Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 January 2018, 22:43 by Denis Chabrol In what appears to be an all-out battle, Local Government Minister Ronald Bulkan is demanding that City Mayor Patricia Chase-Green tell him what the Council intends to do at playgrounds in two upscale areas of Georgetown. “Please be informed that I require a response from you regarding what applicable ...
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CANU arrests three for suspected cocaine, fake US currency
Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 January 2018, 22:06 by Denis Chabrol Agents of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) have arrested two persons, including a husband and wife, in separate raids in Georgetown and Berbice, the agency said Tuesday night. At Craig Street, Campbellville, CANU said it Tuesday afternoon searched a house Craig Street, Campbellville where 992 grammes of suspected cocaine ...
Read More »Inquiry into Lindo Creek massacre launches on Wednesday; Jagdeo says probes will distract, polarise Guyana
Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 January 2018, 21:31 by Denis Chabrol As government prepared to Wednesday launch a Commission of Inquiry into the massacre of eight men at Lindo Creek in 2008, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo said he welcomed the decision to probe extra-judicial killings but was wary that government was about to cover up politically inspired homicides and distract Guyanese ...
Read More »UN Secretary General sends Guyana-Venezuela border controversy to World Court
Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 January 2018, 18:09 by Denis Chabrol The United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres has decided to refer the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for settlement, a senior Foreign Ministry official said Tuesday. Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, said Guterres “has carefully analysed developments in 2017 in the good offices process and ...
Read More »City policeman to be charged with rape
Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 January 2018, 10:04 by Denis Chabrol The Georgetown City Constable, who allegedly had sexual intercourse with juvenile, will be charged with rape. The Director of Public Prosecutions’ Chambers said a recommendation has been dispatched for the alleged perpetrator be charged with rape. That advice was given on January 29, 2018. The alleged perpetrator has been ...
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