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Trinidad and Tobago President Anthony Carmona addressing the conference yesterday.
Trinidad and Tobago President Anthony Carmona addressing the conference yesterday.

Timeliness must be priority for all judiciaries

Delay in the judicial system is like a cancer, according to Trinidad & Tobago President Anthony Carmona, who yesterday also underscored the importance of restorative justice to help reduce crime.

Images of the bandits in the Sleep-In robbery
Images of the bandits in the Sleep-In robbery

Sleep-In bandits caught on camera

Front desk staff at the Sleep-In Guest House on Church Street were left traumatized last evening when armed bandits swooped on them and relieved the receptionist of $100,000 in cash before escaping in a waiting car.

The house where the robbery occurred

Bandits rob Ogle family

An Ogle, East Coast Demerara family was robbed of approximately $3M in cash, jewellery and electronics yesterday morning by two bandits, who posed as customers.

GDF probing allegation by PPP/C MP of torture in Cessna probe

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) is investigating allegations by People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C)  MP Nigel Dharamlall that a resident of Yupukari, Region 9, Upper Takutu/Upper Essequibo was tortured during its probe of an unauthorised Cessna plane that was found in area, Chief of Staff of the army, Brigadier Mark Phillips says.

FATF team stressed readiness to comply with anti-laundering law

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) team, during a meeting last Wednesday with members of the Guyana Public Service Cooperative Credit Union (GPSCCU), emphasised the need for readiness to meet the demands of the Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) legislation.

UG Medical School ‘well along’ to reaccreditation

The site visit that will determine the reaccreditation of the University of Guyana’s Medical School is set for the end of November, and a large part of the university’s supplemental budget will go toward improving the school’s conditions, according to Vice-Chancellor Ivelaw Griffith.

Surgeon and Senior Surgical Registrar, Dr. Ravi Motilall (left) hands over endoscopic equipment to Chief Executive Officer of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, Michael Khan (GINA photo)

GPHC gets endoscopic equipment

Through a collaborative effort by donors, the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) received endoscopic equipment yesterday that will help to screen and diagnose a number of digestive tract abnormalities, GINA said.

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