— Dawn Hastings-Williams appointed Minister of State; Haimraj Rajkumar– Minister of Business and Tabitha Sarabo-Halley, Public Service Minister — Broomes reassigned to Ministry of the Presidency; Patterson-Yearwood to ministry of agriculture and Ferguson to Ministry of Communities PRESIDENT David Granger on Thursday announced several new ministerial appointments as well as the reassignment of several junior
Troy Thomas, the first fugitive to be extradited from Guyana to the United States was arraigned on Thursday before Queens Supreme Court Justice Kenneth C. Holder on an indictment charging him with second-degree murder. Justice Holder remanded Thomas to prison and set his return date for June 13, 2019. If convicted, the defendant faces up…
President David Granger has announced new Ministerial appointments and the reassignment of some of his junior Ministers. In an Address to the Nation, the President announced that Hemraj Ramkumar of the AFC will be the new Minister of Business. He takes up the position that was held by Dominic Gaskin. In addition, Public Affairs Minister,…
…FIU flags close to 1, 500 suspicious transactions …significant number of reports made by money transfer agencies THE Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has flagged over 1500 suspicious money laundering transactions between 2016 to present, most of which were transmitted through money transfer agencies, Director of the unit, Matthew Langevine, has disclosed. Already, for the first
Sunil Narine insists he is still desperate to return to international cricket despite being forced out of West Indies’ World Cup plans. Narine has not played an ODI since October 2016 – he has not played any international cricket since a T20I in September 2017 – but would have been included in West Indies’ provisional…
Less than two weeks after a High Court Judge ruled that there was enough evidence to extradite an American fugitive to the US, the extradition has taken place. US Wanted man, Troy Anthony Thomas, was extradited to the US today. He was arrested just over a year ago after hiding out here for a number…
…no new minister likely, but senior appointments GOVERNMENT will, this week, announce the replacement Members of Parliament for the four dual-citizen ministers who have tendered their resignation, but no new minister is likely to be appointed, well-placed sources have told this newspaper. According to reports reaching this newspaper, the portfolios of the four resigned ministers
…asks Akeem Greene Nine of the ten participating teams for the 2019 International Cricket Council (ICC) 50-Over World Cup have announced their preliminary 15-man squads for the May 30 – July 14 showpiece in England and Wales. The lone straggler is West Indies, who are expected to announce theirs on Wednesday, April 24. It is…
The International Air Transportation Association in a terse statement this evening, has roasted the Cheddi Jagan International Airport over the inconvenience being suffered by passengers because of the manual payment of airport fees during departures and arrivals. In its statement, the international body issued a call for immediate dialogue with the management of Cheddi Jagan…
…aims to provide better housing options, support livelihoods INDIRA (only name given) has been squatting at Plastic City, a settlement of the foreshore of the West Coast of Demerara (WCD) for about 27 years. Her home is tiny and dilapidated and is nestled in the settlement of similar structures, and living there becomes difficult- especially
