Concerned that the institutional framework to combat corruption is not yet sufficiently strong and effective, the UN Human Rights Committee (CCPR) yesterday called on Guyana to take a raft of measures including protection of whistleblowers.
The Guyana Association of Women Lawyers (GAWL) was among those who paid rich tribute to retired justice Desiree Bernard who passed away yesterday at the age of 85.
Stating that it was concerned that extrajudicial killings continue to occur, the United Nations Human Rights Committee (HRC) yesterday called on the government to set up a Commission of Inquiry into such deaths during the period of 2002 to 2006.
The Ministry of Education’s Unit of Allied Arts says that no request has been received from the Rights of the Child Commission (RCC) for information on the exclusion of two children from the recent children’s Mashramani contest.
Opposition Member of Parliament (MP), Senior Counsel Roysdale Forde, has ‘thrown his hat into the ring’ and stated his intention to run for leadership of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), while stating that for the party to move up and onward, it was imperative to Regroup, Refocus and Rebuild.
The case brought by the state against Rickford Burke alleging libel and other offences has been deferred pending proceedings that he has lodged in the High Court.
Delah Stewart, a 40-year-old minibus driver of Tuschen New Housing scheme was yesterday placed on $350,000 bail on the charge of causing death by dangerous driving.
On Wednesday, while in Region Ten, Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony in the company of Regional Health Officer, Dr Gregory Harris commissioned a newly refurbished Ambulance Station in the Linden Hospital Complex.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Dengue cases in the Americas rose in the first three months of this year by three times the number of infections reported in the same period last year, the head of the Pan American Health Organization said yesterday.
THE HAGUE/CAIRO, (Reuters) – The World Court yesterday unanimously ordered Israel, accused by South Africa of genocide in Gaza, to take all necessary and effective action to ensure basic food supplies to the enclave’s Palestinian population and halt spreading famine.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said yesterday it is serious that a candidate could not be registered for the election in Venezuela.
Police are investigating the shooting of Calvin Johnson called ‘Gunbutt’, a 41-year-old labourer of East Ruimveldt Trench Road, which occurred at about 8.30 pm on Wednesday in an attack by five men, two of whom were armed with handguns.
GENEVA, (Reuters) – Gang violence in Haiti has killed over 1,500 people so far this year, including many children, while dozens have been lynched, stoned or burned alive by so-called self-defence brigades, the U.N.
Traffic Chief Senior Superintendent Mahendra Singh is urging motorists to use their ‘hazard’ lights, be cautious and drive at a moderate speed due to the ‘heavy fog/smoke’ affecting visibility along the Soesdyke/Linden Highway this morning.
SAMREBOI, Ghana, (Reuters) – Surveying the stripped landscape of her farm – dotted with pools of cyanide-tainted, tea coloured waste water left by illegal gold miners – is enough to make Janet Gyamfi break down.
SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – Authorities in Singapore said they charged two former officials of Sembcorp Marine today with handing bribes to Brazilian officials to advance the company’s interests in the South American nation.