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As far as conflicting statements go, prisoners from the Camp Street Prison have managed to offer different reasons as to why there was a three day riot that saw 17 inmates being killed in a morning blaze. Inmate, Desmond James was the latest to give evidence to the Commissioners at the Commission of Inquiry and stated that he had never ...

A 22-year-old Festival City resident is nursing gunshot wounds to his buttocks and left foot after he was attacked by bandits on Wednesday. A police release on Thursday stated that at about 21: 30 hrs on Wednesday, Ruben Hopkinson, was cycling along Eden Street, Tuc-Ville, when he was attacked by two men, one of whom was armed with a handgun. ...

President of the Guyana Bar Association (GBA) Chris Ram on Thursday demanded that inmates appearing at the Camp Street Prison Commission of Inquiry (CoI) be given legal representation when giving their testimonies at the Commission. This is despite Ram offering the services of members of the Bar association in a pro-bono manner for persons appearing before the Commission. He said ...

In the wake of the violent prison unrest that claimed the lives of 17 inmates, top representatives of Guyana’s Judiciary and the Executive on Wednesday agreed to consider a raft of measures to address overcrowding in the country’s jails. Chancellor of the Judiciary, Carl Singh and Prime Minister, Moses Nagamootoo declined to divulge details of the almost two hours of ...

A Partnership for National Unity on Wednesday withdrew support from one of its candidates who has been implicated in sexual molestation in recent times, less than three days before Guyanese are due to vote in long-awaited Local Government Elections.  ‎”In light of the alleged behavior of Mr. Winston Harding and the pattern of accusations over the years, his candidature cannot be ...

  As officials at the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the Camp Street Prison riot cross examining witnesses on Wednesday, the question of whether there was a plot by the prisoners to burn down the prison. The question was posed by attorney at law Dexter Todd and was put to inmate Michael Lewis who was appearing before the Commission for ...

Concerns were Wednesday raised that the loss of money as a result of cyber theft at banks and other financial institutions  is not provided  for in the draft legislation currently under discussion. A stakeholder consultation was held for the second time when the draft Cybercrime Bill 2016 was discussed at the Pegasus Hotel Wednesday 16, 2016. Those in attendance included Minister of Legal ...

The Guyana government is partly banking on the 50th Independence anniversary and the Caricom Summit to trigger higher consumer spending and help revive a still sluggish economy. Shrugging off concerns in certain quarters that about GYD$300 million is being spent on the Jubilee activities, Finance Minister Winston Jordan called the amount of money allocated to the Ministry of Education “peanuts” ...

Guyana’s coffers do not have sufficient money for public servants and other government employees to be paid hefty salary increases, Finance Minister Winston Jordan said Wednesday. Ahead of negotiations with trade unions, he said they have already been told not to expect substantial wage and salary hikes. The Finance Minister’s remarks at a news conference on Wednesday followed a word ...

Construction of the controversial Specialty Hospital is expected to begin by year-end now that the Indian company, Fedders-Lloyd, has completed the design for the health care facility, Finance Minister Winston Jordan announced Wednesday. He told a news conference that a contract would shortly be negotiated with Fedders-Lloyd for the construction of the facility at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara. The Finance ...