Senior Counsel Roysdale Forde has indicated that he will be appealing today’s ruling by the Chief Justice on the President’s unilateral appointment of Clifton Hicken as the Acting Commissioner of Police. In a statement, Mr. Forde said the ruling that President Irfaan Ali did not violate the Constitution when he unilaterally appointed Mr. Hicken to…
GUYANESE educator, Keesha St. John and civil engineer, Bayeeshmaal Ramsundar are 2022 Fulbright Scholarship awardees. They will embark upon graduate level programmes in their respective fields at universities in the United States. According to a release from the US Embassy in Georgetown, St. John will pursue a Master of Science in Agribusiness Economics at Southern Illinois…
Superintendent of Police Mitchell Caesar has written to police detective Dion Bascom demanding that he retracts allegations levelled against him, issue an apology and pay compensation for defamation in the sum of $50 million. The letter, penned by Caesar’s attorney Sohan Poonai, follows allegations made by Bascom that Caesar was involved in attempts to cover…
Senior Counsel Roysdale Forde has indicated that he will be appealing today’s ruling by the Chief Justice on the President’s unilateral appointment of Clifton Hicken as the Acting Commissioner of Police. In a statement, Mr. Forde said the ruling that President Irfaan Ali did not violate the Constitution when he unilaterally appointed Mr. Hicken to…
Senior Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh, has re-emphasised government’s commitment to ensuring every Guyanese is able to participate in the economic transformation the country is experiencing as well as be able to contribute meaningfully to the transformation. Dr Singh made the remarks as he signed a US$44M Human Capital Development agreement with the World Bank…
The People’s Republic of China on Friday donated US$50,000 to the Government of Guyana aimed at tackling disaster relief and risk management countrywide. The funds were received by the Director General of the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) Col. (Ret’d) Nazrul Hussain, The Asian nation expressed intent to formalise a working relationship with the Guyana Government,…
Senior Counsel Roysdale Forde has indicated that he will be appealing today’s ruling by the Chief Justice on the President’s unilateral appointment of Clifton Hicken as the Acting Commissioner of Police. In a statement, Mr. Forde said the ruling that President Irfaan Ali did not violate the Constitution when he unilaterally appointed Mr. Hicken to…
— President’s Youth Advisory Council launched — geared at mainstreaming youth involvement in development, policy-making in Guyana WITH an aim of mainstreaming youth involvement in the development and policy-making in Guyana, the President’s Youth Advisory Council (PYAC) was launched on Friday at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre, Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown. Comprised of a wide-cross section…
Infrastructure works are progressing in Amelia’s Ward Phase 4 housing scheme in Linden, Region Ten which will soon be ready for some 400 linden families to take up residency. Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal visited the location on Thursday to see the pace at which works are moving. To date, a massive portion…
Superintendent of Police Mitchell Caesar, city businessman Azruddin Mohamed and one of his security agents, Mark Richmond have all dispatched letters from their Attorney to Police Detective Sergeant Dion Bascom over his claims in a Facebook live video that there was a Police cover-up of the murder of biker Ricardo Fagundes aka “Paper Shorts”. In…
