Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia A team of American doctors is here to exchange strategies and techniques in the fight against non-communicable diseases (NCDs) regarded as a leading causing of death in Guyana and the Caribbean. “The focus of this medical exchange on non-communicable diseases could not be more timely or relevant, for we have ...
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Three Muneshwers Limited clerks on embezzlement charges
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Three clerks of Muneshwers Limited women appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry on Friday to answer separate embezzlement charges at the Georgetown Magistrates’ court. Subrina Rahamat of Lot 2887 Well Road North Ruimveldt, pleaded not guilty to three counts of embezzlement, particulars of which said that, being employed as a ...
Read More »Baton-sodomy: Prison officers allegedly invaded ward and scuffled with Harding
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) on Friday said it was probing a complaint that a number of prison officers Thursday went into the ward and wrestled a cellular phone from the man who has accused police of sodomizing him with a baton. A hospital official would only say that ...
Read More »Baton-sodomy: Harding says was ashamed to tell doctors; prison wardens mocked him
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia 23-year old Colwyn Harding Friday afternoon said he made several failed attempts to quietly tell authorities and nurses that a policeman had sodomized with a baton but he was ashamed to do so. He rejected claims by doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) that he was suffering from ...
Read More »GDF promotes officers, other ranks
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) on Friday announced the promotion of 88 officersd and 260 Other Ranks effective from January 1,2014, The army said that in accordance with the Defence Act Chapter 15:01 of 1977, Chief-of-Staff Brigadier Mark Phillips, has announced that the President and Commander-in-Chief, Donald Ramotar has approved ...
Read More »No evidence of sodomy; detainee never complained of sexual assault- doctors
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Doctors treating a man for incarcerated inguinal hernia on Friday said they were never told that a policeman shoved a condom-covered baton up his anus and examinations have not proven such claims. Up to 10:02 AM, 23-year old Colwyn Harding was seen shackled to a bed in the Male Medical ...
Read More »Updated: Community Policeman shoots bandit dead during home invasion, two guns recovered
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia A bandit was early Friday morning shot dead and two guns recovered when he and others invaded the home of a fisherman and member of a Community Policing Group (CPG) at Annandale North, East Coast Demerara. Gruesome images seen by Demerara Waves show the bandit lying on the kitchen floor ...
Read More »Court proceedings could soon be recorded electronically
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Court proceedings could soon be recorded and transcripts provided if the National Assembly passes the Recording of Court Proceedings Bill No. 1 of 2014 which was tabled in the National Assembly on Thursday. The Recording of Court Proceedings Bill, tabled my Attorney General Anil Nandlall, seeks to provide that proceedings ...
Read More »National Assembly unanimously approves Evidence (Amendment) Bill
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia The Evidence (Amendment) Bill No. 23 of 2013, approved by the National Assembly on Thursday, will expand the category of experts to present evidence in Court cases without being present. First rejected in June 2013 when tabled by Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee, the Bills were re-tabled in December by ...
Read More »Opposition supports firearms bill in AG Nandlall’s name
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia The National Assembly has passed an amendment to the Firearms Act which now makes the unlicensed possession of firearm and ammunition components a crime. The amendment bill had been presented for the first and second readings by Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee in March 2013 but the opposition parties had ...
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