Last Updated on Monday, 26 February 2018, 21:28 by Denis Chabrol Former Deputy Mayor, Sherod Duncan on Monday filed a no-confidence motion against Town Clerk, Royston King. The motion may come up for debate next month. The motion, which was seconded by Deputy Mayor Lionel Jaikarran, cites a long list of alleged administrative transgressions by King. The motion charges, among ...
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‘Clinics’ fruitful in fast-tracking public sector project implementation
Last Updated on Monday, 26 February 2018, 19:21 by Denis Chabrol The Finance Ministry’s ‘clinics’ with Regional Executive Officers and Permanent Secretaries about what needs to be done to accelerate the implementation of projects is showing signs of bearing fruit. Minister of State Joseph Harmon on Monday said government is making progress in increasing the pace at which multi-million dollar ...
Read More »Medical doctor’s son charged with murder
Last Updated on Monday, 26 February 2018, 17:40 by Denis Chabrol The son of a medical doctor has been charged with the murder of one his father’s patients, after he was allegedly seen kicking him to his head, the Guyana Police Force said. Charged with the indictable offence is Neilsen Sinclair of Temple Street, Ogle, East Coast Demerara. He is ...
Read More »Welders charged in connection with vehicles seized at Kuru Kururu
Last Updated on Monday, 26 February 2018, 17:25 by Denis Chabrol Two welders were Monday arraigned for the alleged illegal use of chassis numbers on two vehicles that were suspected to have been stolen and found at Kuru Kururu earlier this month as part of a Guyana Police Force operation to smash a carjacking ring. Charged with fraudulent imitation of ...
Read More »Rastafarians prepare for High Court challenge of marijuana criminalisation
Last Updated on Monday, 26 February 2018, 15:27 by Denis Chabrol Rastafarians on Monday walked twelve miles from Buxton to Georgetown to pressure government to decrminalise the possession of small amounts of marijuana for cultural and religious reasons, and said they were preparing to take their case to the constitutional court. The Society for Marijuana Advocates for Reform and Treatment ...
Read More »Police allegedly ‘fingered’ female outgoing passenger
Last Updated on Sunday, 25 February 2018, 17:15 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Police Force is investigating an allegation that a policewoman pushed her finger in the vagina of an outgoing teenage passenger at the Ogle International Airport, Head of the Criminal Investigations Department, Assistant Commissioner Paul Williams said. The act was allegedly committed early Sunday morning on a 17-year ...
Read More »Armed bandits rob Barama’s boss, supervisor, others
Last Updated on Sunday, 25 February 2018, 18:14 by Denis Chabrol A shotgun and five cartridges are now in the hands of criminals after five bandits robbed a guard and three other persons at Barama Company Limited’s East Bank Demerara operations, the Guyana Police Force said. The 54-year old security guard said he was bound and gagged and then the ...
Read More »“No guarantee” PPP will regain power; better to fight for constitutional reform, executive power sharing- Bisram
Last Updated on Saturday, 24 February 2018, 17:11 by Denis Chabrol A New York-based Guyanese teacher and political commentator, who has constantly predicted a People’s Progressive Party (PPP) victory, on Saturday said the incumbent David Granger-led coalition would be in power for the foreseeable future. “There is no guarantee they would return to government. It is my analysis that those ...
Read More »Granger cancels Caricom Summit attendance
Last Updated on Saturday, 24 February 2018, 10:53 by Denis Chabrol President David Granger will not be attending the upcoming summit of Caribbean Community (Caricom) leaders. “The Guyanese Head of State regrets his absence at the meeting but has opted to remain in Guyana to focus on domestic issues at this time,” the Ministry of the Presidency said Saturday. The ...
Read More »BREAKING: Plaisance fire leaves at least 40 homeless
Last Updated on Friday, 23 February 2018, 15:53 by Denis Chabrol About 40 persons were rendered homeless Friday – Republic Day- when fire ripped through several buildings at Plaisance, East Coast Demerara. Eyewitnesses said the fire started at a decades-old “Abiola Hotel” on Victoria Road just over the Plaisance Railway Embankment Road. An estimated 30 persons lived at the hotel permanently. ...
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