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The United States Department of Defense plans to work closer this year with the Guyana Defence Force to boost and modernize the country’s defence architecture. U.S Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Daniel Erikson made that disclosure during a two-day visit to Guyana, which ended on Tuesday. During the visit, he met and held talks with […]
With the Justice System facing an increasing number of cases, Acting Chief Justice Roxane George, is urging citizens to consider the use of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) more. At the opening of Law Year 2024 on Tuesday, Justice George said Attorneys should advise their clients to explore Alternative Dispute Resolution, explaining that ADR is any […]
by Svetlana Marshall The 2024 Law Year opened this morning with the launch of a Strategic Plan for the Judiciary, and announcements by the Acting Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Yonette Cummings, that a number of new Magisterial positions have been established by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). In her address at the Supreme Court […]
More than three weeks after the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions recommended that popular race car driver and businessman Mark Vieira face five assault charges, the Guyana Police Force has not proceeded with the Court case and is silent on the matter. The investigation and recommendation charges stemmed from an incident between Vieira […]
The Guyana Fire Service has found itself investigating yet another fire in the Sophia area. Late on Monday afternoon, the Fire Service was summoned to the South Sophia community after an alarm was raised about a house on fire. Despite the best efforts of the firemen, the entire two-storey building was completely gutted, leaving millions […]
A young mother and her three children have been left looking for a new home after a fire this afternoon gutted their house in Kiskadee Drive, South Ruimveldt. The mother, who asked that her identity not be disclosed, said she was at work when she received a call that her house was on fire just […]
Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Senior Cousel Anil Nandlall, is not happy with the time it is taking for the election fraud cases to be heard. At a press conference on Monday, the Attorney General questioned some of the decisions of the Magistrates who have been hearing the matters, pointing out that in […]
Two men accused of shooting a man dead outside a Canal #2 Polder wedding house and injuring another, during the course of a robbery, were charged and remanded to jail on Monday. 35-year-old Otto Pitman and 49-year-old Oliver Franklyn appeared before Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Vreed-En-Hoop Magistrate’s Court, where they were charged for the […]
The Guyana Police Force has reported that another life has been lost on the country’s roadways. 25-year-old motorcyclist, Ricardo Bipta last his life late on Monday night along the #9 Public Road on the West Coast Berbice. In a report, the Guyana Police Force stated that the accident took place at around 10:30 on Monday […]
The early Monday morning accident between a mini-bus and an SUV outside the Ruimveldt Police station has claimed the lives of a husband and wife. A Police report identified the two dead persons as 51-year-old Sarah Wilson and 54-year-old Rawle McKenzie. The husband was the driver of the mini-bus while his wife was the front […]
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