […]
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