AS part of High Commission of India’s Raksha Bandhan celebrations in Guyana, the spouses of the High Commission officers tied Rakhi on President, Dr. Irfaan Ali on Wednesday. They also tried on Prime Minister Brigadier (r’td), Mark Phillips and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation, Hugh Todd on Thursday in the presence of High…
Police arrested three men and recovered a number of stolen items as they probed a simple larceny report on Thursday. A statement from Police Headquarters noted that reports of theft were made by a 26-year-old male of Eccles, East Bank Demerara; a 21-year-old male of Campbellville, Georgetown and a 36-year-old male of Ogle, East Coast…
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…
WITH the support of its sister agency, the Guyana Defence Force Coast Guard, the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) seized one motor vessel laden with a large quantity of foreign liquor and other uncustomed items at the Abary foreshore, on Wednesday last. According to a release, the said unlicenced motor vessel was being operated by three…
A Pandit who worked as a Pump Operator at the Rose Hall Sugar Estate and resides at New Area Canefield, East Canje, Berbice was Friday morning remanded to prison for the murder of his co-worker. Tharun Balgobin, 32, appeared at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Renita Singh and was charged with the capital…
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…
By Cassandra Khan AS monkeypox cases continue to rise all over the world, Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, on Wednesday, said that the government of Guyana has ordered monkeypox vaccines through the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO). This was disclosed in a side interview with media workers as Dr Anthony attended the 42nd Caribbean…
The sod was officially turned Thursday for the construction of a state-of-the-art Business Centre for Persons with Disabilities. The ceremony for the construction of the facility, a project conceptualised by First Lady Arya Ali, was held at the proposed site in Palmyra, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne). Mrs. Ali used the occasion to reiterate the necessity…
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…
THE families that were affected by a demolition exercise at Phase Four, Amelia’s Ward Housing Scheme, Linden, Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice) in May were, on Thursday, compensated for their losses. In a social media post from the Central Housing & Planning Authority (CH&PA), it was noted that 20 families were invited to sign their agreements…
