Guyana’s premier Squash player Nicolette Fernandes has rallied her way into the semi-finals of the ongoing senior Pan American Championship in Guatemala. On Monday evening, Fernandes topped Canada’s Maria Min 11-3, 11-5, 11-8 to set up a semi-final showdown with another Canadian, Hannah Blatt, on Tuesday evening from 21:30h. Her performance has been the highlight…
An accident on the La Penitence Public Road in Georgetown on Tuesday morning claimed the life of 59-year-old Debra Salikram, of West Ruimveldt Estate Housing Scheme. Police Headquarters reported that the woman was riding motorcycle CK 1126 north along the eastern side of the road and reportedly turned west into the path of the minibus…
Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform and Chairman of A Partnership for National Unity, Aubrey Norton is set to become the country’s new Leader of the Opposition as he inches closer to becoming a Member of Parliament. Representative of the List for the APNU+AFC, former President David Granger has written to the Chief Elections…
Months after Attorney General Anil Nandlall, SC had accused Judges of disobeying laws that prescribe a time limit for the handing down of written decisions, Chancellor of the Judiciary (ag) Yonnette Cummings- Edwards says those breaches are not intentional. Speaking to the News Room at the side lines of the launch of Law Week on…
The Guyana Police Force broke its silence this morning on the viral video of a female Special Police Constable being forcibly removed from a location by a group of her colleagues. The incident reportedly took place back in January, but there was no mention of it by the Police until the video recording of the…
President of the Guyana Bar Association Pauline Chase has called for an end to Assizes or periodic court sessions; she wants authorities to put in place a single permanent court. The April 2022 Demerara Criminal Assizes opened on Tuesday with a customary parade after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Assizes, in law,…
Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform, Aubrey Norton is making his position clear that he is not prepared to support the appointment of Assistant Commissioner of Police, Clifton Hicken to head the Guyana Police Force. Hicken has been coming in for high praises from some sections of society since his appointment as acting Top…
Guyana will, in 2024, host the 38th session of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean (LARC). This was disclosed during the closing ceremony of the Conference last Friday in Ecuador. This is the first time the conference will be hosted in Guyana and comes at…
Four months after the contentious sitting of the National, where the Government and Opposition went head-to-head in the National Assembly over the Natural Resource Fund Bill, Opposition Chief Whip Christopher Jones and Trade Unionist, Norris Witter, have approached the High Court, seeking several declarations including a declaration which seeks to nullify the conduct of the…
The Director of the Materials Management Unit (MMU) of the Ministry of Health Cecil Jacques was arrested on Tuesday in connection with the investigation of theft of drugs from the Ministry’s Diamond East Bank Demerara Drugs Bond. Reliable sources also confirmed that three other employees of the bond were arrested as well. Detectives believe that…
