Last Updated on Monday, 6 March 2017, 23:03 by Denis Chabrol The Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) wants to question several former government ministers and other top officials of the current administration about their acquisition and development of seaside house lots at  Ogle-Sparendaam popularly known as Pradoville 2. Attorney-at-Law Anil Nandlall has since written to SOCU, stating that his clients ...

Last Updated on Monday, 6 March 2017, 19:19 by Denis Chabrol Suriname’ state oil company, Staatsolie, says it is not prepared to refine Guyana’s  light crude oil because the refinery in that former Dutch colony is built to process heavy oil, the De Ware Tijd newspaper reported on Monday. In stark contrast to last week’s announcement by Minister of Natural ...

Last Updated on Monday, 6 March 2017, 18:29 by Denis Chabrol A woman, who was allegedly involved in the supply of marijuana to students of the Kuru Kuru Training College, was Monday arraigned and remanded to prison. Suria Somaria  of Kuru Kuru is charged with aiding a juvenile to supply 28 grammes of marijuana to two juveniles of that educational institution ...

Last Updated on Monday, 6 March 2017, 18:21 by Derwayne Wills Mahendra Ramsuchit of Berbice, and Guyanese-born Canadian citizen, Robhina Basdeoram were today sentenced to 60 months imprisonment each, and fined a total of $57M for attempting to smuggle some 21 kilo grammes of cocaine in suitcases and laptop bags. The incident occurred at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri ...

Last Updated on Monday, 6 March 2017, 16:34 by Derwayne Wills Justice Brassington Reynolds today turned down an application made by attorney Kamal Ramkarran to put the parking meter regime on pause until the judicial review is complete. Reynolds read the decision today after Ramkarran made the application at the last hearing for interim relief from the parking meter project. ...

Last Updated on Monday, 6 March 2017, 13:22 by Derwayne Wills Well-known TV personality and senior pastor of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, Haleno Luiz, was today charged and remanded to prison by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan for driving dangerously and causing the death of Maurice Rosanna. Luiz, whose supporters filled the Chief Magistrate’s court, was charged ...

Last Updated on Monday, 6 March 2017, 23:21 by Denis Chabrol The seemingly drunken Assistant Superintendent of Police , who was seen on video threatening and abusing a number of junior ranks while probing a traffic accident that he was involved in, is currently the subject of a probe, Police Commissioner David Ramnarine said Monday. “The matter has been investigated ...