Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton has submitted a motion to the National Assembly, calling for an international investigation to probe the bribery and corruption allegations that have been leveled against Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo in a US news report. The Vice President has repeatedly denied the allegations. Mr. Jagdeo became the center of a corruption scandal…
Canter driver, 22-year-old Daniel Singh knows as ‘Anand’, who on Saturday last assaulted a police officer, was Wednesday charged with felonious wounding and granted bail in the sum of $400, 000. He is accused of pelting 33-year-old Lance Corporal Rickland Edmundson with a brick after he refused to stop his vehicle and instead had to…
On the eve of the long-awaited sitting of the National Assembly, the Speaker of the Assembly, Manzoor Nadir has informed the Opposition that he will no longer be allowing its motion on the rise in the cost of living to be presented and debated. The motion was first presented to the Assembly by Opposition Member…
Three days after police arrested Dion Cornelius with one .38 revolver and two live .38 ammunition, he was charged on Wednesday for possession of the illegal items without a licence. The 43-year-old gold miner of Princes Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before Magistrate Rondell Weever and pleaded not guilty. He was…
Twenty-seven new officers of the Guyana Defence Force Standard Officers Course and 40 Reserve Officers of the Reserve Officers Course were commissioned this afternoon having successfully completed their courses and now attaining the rank of 2nd Lieutenants in the case of GDF members and Cadet Officers in the case of the other services. Second Lieutenant…
A 28-year-old man is in Police custody after an argument and ‘gun play’ at Lamaha Street Kitty, between Gordon and Pike Streets, Georgetown, resulted in Deon Jerrick’s injury in the wee hours of Monday morning. According to Police Headquarters, the investigation revealed that the victim was at the aforementioned street, in the vicinity of Mantra…
— by APNU+AFC Coalition, says Attorney-General ATTORNEY-GENERAL Ali Nandlall has expressed the view that the APNU+AFC Coalition seems intent on creating an atmosphere that is not conducive to constitutional and democratic governance and government. Speaking in a recent edition of his “Issues in the News” programme, the Attorney-General made references to the pronouncements and actions…
A total of 86 additional persons tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours after 620 tests were conducted, the Health Ministry reported on Tuesday. The new cases were recorded in Region One (six cases), Region Two (two cases), Region Three (Nine cases), Region Four (40 cases), Region Five (two cases), Region Six (one…
–FAO Director-General says at opening of the 28th Session of FAO Committee on Agriculture (FAO) BOLD, scaled and collaborative actions are needed so that everyone everywhere has access to enough nutritious food every day, QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), on Monday, told members and delegates attending…
After pleading for support from the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown (M&CC) but to no avail, one resident of High Street, Georgetown has taken it upon himself to lead a clean-up exercise aimed at unclogging blocked drains that have significantly contributed to flooding in the area. The News Room caught up with Darrell Carpenay…
