Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Despite concrete assurances that witnesses at the Commission of Inquiry into the death of Dr. Walter Rodney would not be prosecuted if they admit to having played any part in killing him, a lawyer for the Peoples National Congress Reform (PNCR) said he is worried about the fate of other ...
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Police Special Branch files on WPA, Rodney vanish
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Possibly key secret police files about the activities of the Working Peoples Alliance (WPA) have apparently gone missing and so were not presented to the Commission of Inquiry into the bomb-blast death of Dr. Walter Rodney in 1980. Former Head of the Special Branch, Senior Superintendent Leslie James – now ...
Read More »Rodney inquiry to receive secret police files; info about infiltration of WPA
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Secret files about police surveillance of the Working Peoples Alliance (WPA) and the infiltration of that party to assassinate persons will be among testimony at the Commission of Inquiry into the death of political activist, Dr. Walter Rodney more than 33 years ago. Lawyer for the Commission, Glenn Hanoman said ...
Read More »Amerindian Affairs Ministry PS will not shut out anyone; Govt wants greater control of funds
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Even as Permanent Secretary of the Amerindian Affairs Ministry, Nigel Dharamlall seeks to assure Amerindians that they will not be shut out of his office, government is seeking to have greater control of funding being managed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). “My job is to have an open-door ...
Read More »GTUC says APNU broke promise on approach to money laundering law amendments
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) on Sunday accused A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) of breaking its promise to tie its parliamentary support for passage of amendments to the financial crimes law to getting government to re-issue arbitration letters for the Bauxite Company of Guyana Incorporated (BCGI). The High ...
Read More »Road accident plunges West Bank Demerara into blackout
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Residents on the West Bank and parts of West Coast Demerara were Sunday morning plunged into what will almost certainly be several hours of blackout after a car crashed into a utility pole and downed several others. The incident occurred shortly before 10 AM. No one in the car was ...
Read More »House of domestic violence victim burnt; five homeless in other fire
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia A house that was about to be rehabilitated by Habitat for Humanity for a woman who was almost stabbed to death by her husband was destroyed by fire of electrical origin early Sunday morning, neighbours said. The incident occurred at 18 Goed Fortuin Public Road, West Bank Demerara. A nearby ...
Read More »BREAKING NEWS: Private Sector Commission Chairman dies
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia The Chairman of the Private Sector Commission (PSC), Ronald Webster died early Sunday morning at the Balwant Singh Hospital, a senior private sector official said. He passed away at 3:30 AM at the medical institution while recuperating from a recent cancer surgery in Trinidad. “He was battling with cancer for ...
Read More »Anti-money laundering law hurdles more political than legal- Opposition
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia The Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) could soon send technical experts to hammer out differences over amendments to Guyana’s financial crimes law but the opposition insisted that political issues first need to be resolved before the opposition can support passage of the bill. “In essence, we have a political ...
Read More »Permanent Secretary denies threatening Amerindians; listen to recording
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia The Ministry of Amerindian Affairs has denied threatening Amerindians that they would not be allowed to the Permanent Secretary’s office if they continued to support a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)-funded Community Development Project (CDP) Scheme. Permanent Secretary, Nigel Dharamlall had also warned the Amerindians at a meeting just prior ...
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