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The search would shortly begin for someone to act as Chief Justice because Senior Counsel, Ian Chang is about to proceed on pre-retirement leave. Attorney General, Basil Williams said Chang’s successor would be the subject of meaningful consultations between President David Granger and Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo. “The question of a vacancy occurring in the Office of Chief Justice would ...

Attorney General, Basil Williams said Wednesday that Guyana was not enthusiastic about setting up a local Law School because the coffers did not have money for such a project. “It is not a priority in this type of economy that we have inherited,” he told a news conference. He, however, did not have any details about the costs for setting ...

Two men have been arrested in connection with the stabbing death of a fisherman aboard a boat offshore Lichfield, West Coast Berbice. Dead is Ronald Emmanuel Reid, 27 years, of Costello Housing Scheme, Georgetown. The incident occurred on Tuesday aboard a fishing boat off the Lichfield foreshore, police said. “Investigations have revealed that Ronal Emanuel Reid was involved in an ...

General Secretary of the Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) Clement Rohee says the APNU+AFC Government should reconsider the decision it has taken to increase the salaries of Ministers, Vice Presidents and Members of Parliament. Rohee made the call at a press conference on Wednesday where he noted that the decision was particular strange given that the Minister of State Joseph Harmon had declared ...

Guyanese may never know the truth about what caused a man to shoot dead his child’s mother and then turn the gun on himself. Hours after 22-year old Mark Moses committed the act, he died at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). Police confirmed that he “succumbed to his injury.” Before shooting himself, he opened fire on 20-year old Amanda ...

Reproduced from TeleSurTV The Venezuelan president denounced U.S. interference in the dispute over the Essequibo region, shortly after a statement from the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry was released on Tuesday. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro rejected declarations from the new U.S. Ambassador Perry Holloway, regarding the dispute over the Essequibo region. (Guyana regards the issue as a controversy over the 1899 Arbitral ...

Days after identifying the United States (US) as a potential player to help secure small states, President David Granger Tuesday said the perpetrators of the Hemisphere’s worst terrorist attack-Cubana Air Disaster-were still to be prosecuted. “Guyana reminds the world that justice for the victims of the Cubana de Aviación flight CU 455 is still outstanding,” he told a commemorative ceremony ...

State Minister Joseph Harmon has made it clear that he will not be moving any furniture for any Member of the Opposition People’s Progressive Party. This is after, Opposition Chief Whip Gail Teixeira on Monday told reporters that the Government was wilfully withholding resources from the office of the Opposition Leader. This, according to Teixeira, was stymieing the work of ...

While concern has been expressed by sections of society over a move by the government to increase the salaries of its officials, Minister of State, Joseph Harmon has opined that the Ministers are deserving of the increase. Reports in several sections of the media indicate that the Order for the increase was given by Finance Minister Winston Jordan on September ...

(BBC).-US authorities have charged a former United Nations General Assembly president with taking bribes from a Chinese billionaire. New York prosecutors said John Ashe “converted the UN into a platform for profit” as he helped real estate mogul Ng Lap Seng gain government contracts. Mr Ashe is accused of taking $1.3m, spending the cash on luxury goods. UN Secretary General ...