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Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed and his two workers, Mario Mohammed and Eugene Thorne were granted bail this afternoon in the sum of $750,000 each on the charges of unlawful possession of a gun, unlawful possession of ammunition and attempt to obstruct the course of justice. The Court has also attached a number of conditions to […]
Tributes poured in today for Former Leader of the People’s National Congress and former Opposition Leader, Robert Corbin at his funeral service. The tributes were led by President Irfaan Ali, who remembered Corbin as an astute politician who put country before self. The President described Robert Corbin as a self-made politician, whose political fortitude was […]
Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed and his workers, Mario Mohammed and Eugene Thorne are expected to be taken before the Court tomorrow to face charges related to that Monday night incident outside the home of the Special Branch Head, Senior Superintent of Police, Prem Narine. The Director of Public Prosecutions has advised that the three be […]
It took the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guard more than four hours after the coordinates were mapped to deploy its offshore patrol vessel, the GDFS Shahoud, to the disaster site where the MV Barima sank. Although a distress signal was received by the Timehri Tower just after 10:30 pm and the coordinates were dispatched […]
As the public hearings into the MV Barima tragedy continued today, the Commission of Inquiry (COI) was informed that the Guyana Defence Force’s Bell 407 helicopter, which was the second aircraft to be dispatched from Ogle following reports of the tragedy, was unable to fly to the disaster site. However, three other aircraft including one […]
At a Night of Reflection on Wednesday in memory of former Opposition Leader and former Leader of the People’s National Congress, General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party and Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo, extended an olive branch to the Opposition People’s National Congress Reform, saying that the future of the country is dependent on a […]
Director of Operations and Commercial Pilot for Roraima Airways, Captain Learie Barclay took the stand at the MV Barima Commission of Inquiry this morning and told the Commission that emergency flares were first sighted at 2:09am on July 19, 2026, approximately 3 nautical miles away from the coordinates initially received regarding a vessel in distress. […]
The lone Aeronautical Information Service (AIS) Officer who was on duty at the Timehri Control Tower when the MV Barima sank, told the Commission of Inquirty today that she received multiple distress message alerts from the United States Mission Control Centre (USMCC) indicating that a vessel was in distress. That AIS Officer, Tia Valenzuela, was […]
The We Invest In Nationhood (WIN) party today claimed that the party and Opposition Leader, Azruddin Mohamed was the subject of an assassination attempt on Monday night. At a press conference today, WIN Members of Parliament Duarte Hetsberger and Vishnu Panday said Mohamed came under attack in the Kitty area while in car that was […]
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has rejected what it describes as a “materially inaccurate” account of the environmental authorisation process for the Wales Gas-to-Energy project. In a statement today the EPA said claims that no Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) was conducted for the Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) facility and the gas-fired power plant, and that […]
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