Rose Hall Town Clerk resigns after controversy
The Local Government Commission (LGC) has approved Rose Hall’s Market Clerk to act as Town Clerk (TC) after the acting Town Clerk appointed by its council resigned.
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The Local Government Commission (LGC) has approved Rose Hall’s Market Clerk to act as Town Clerk (TC) after the acting Town Clerk appointed by its council resigned.
The family of Hardeo Beechan, the Guyanese fisherman who is feared dead after the second pirate attack on Wednesday, has decided to launch a search for him, in hopes that there is some chance he may still be alive.
Despite the concerns raised by the Guyana Bar Association (GBA) more than a week ago, two senior judicial officers and two state prosecutors took part in a recently held two-day regional anti-money laundering workshop which was organized with input from the Guyana Government.
Several residents of Sebai, Eclipse Falls and Citrus Grove in Region One collected their birth certificates over the weekend, April 28-29; some, for the first time, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).
The sugar union GAWU on Wednesday told a visiting team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that decisions by the APNU+AFC government to miniaturise the sugar industry were made without any studies being done on the impact of this.
Continuing testimony in his suit against Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited for alleged breach of contract, Managing Director of Precision Woodworking Limited Ronald Bulkan says that though the bank knew of its proposal to settle outstanding debts, it nonetheless reneged on what had been agreed and he also referenced a mysterious deposit of $82m.
A vendor was yesterday sentenced to 24 months in prison for chopping his friend.
A city constabulary officer on Thursday saved his one-year-old son from their burning house during a fire at Nabaclis on the East Coast of Demerara.
President David Granger said that the designation of specific days to recognise the contributions of the various ethnic groups, is a celebration of the plural character of the Guyanese nation and is intended to foster the overall objective of social cohesion.
A man was yesterday brought before a city court for allegedly refusing to have his fingerprints taken by police.
NEW YORK/TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – The Trump administration said today it will end temporary protections for immigrants in the United States from Honduras on Jan.
By an Order dated April 25th, 2018, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has fined the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) 5% of the total value of the dividend payable to the company’s shareholders for the year 2017.
A second piracy attack on a fishing boat in Suriname waters, nearly a week after the first, which left 16 fishermen missing, has resulted in the death of Guyanese fisherman Hardeo Beechan, Beechan, called Ganesh, 32, of Woodley Park, West Coast Berbice, was reportedly shot and beaten before being thrown overboard.
The Black Bush Polder man who drove the truck in the gruesome Corentyne accident which left 12 persons dead in 2010 was yesterday found guilty on all 12 counts of causing death by dangerous driving at the High Court in Berbice.
The Guyana Bar Association (GBA) has written Chancellor of the Judiciary Yonette Cummings-Edwards objecting to joint training of judges and prosecutors, arguing that it could have the appearance that the judiciary is taking directions from the executive.
A fisherman who was dumped overboard with injuries was miraculously found alive yesterday by his fellow fisher folk, who were a part of the search underway for the missing men in the recent horrific piracy attack.
The case of a teenaged boy being incarcerated for seven years on a murder charge, only to be released because of a lack of evidence, has underscored the need for the provision of free legal representation to children.
The Alliance For Change (AFC) will press its governing coalition partner, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) for an accord on local government elections when the two groups meet next week.
In order to win the fight against money laundering, terrorism and violent extremism, Caribbean states must work together to ensure there is a strong criminal justice system which is up-to-date and equipped with the necessary resources, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Baroness Patricia Scotland said yesterday.
A Kuru Kururu man was yesterday granted $1.5 million bail, after he was charged with causing the death of 46-year-old porter Dexter Conway, who was struck down in February along the Kuru Kururu Public Road while examining his truck.
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