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Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo has declared that he is unbothered by the 2025 US State Department Report which highlighted corruption and money laundering as significant problems that continue to affect Guyana. At a press conference on Thursday, Mr. Jagdeo said he believes that many of the issues raised by the U.S State Department were contained […]
Two weeks after he shot 21-year-old Ronaldo Peters at Half Mile, Wismar, and dragged his body and dumped it into an unmarked vehicle, Police Sergeant Philbert Kendall was today charged and remanded to prison for the young man’s murder. The charge followed advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions. In Court today, the Police Sergeant […]
By Svetlana Marshall The President of the Amerindian Peoples Association (APA), Mario Hastings, slammed the Government of Guyana and its respect for the rights of Indigenous people as he addressed the United Nations (UN) Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. He told the Forum on Wednesday that the actions of the Government of Guyana directly violate […]
Fourteen hours after it told the nation that 11-year-old Adrianna Younge was abducted with surveillance footage showing her leaving the Double Day Hotel in a red and black car Wednesday afternoon, the Guyana Police Force has admitted that its own statement contained multiple inaccuracies. In a statement issued four hours after Younge’s body was found […]
The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) are calling for a thorough and independent probe into the death of 11-year-old Adrianna Younge, as well as the immediate removal of Police Commissioner, Clifton Hicken over the Force’s shoddy probe into the initial missing person’s report that was filed. The 11-year-old was […]
In a rare rebuke of the Guyana Police Force, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo this afternoon declared that he is not buying the Police’s version of the disappearance of 11 year old Adrianna Younge, who went missing from the Double Day Hotel at Tuschen yesterday during an outing with her family. The 11-year-old girl’s body was […]
The search for 11-year-old Adrianna Younge ended sadly this morning when her lifeless body was found in the pool of the Double Day Hotel at Tuschen on the East Bank of Essequibo. The discovery triggered widespread protests and the storming of the hotel by angry residents. The building was then set on fire. The family […]
Terror gripped the closely knitted Soesdyke-Linden highway village of Ideal on Wednesday night as a man went on a shooting rampage at the home of his estranged wife, shooting the woman dead along with her mother and sister, and also injuring her brother. The incident took place just after 9:30pm in the small village. The […]
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is working with Guyana with the hope of having Guyana ratify the UNESCO 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. Guyana’s ratification of the Living Heritage Convention would mark an important step forward in the safeguarding of the country’s cultural heritage, and that […]
Chartered Accountant and Attorney-at-Law Christopher Ram has issued a pre-action notice to the Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat and the Commissioner of Information retired Justice of Appeal, Charles Ramson regarding their failure to comply with requests made under the Access to Information Act (2011). In a statement today, Ram said his requests date back […]
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