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In a unanimous decision this afternoon, the Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal that was filed by the Mohameds in one of their extradition matters, which claimed bias by the Home Affairs Minister over the issuance of the Authority to Proceed with the extradition matter. The Court found that the Minister was carrying out one […]
Avalon Gold Exploration Inc, the company which has been exploring under the Omai Prospecting License for the past five years, has announced that it estimates that there is some 6.5 million ounces of gold at the former Omai Gold Mines site in Region 7. In a release today, the company said its exploration and development […]
President Irfaan Ali has issued a call for wider collaboration between the Government, Civil society and the Religious community to tackle the issue of criminality in Guyana, especially among young persons. The President delivered an address at the opening of the Annual Senior Officers’ Conference of the Guyana Prison Service, and said Guyana and the […]
Sections of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ “incoming correspondence” books were admitted into evidence as the Mohameds Extradition hearing continued today before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman. The two books – Office of the Permanent Secretary Incoming Correspondence, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Incoming Correspondence – came into focus as Defence Attorney, Roysdale Forde questioned […]
President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce, Kathy Smith, has been appointed as the new Chairperson of the Board of Industrial Training, which falls under the Ministry of Labour. Ms. Smith has become the first woman in the Board’s 115-year history to serve as Chairperson. According to a statement from the Labour Ministry, Smith brings […]
The Guyana Prison Service is seeing a drop in the number of repeat offenders, according to Director of Prisons, Nicklon Elliott. He told the opening of the Guyana Prison Officers’ Conference that Guyana recorded the lowest number of repeat offenders in the entire Caribbean last year. He believes various skill development programmes done in the […]
Minister of Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, has hailed the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) for increasing the approvals of loans to Guyana and net financial flows from the IDB group. Speaking at the 2026 Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the IDB and IDB-Invest over the weekend in Paraguay, Dr. Ashni Singh, said the […]
Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman today adjusted the bail conditions for US indicted businessmen Nazar and Azruddin Mohamed in the ongoing Extradition Committal Proceedings. However, the father and son were cautioned that any breach would result in their bail being forfeited. The decision was taken in response to complaints by the Prosecution of possible breaches. The […]
By Svetlana Marshall Stabroek News – one of Guyana’s longest running independent newspapers – printed its last edition this morning, bidding farewell to the country’s media landscape after 39 years. Known as the “newspaper of record”, from the time of it first edition, Stabroek News in November 1986, the newspaper was seen as championing democracy, […]
A tragic scene unfolded on Friday morning along the Orangestein Public Road, East Bank Essequibo when a 22-year-old motorcyclist, who had an amputated leg, crashed into a sales truck, while carrying his girlfriend and their young baby on his motorcycle. The motorcyclist, Krishna Persaud and his 4-month old baby lost their lives in the accident, […]
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