A 35-year-old computer technician was on Wednesday found guilty of raping a 12-year-old school girl in 2015. Feroz Shakeer was on trial before Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Demerara High Court for engaging in sexual activity with the victim on December 3, 2015. A 12-member jury, after deliberating for over two hours, found Shakeer guilty…
Attorney General Anil Nandlall is defending Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo in wake of the bribery allegations in that Vice News report. The Vice President has denied the allegations and President Irfaan Ali indicated that he has full confidence in the Vice President. Now the Attorney General has added his voice in defense of the Vice…
The government is currently laying the groundwork that could soon see the issuance of more casino licenses in the country. But in order for this to happen, amendments will have to be made to the existing laws which currently cap the number of licenses to be granted. It comes as the government has endorsed new…
The largest logistics company in the local oil and gas sector, RAMPS Logistics, has been denied a local content license to operate in Guyana by the Local Content Secretariat. The Secretariat falls under the Ministry of Natural Resources. News Source understands that the company received information about being denied the license just over a week…
Pupils across the country have been preparing for the upcoming National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) but some 700 pupils were absent from the second ‘mock examination’ held in May, Education Minister Priya Manickchand said. Ahead of the annual NGSA, which will be held on July 6 and 7, the Ministry of Education has organised two…
With the Police Complaints Authority still investigating the Police shooting death of Golden Grove youth, Quindon Bacchus, family members are concerned about the slow pace of the probe. Along with several villagers, some family members staged a protest this midday outside the headquarters of the Special Branch Unit of the Guyana Police Force. An officer…
A Guyanese man was stabbed to death in front of the Osies Paradise bar in Paramaribo, Suriname on Tuesday night. According to the Suriname online media outlet, Waterkant, the authorities in that country have arrested three persons in connection with the brutal stabbing. Dead is 21-year-old Kevin Barry. In police custody are 19-year-old Anthony J,…
The Opposition today took its concerns over the bribery allegations made against the Vice President to the Office of the President in a protest, which called on the Vice President to demit office. The small group of protesters braved the rain with their placards as they called for a fully independent probe of the allegations.…
Fighting against the allegations made by a Chinese businessman that he accepts bribes to land government projects, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo today said his hands are clean and the Chinese businessman who he considered a friend abused their friendship by making the claims. At a press conference at the Office of the President this afternoon,…
Fighting against the allegations made by a Chinese businessman that he accepts bribes to land government projects, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo today said his hands are clean and the Chinese businessman who he considered a friend abused their friendship by making the claims. At a press conference at the Office of the President this afternoon,…
