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Unhappy with the ruling by Chief Justice Roxane George on the President’s unilateral appointment of Clifton Hicken as Acting Police Commissioner, the Opposition has filed an appeal in the matter. Last week, the Chief Justice ruled that in the absence of a Leader of the Opposition and a Police Service Commission being in place at […]
Opposition Leader Aubrey today promised to intervene if there are attempts to stymie or influence the investigations into claims made by CID rank Dion Bascom against senior members of the Guyana Police Force. Bascom has alleged that a major Police cover-up might have hampered the investigations into the murder of popular biker, Ricardo Fagundes aka […]
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) today announced that it will commence a Claims and Objections exercise from next Monday to produce an Official List of Electors (OLE) ahead of Local Government polls. The exercise will be conducted at all the GECOM permanent Registration Offices in the ten (10) Administrative Regions. During the Claims and Objections […]
Veteran politician and former General Secretary of the governing People’s Progressive Party, Clement Rohee took the oath of office this morning as a new PPP-nominated Commissioner of the Guyana Elections Commission, taking up the seat left by Bibi Shadick who passed away on Saturday. Mr. Rohee took the oath of office before President Irfaan Ali […]
Two men are in custody for the stabbing death of 20-year-old Perseverance, East Bank Demerara youth, Owen Young. The murder took place at around 10pm on Saturday. A police report said Young and the two suspects were involved in a heated argument when one of the suspects suddenly stabbed the youth to his neck with […]
35-year-old Natoya Narine of Linden became the latest accident victim of the Soesdyke-Linden highway on Sunday when she lost control of her car as she was heading to Georgetown. Narine was driving in the Loo creek area when she reportedly lost control resulting in the car flipping over several times before it came to a […]
Professor at the University of British Columbia, Dr. Janette Bulkan believes that oil company ExxonMobil and other operators within the Petroleum Industry are being “given free rein” by the Guyanese Government to dominate the country’s marine space, thereby, superseding the legal and customary rights of fishers. The situation, she said, has resulted in a […]
Police Detective Dion Bascom is standing by his claims that there is a cover-up in the Police investigations into the murder of biker Ricardo Fagundes aka Paper Shorts. The Police Detective has claimed major corruption in the investigation involving senior Police officers and a city businessman and his security agent. Over the weekend, the Police […]
Police investigators in Region Eight are probing the shooting death of 28-year-old Venezuelan national Rosemarie Torres and the injuring of her friend Elianny Perozo. The incident took place on Friday afternoon and a businessman in the same area who is known to the two women is the main suspect who remains on the run. According […]
A 24-year-old goldsmith who was preparing to marry his longtime girlfriend later this month was stabbed to death on Friday night during an argument with a friend at the Muslim Youth Organisation ground. The dead man has been identified as Kareem Kyum of Regent Street, Bourda. According to reports, Kyum and the 21-year-old suspects were […]
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