HIGH Court Judge, Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry on Monday sentenced Odingo Emmanuel, called ‘Dingo,’ to 38 years, five months for raping a 36-year-old woman at Imbaimadai Landing, Upper Mazaruni River. In December 2021, a 12-member jury found him guilty of engaging in sexual penetration with the woman on August 11, 2018, without her consent. During his…
A total of $80 million has been approved in the 2022 National Budget for national and other events under the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs including the hosting of toshaos’ meetings across all ten regions. This is according to Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Campbell-Sukhai who was pressed on the possibility of hosting a National Toshaos’…
With Opposition Member of Parliament, Nicolette Henry submitting her letter of resignation as an MP to the party’s list leader, David Granger, the former PNC Leader has written to the Speaker of the National Assembly and the Clerk about the decision. The People’s National Congress Reform has already written to the former party leader informing…
– Justice Ramson resumes role FOLLOWING a bizarre sequence of events under the former A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) government, Justice Charles Ramson Snr has been rehired as Guyana’s Commissioner of Information with a $40 million allocation earmarked for his office in 2022. Responding to questions from the political opposition…
Alex Bunbury Sport and Academic Academy (ABSAA) is pleased to be supporting the development of young football players in Guyana by securing pro tryouts overseas in order for the athletes to gain experience from the first world training regimen. The latest to benefit is 23-year-old Curtez Dominic Kellman, Guyana Senior Men’s player, former Georgetown Football…
With Opposition Member of Parliament, Nicolette Henry submitting her letter of resignation as an MP to the party’s list leader, David Granger, the former PNC Leader has written to the Speaker of the National Assembly and the Clerk about the decision. The People’s National Congress Reform has already written to the former party leader informing…
Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Senior Vice-President, Timothy Tucker, makes a point as British High Commissioner Jane Miller (second left) and members of a British trade delegation listen attentively during a meeting on Monday. According to the British High Commission, the delegation which comprised representatives of British businesses are here looking to expand into…
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of 64-year-old Omrowa Shamlall called ‘Bunta’ who died on Friday last after falling from a house at Yorkshire Hall, Drill, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara. Police Headquarters revealed that Shamlall resided at Non Pariel, ECD and was employed as a labourer by his cousin Totaram Piralall, who is…
The decision to establish a Taiwan office in Guyana was made at the level of the Foreign Affairs Ministry and not the Cabinet, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo revealed in an interview with an international correspondent from the Vice News Agency, which operates in the US and Canada. In a surprising and controversial move in February…
WITH multiple major agencies falling under the Office of the President for budget purposes, the Committee of Supply of the National Assembly approved $7.3 Billion on Monday for its operations as part of Appropriation Bill No. 1 of 2022. The Bill, otherwise referred to as Budget 2022, made its way to the Committee of Supply…
