FORMER Finance Minister, Winston Jordan, on Tuesday, appeared before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on a misconduct in public office charge and was released on $3M bail by Chief Magistrate, Ann McLennan. The charge was laid following an investigation into his role in the sale of a prime piece of property located at North Cummingsburg, Georgetown,…
Bouts of heavy and persistent rainfall over the Christmas weekend left Guyana’s coastline inundated with specific challenges for residents in and around the capital city, Georgetown. On Tuesday, citizens were in clean-up mode, attempting to disinfect and salvage damage to goods and materials caused by flooding. The News Room went into several communities to hear…
This holiday season has seen the COVID-19 Taskforce on an aggressive campaign to clamp down on gatherings and parties countrywide in order to mitigate the spread of the deadly disease. Some go under the radar but others are stopped by the Taskforce which faces constant criticisms on social media but according to the Minister of…
Three days after well-known martial arts instructor and bodyguard, Garfield Newton was shot dead in Albouystown after leaving the business place of a goldsmith, Police investigators have taken the goldsmith and two of his family members into custody for questioning. The 40-year-old Garfield Newton was walking back to his car after picking up some pieces…
A New and United Guyana (ANUG) political party has criticised the PPP/C government’s policy of cash transfers, singling out the one-off payment for sugar workers, other cash grants and the seven per cent salary increase. The government has given assurances that attempts have been made to fairly distribute cash grants to all eligible individuals but…
A combative President Irfaan Ali today passionately defended the Natural Resource Fund Bill which will come up in the National Assembly tomorrow for a second reading and passage despite calls for it to be delayed and for consultations to be held on its contents. The Government has faced an avalanche of criticism over the new…
Guyana’s total confirmed COVID-19 cases has increased to 39, 151 with the addition of 32 new infections recorded on Tuesday, the Ministry of Health reported. Those new cases were recorded from 613 COVID-19 tests and were recorded in the following regions: Region Four (25 cases), Region Five (three cases), Region Six (one case), Region Nine…
The political party, A New and United Guyana (ANUG) has lashed out at the Irfaan Ali- led government over its governance policy since taking office, declaring that there is an alarming trend, in which the government has been marginalizing those who are not perceived to be among the party faithful in favor of those who…
–acquires over 1,500 more acres of land for prospecting, mining WITH the new year fast approaching, OMAI Gold Mines has increased its capital base by over CAN$4 million to further finance its local operations. The company completed its previously announced non-brokered private placement for gross proceeds of CAN$4,882,566 through the issuance of 44,386,972 units at…
GAVIN Martin, a Linden resident who initially lied to law enforcement officers about his identity and fraudulently used his brother’s name, has been sentenced to three years in jail, and fined $1.8 million for drug trafficking. Gavin appeared before Chief Magistrate, Ann McLennan, on Tuesday, at the Diamond Magistrates’ Court, where he plead guilty to…
