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The International Court of Justice this morning ruled that it has jurisdiction to entertain Guyana’s case against Venezuela on the validity of the 1899 Arbitral Award which outlined the land boundary between the two countries. By a majority of 12 to 4, the Court established its jurisdiction in the matter that was taken before it […]
Less than 30 minutes after losing a case against the appointment of Senior Counsel by former President David Granger, Attorney Timothy Jonas joined Attorney General Anil Nandlall and Attorney Jameela Ali to be appointed as Senior Counsel by President Irfaan Ali. The Office of the President announced the appointments back in October but a decision […]
The Ministry of Health is closely monitoring the spread of the coronavirus disease in the Region Ten area as the Upper Demerara/Berbice region continues to see an increase in cases. 21 of the 26 new Coronavirus cases recorded yesterday are from the mining region. A total of 24 new cases were recorded in the region […]
High Court Judge Nareshwar Harnanan this afternoon ruled that the case taken before the Court by Attorney Timothy Jonas challenging the appointments of Senior Counsel by former President David Granger in 2019 has no merit and therefore all of the orders that were sought were refused. Jonas, who has since been appointed a Senior Counsel […]
The Guyana Police Force is reminding drivers that failing to produce a driver’s license when requested to do so, is an offense. The Guyana Police Force and the relatives of murdered Berbice teens Isaiah and Joel Henry got into a war of words today after an altercation last evening during a traffic stop at Sparendaam. […]
The spread of the coronavirus in Guyana is not slowing down. The Ministry of Health announced two additional Coronavirus related deaths on Wednesday as the country surpassed 6000 cases of the virus. There are 666 active cases. The two latest deaths have taken the total number of deaths to 158. The latest fatalities were identified […]
Members of the Guyana Police Force will be receiving the equivalent of two weeks of their monthly salary as an end of year bonus. The announcement was made this morning by President Irfaan Ali as he attended the Police Commissioner’s Breakfast event. The President used the event to encourage senior officers to lead the way […]
The Argentine Forensic Expert who was brought to Guyana by the Guyana Human Rights Authority to assist in the probe of the Berbice teen murders will be leaving Guyana tomorrow and is still to receive any technical information on the Police investigation. Forensic Expert, Dr. Luis Fondebrider who visited the scenes where the bodies were found […]
With the United Kingdom and the United States already administering one of the coronavirus vaccines, Guyana has started moves to expand its capacity to store the vaccines whenever they become available. Some of the vaccines have to be stored in -70 degree temperatures. The country currently does not have such storage facilities, but Health Minister […]
The Police Constable who was initially charged with murder in the shooting death of 39-year-old Cecil Sampat, has now been charged with manslaughter after the DPP withdrew the murder charge. 25-year-old, Police Constable Troy Munroe appeared before the Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan today and was not required to enter a plea to the manslaughter charge. […]
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