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Three days after he was deported from the United States to Guyana, Kanand Ojha was remanded to prison for the murder of gay sex worker, Noel Luther back in July 2015. Ojha was remanded to prison this morning when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before Chief Magistrate Judy Latchman. His case will come […]
High Court Judge, Gino Persaud, was blocked from boarding a Miami bound American Airlines flight from Guyana on Saturday morning after he was informed by airline representatives that his name has been flagged in the system and his US visa was under review. Justice Persaud was informed that he should visit the American Embassy in […]
Describing the delay in the release of grades for Criminal Law I and Criminal Law II for the 2024/2025 academic year as “completely unacceptable, the Chancellor of the University of Guyana, Sir Ronald Sanders, has ordered that urgent action be taken to address the delay and for a full review to be done to avoid […]
Guyana’s Ambassador to Switzerland and former Government Minister, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy has been ordered by the Court to pay $5 million plus $250,000 in costs to veteran journalist, Enrico Woolford, after the Court found that he defamed Woolford in a Guyana Times column back in 2020. In the ruling, High Court Judge Peter Hugh, dismissed […]
Former President of Guyana Donald Ramotar has accused the United States of pressuring Guyana and other countries across Latin America and the Caribbean to end their medical cooperation agreements with Cuba, saying the situation has weakened Guyana’s relationship with Havana. He said he would like to see the agreement restored. In March, Guyana’s Minister of […]
One day after a Trans Guyana Cessna caravan aircraft overshot the runway at the Mabaruma Airstrip, the company is blaming the incident on the presence of an animal on the airstrip when the plane landed. In a statement today, the airline said the aircraft was forced to run off the runway at Mabaruma as a […]
After being on the run for more than 10 years, the second man who was wanted for the July 2015 murder of gay sex worker, Noel Luther, has been deported from the United States to Guyana. Kanand Ojha, who was arrested in Queens, New York, last year arrived in the country this afternoon. He was […]
Chartered Accountant, Terrence Jaskaran, who was considered by the Court today to be an expert in forensic auditing notwithstanding the Defense’s objection, testified that A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) had a variance of more than 20,000 votes when the certified copies of the Region 4 Statements of Poll (SOPs) were […]
General Secretary of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNC/R), Sherwin Benjamin has denied that the party has sold its home in Sophia—the Congress Place. Instead, Benjamin said the business arm of the party has been activated. He did not get into details as to what business ventures the party has gone into, but large equipment […]
Although Guyana’s economy grew by 33% at half year, the Opposition APNU today said that a deeper look at the mid-year report shows that the country’s economy is dominated by the oil and gas sector, while other sectors, such as Agriculture and services have contracted. Guyana’s non-oil economy grew by 10.1%, down from about 14%. […]
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