Leader of Alliance for Change and Former Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan today described the allegations leveled against senior ranks of the Criminal Investigation Division of the Guyana Police Force by a CID Sargent as alarming. The Police Detective has alleged that a major Police cover-up has hampered the investigations into the murder of Ricardo…
(ESPNCRICINFO) – With two more high-profile T20 leagues coming up, top West Indian players are set to be in great demand, and the situation has all the makings of a fresh scrap between the players and the team management, and, by extension, the cricket board. It might have begun already. On Wednesday, Phil Simmons, the…
A 52-year-old man from Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) is the latest COVID-19 fatality, the Ministry of Health reported on Friday. The unvaccinated man died on Thursday. This takes the total number of COVID-19-related deaths recorded in Guyana to 1, 275. Meanwhile, a total of 45 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, according…
Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh signed the Census Order earlier this week and it has since been published in the Official Gazette declaring the 15th September, 2022 as Census Day in Guyana The signing of the order followed the approval by the National Assembly for supplemental funding of G$2 billion to aid in the execution…
(ESPNCRICINFO) – Glenn Phillips struck a half-century from 31 balls to propel New Zealand to a 90-run win over the West Indies in the second T20I in Jamaica, clinching the three-match series with a 2-0 lead. After reaching his fifth T20I half-century, Phillips went on to 76 from 40 balls and led New Zealand to…
A quantity of cocaine and marijuana was found and removed by police ranks from an abandoned house at Vergenoegen, East Bank Essequibo on Thursday. A statement from Police Headquarters noted that at about 17:00 hours several policemen, acting on intelligence, went to the two-storied wooden abandoned house where a search was conducted. In the lower…
The Government of Guyana today signed a US$44 million loan agreement with the World Bank as part of the Guyana Strengthening Human Capital through Education Project. According to the Ministry of Education, the project focuses on the expansion of access to quality education at the secondary level and improving technical and vocational training (TVET). The…
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 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 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…
