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Leader of the People’s National Conference Reform (PNCR), Aubrey Norton today condemned the United States Government over the killing of suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean Sea, off the coast of Venezuela. At a press conference, Mr. Norton said while the PNCR, and by extension A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), is completely against drug […]
President Irfaan Ali is seeking the agreement of outgoing Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on the appointment of Justice Roxane George as substantive Chancellor of the Judiciary and Justice Navindra Singh as substantive Chief Justice. Mr. Norton received the letter from the Government this afternoon, even as the President was preparing to announce the early retirement […]
In a late afternoon statement to the nation, President Irfaan Ali announced that Justice Yonette Cummings, who has been Acting Chancellor since 2017, will be heading off on early retirement. The President said Justice Cummings, who returned from two months of vacation leave this week, wrote to him today seeking pre-retirement leave from next Monday […]
The Government of Guyana remains silent on the controversy that has erupted at the top of the local Judiciary with Justice Yonette Cummings returning from leave to continue her role as Acting Chancellor, and Justice Roxane George, who was acting as Chancellor while Cummings was on leave, finding herself without a Chamber as Justice Navindra […]
Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform and outgoing Opposition Leader, Aubrey Norton, believes that based on a correspondence that was sent to him by the Government, now that Justice Yonette Cummings is back from leave, she has resumed the position of Acting Chancellor and Justice Roxane George who was acting as Chancellor, should be […]
A 35-year-old Police Lance Corporal was shot dead this morning by a businessman at Vreed-en-Hoop after a row erupted at the businessman’s shop over the sale of a phone. The dead Policeman has been identified as Richard Marvin Hayes, who was attached to the Impact Base at the Brickdam Police Station. He lived at Vreed-en-Hoop […]
President Irfaan Ali has announced that the 13th Parliament will be convened on Monday, 3rd November, which is exactly four months after the dissolution of the 12 Parliament on July 4 to prepare make way for National Elections which took place on the 1st September. The Opposition political parties, especially the WIN party, have expressed […]
Controversy has now engulfed the local judiciary as Justice Yonette Cummings has returned from two months of vacation leave and has resumed her post as Acting Chancellor. However, while Justice Cummings has returned to her Chambers, Justice Roxane George who was appointed Acting Chancellor in early August, has found herself operating out of the Conference […]
Dissatisfied with the state of the Beterverwagting Primary School and the Regional Special Needs Centre amid a pigeon infestation, parents of children attending the two schools shut both schools down today in protest. They claim that enough is not being done to address the problem. The two schools have been battling the pigeon infestation for […]
Alliance For Change Executive Member and Former APNU+AFC Member of Parliament, Devin Sears, was remanded to jail this morning after pleading not guilty to drug trafficking in a 650-pound marijuana bust case. His co-accused, 69-year-old Albert Sandy, was sentenced to 4 years in jail after he entered a guilty plea in the same case. The […]
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