A 27-year-old electrician was Friday remanded to prison for allegedly stealing a shotgun belonging to a security guard during a robbery at Aubrey Barker Road, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown. Joshua Thomas of South Sophia appeared before City Magistrate Leron Daly and was required to enter a plea to the armed robbery charge. Particulars of the charge…
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 official sod turning ceremony to signal the construction of a state-of-the art Business Centre for Persons with Disabilities was done at the proposed site in Palmyra, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) on Thursday. First Lady, Arya Ali; Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr. Vindhya Persaud; Minister within the Ministry of Housing and Water…
A 29-year-old homeless man will be spending the next six months behind bars, after he confessed to a cocaine trafficking charge on Friday. Tony Singh, called ‘Lil Boy’ who the police say has no fixed place of abode, appeared before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. Singh admitted that on August 10,…
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…
– Chief Justice rules President Ali acted lawfully in ‘Top Cop’ appointment CHIEF Justice (ag) Roxane George, on Thursday, ruled that President, Dr. Irfaan Ali acted lawfully when he appointed Clifton Hicken to act as Police Commissioner. The matter challenging Hicken’s appointment was brought to Court by Opposition Chief Whip Christopher Jones. The Chief Justice,…
With the highly transmissible BA.5 variant of COVID-19 being detected, Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony is urging citizens to take the COVID jabs. During his daily COVID-19 update on Friday, the minister urged persons to take their COVID-19 vaccine to avoid being infected with the new variant. This would include persons who are due…
Angry with his treatment in the Guyana Police Force and his recent arrest by CANU as part of a drug probe, Police Detective Sergeant Dion Bascom has alleged that a major Police cover-up might have hampered the investigations into the murder of popular biker, Ricardo Fagundes aka “Paper Shorts”. Fagundes was gunned down outside Palm…
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…
