A 26-year-old man was on Thursday sentenced to six years imprisonment for the brutal killing of 13-year-old Daveanand Sanichar and three years for wounding another teen during a brawl at a wedding house in 2016. Kevin Sahoy, formerly of Agriculture Road, Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara, was sentenced by Justice Simone Morris- Ramlall at the…
Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill who holds responsibility for the maritime and transport sectors has denied that he interrogated the lone survivor of the Noble House Seafood fishing vessel tragedy. Mr. Edghill admitted that he did meet with the survivor Vincent Dazzel on Wednesday at this office, but he said the meeting was one…
Although longtime PNC Reform member and economist Carl Greenidge is the choice of the PNC Leader to take up one of two parliamentary seats to become available later this month, sources close to Mr. Greenidge have indicated to News Source that it is unlikely that he would take up the parliamentary seat if it is…
Although longtime PNC Reform member and economist Carl Greenidge is the choice of the PNC Leader to take up one of two parliamentary seats to become available later this month, sources close to Mr. Greenidge have indicated to News Source that it is unlikely that he would take up the parliamentary seat if it is…
Scientists have found and filmed one of the greatest ever undiscovered shipwrecks 107 years after it sank. The Endurance, the lost vessel of Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, was found at the weekend at the bottom of the Weddell Sea. The ship was crushed by sea-ice and sank in 1915, forcing Shackleton and his men…
Hours after High Court Judge Gino Persaud handed down his ruling, throwing out an application to dismiss a constitutional action brought by the now expired Police Service Commission, Attorney General Anil Nandlall, SC, has moved to the Full Court in an appeal of the decision. Nandlall holds that Justice Persaud erred when he ruled that…
Although longtime PNC Reform member and economist Carl Greenidge is the choice of the PNC Leader to take up one of two parliamentary seats to become available later this month, sources close to Mr. Greenidge have indicated to News Source that it is unlikely that he would take up the parliamentary seat if it is…
POLICE are seeking the whereabouts of three persons who beat and stabbed a shop owner with wood and beer bottles. Mohammed Razeck, 43, of Number 77 Housing Scheme, East Berbice, Corentyne, is nursing over 25 stitches to the hand, ear and face following the incident. Razeck operates a grocery shop but rents a SuperBet facility. He told…
By Richard Bhainie richard@newsroom.gy Through provisions and regulatory mechanisms, constitutional or otherwise, Guyana’s legal framework promotes gender equality and deters discrimination against women, especially on the ground of gender or grounds connected therewith, says Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, S.C. “We have policies, we have mechanisms and we have protective safeguards…
Although longtime PNC Reform member and economist Carl Greenidge is the choice of the PNC Leader to take up one of two parliamentary seats to become available later this month, sources close to Mr. Greenidge have indicated to News Source that it is unlikely that he would take up the parliamentary seat if it is…
