Police officers are allowed to provide extra protection services to members of the business community but this practice may have resulted in a level of “coziness” that should be examined, Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo said on Friday. At a press conference, the Vice President offered brief comments on recent allegations made by Police Sergeant…
–Vice-President calls for change in police practice of working with private businesses PRESIDENT Dr. Irfaan Ali has ordered the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to seek external support in investigating the allegations made by Police Sergeant Dion Bascom about the murder of Ricardo Fagundes, also known as “Paper Shorts”. This is according to Vice-President Dr. Bharrat…
First-time pageant participant Kayshell Jennings who hails from Linden, Region Ten is Miss Emancipation 2022. Jennings was crowned on Sunday when the event was held at the National Cultural Centre. The 26-year-old medical student says her inspiration was linked to securing the promised scholarship which would relieve her of existing worry to find monthly school…
THE government is aware that some foreign companies are already devising ways to circumvent provisions in the local content legislation and will continue to look at ways to strengthen the legislation and address loopholes, said Vice-President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo. Speaking at a press conference on Friday at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC), the Vice-President…
The members of the bodybuilding team, who bagged 12 medals at the 49th Central American and Caribbean Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation Championships, which was staged in Barbados earlier this month, were feted at a cocktail reception on Friday evening at Olympic House. IFBB Elite Pro Rosanna Fung posing with her ‘Pro Card’ at Olympic House Team Guyana was represented by…
GUYANA’S final appellate court, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), on Friday, acquitted Jarvis ‘Barry’ Small for the 2010 murder of 16-year-old Neesa Gopaul, and reduced the sentence of Neesa’s mother, Bibi Gopaul to 30 years. The appeal was heard by the President of the CCJ, Justice Adrian Saunders along with Justice Jacob Wit, Justice…
Finn Allen made 96 and Tim Southee took 4-22 as New Zealand beat West Indies by 50 runs in a rain-affected encounter in the second ODI to level the three-match series. New Zealand made 212 batting first and the West Indies were in dire straits at 27-6, potentially facing their lowest-ever total in an ODI, until a…
–Production levels heightened in CARICOM countries –Leaders reaffirm commitments PRESIDENT Irfaan Ali on Friday signalled that it was time to do more than just talk about what can be done to advance the region’s goal for reducing the food import bill by 25 per cent by 2025. The President made these remarks during his address…
Some 200 persons who have been allocated lands at Phase One La Bonne Intention; East Coast Demerara were invited on Friday by the Ministry of Housing and Water Survey’s Department for a land identification exercise. Excited recipients turned up at the location in the company of other family members to see their lots after waiting…
— ROPA amendments to be tabled when Parliament resumes, ready before Local Government Elections WITH the widespread consultations on the amendments to the Representation of the People Act (RoPA) concluded, the government is expected to table the amendments in the National Assembly when Parliament resumes in October. Speaking on the issue at a press conference…
