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A Joint Services investigative team that probed the June 2008 murder of eight miners at Lindo Creek is being called upon to provide reasons why it did not interview any civilian before it completed its probe and offered its findings. The report from the investigation which lasted just about two weeks cleared the Joint Services […]
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) in Guyana and the Rights of the Child Commission plan to work together to see the operationalization a Youth Court in Guyana. UNICEF Representative Ms. Sylvie Fouet said the move to establish the Court, which is being spearheaded by the Chancellor of the Judiciary Justice Yonnette Cummings Edwards, will address […]
Declaring that he was “most proud” of Guyanese living and working in Antigua and Barbuda, Guyana’s Honorary Consul there, Robert ‘Bobby’ Reis, believes that any Guyanese national who is living on the island illegally deserves to be sent back home. It is estimated that there are between 10,000 to 15,000 Guyanese nationals living on the […]
When he was first arrested and detained on a murder charge, Ian Henry had just turned thirteen years old. His case dragged on for the next six years and he was only recently released after the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions made a decision to drop the charge against the youth and discontinue […]
Financial crimes and the ongoing fight against them are taking centre stage at a special workshop for Caribbean Judges and Prosecutors. The workshop, which opened this morning at the Pegasus hotel, is organised by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force and supported by The Commonwealth and the Guyana Government. Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney […]
With the search ongoing for thirteen other Guyanese fishermen who are all feared dead following a pirate attack on the high seas in neighbouring Suriname, Guyana’s President, David Granger today said his government has been in contact with its Surinamese counterparts and is paying close attention to the tragic loss of life. During a brief […]
With no senior government or opposition official present, the Ministry of the Presidency on Wednesday afternoon officially launched the Commemorative stamps to celebrate the centennial birth anniversary of late Guyanese President, Dr. Cheddi Jagan. Dr. Jagan’s sister and other relatives were in attendance along with officials of the Cheddi Jagan Research Centre and the Guyana […]
General Secretary of the Guyana Trades Union Congress, Lincoln Lewis, used part of his Labour Day address to hundreds of workers in the National Park to encourage the government to change the nature of Guyana’s politics for the better. “Minister Scott on Sunday called on the trade union to be a “game changer.” We are saying to […]
The ExxonMobil oil company today announced that its latest exploration well offshore Guyana has not yielded oil in commercial quantities. Out of eight wells that were drilled in the area, this is only the second one to turn up dry. The company said the drilling reached total depth on the Sorubim well in the Stabroek […]
Although manufacturers have stopped making the Skyvan, the Guyana Defence Force has requested a total of $484.2 million from the Government for the acquisition of four fixed-wing aircraft, including two skyvans. State Minister Joseph Harmon said on Friday that the Defence Force is looking to purchase two skyvans and two Islanders. He pointed out that although manufacturers […]
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