Two weeks after he went public with damning allegations, including that of a cover-up in the murder investigation of gold dealer Ricardo Fagundes, the police have been advised to institute several criminal charges against Detective Sergeant Dion Bascom.
Acting Chief Justice Roxane George SC has decried the failure to constitute or reconstitute the constitutional service commissions in a timely manner, calling the situation “highly unfortunate.”
Several fishermen affected by the dredging of the Demerara River mouth as part of Phase One of the Vreed-en-Hoop shore base project have already been compensated, according to developer NRG Holdings.
Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony yesterday said the order of vaccines for persons exposed to the monkeypox viral disease that the ministry has been able to procure is expected to be shipped into the country by the end of September.
The Ministry of Education yesterday, signed a $566.9 million contract for the reconstruction of the North Ruimveldt Secondary School building that was destroyed by fire on June 19, 2021.
The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) is investigating a minor incident which occurred on Sunday evening at the Eugene Correia International Airport (ECIA), Ogle, when the plane that landed President Irfaan Ali and Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley veered off the concrete taxiway, sources say.
As the deadlock continues between coalition partners APNU and AFC over the selection of a candidate to fill the post of Vice Chair of Region 10, Chair of the Alliance For Change (AFC) Cathy Hughes is maintaining that the party is independent and that the APNU has no role to play in its selection of representatives.
Co-founder and former leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC) Raphael Trotman is expected to resign from the National Assembly next week, according to the party.
With the written judgment of the Chief Justice’s ruling on Tuesday invalidating the composition of the Police Service Commission (PSC) still to be made available to lawyers in the case, Justice Gino Persaud has further deferred moving ahead with the challenge before him on the suspension of the former members of the body.
While highlighting that most of the countries in the Latin America and Caribbean region are being adversely affected by the steep rises in energy prices, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has identified that Guyana is among the few countries in the region benefitting from increased energy costs.
A contract valued $64.9 million has been awarded to the Devcon Construction and Contracting Services for the rehabilitation of a sunken section of Lamaha Street, near the intersection with Irving Street, in Georgetown.
Viroshni Persaud, also known as ‘Roshni’, 19, the young bride who was left widowed after Tuesday’s collision at Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice, remains in a stable condition at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital.
Police are investigating the death of a 34-year-old Pomeroon resident, whose lifeless body was discovered on Monday at a Bartica property hours after he complained of feeling unwell.
As investigators remain hopeful of cracking the brutal murder of 35-year-old Romeo Randolph and bringing justice to his family, there have been no new leads or arrest since the man’s body was found more than two weeks ago.
The Guyana Police Force’s Traffic Department has recorded a total of 59 fatal accidents for the year so far, which represents a “slight” decrease when compared with the same period last year.
Responding to claims by Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) retired Justice Claudette Singh that her decisions are grounded in the law, Opposition Com-missioner Vincent Alexander has said that she has misconceived the nature of the body, which can go beyond interpreting and making decisions based on the law.