Last Updated on Sunday, 18 February 2018, 14:57 by Denis Chabrol A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) soldier and another man have been arrested in connection with an alleged armed robbery of a Chief Prison Officer, police said. Investigator said the Corporal and the man allegedly robbed the Chief Prison Officer at about 1 AM Saturday on the Soesdyke Public Road, ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 17 February 2018, 19:53 by Denis Chabrol City Hall on Saturday slammed two Councillors who are in the forefront of calls for Town Clerk, Royston King to be removed from office, as well as the entire elected body for failing to craft a single policy to improve the management of Georgetown. In a statement issued on ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 17 February 2018, 20:01 by Denis Chabrol President David Granger on Saturday mourned the passing of Retired Justice Mohamed Shahahbuddeen, a former Attorney General of Guyana and judge at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Shahabudeen was 86 years old. Following is the full text of President Granger’s message of condolence. His Excellency David Granger, President of ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 17 February 2018, 21:46 by Denis Chabrol The Alliance For Change (AFC) on Saturday said it would be ready to contest local government elections with A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) but that grouping must first make an offer, a top party official said. “We are prepared to (coalesce) if the APNU wants us with them ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 17 February 2018, 10:21 by Denis Chabrol Former Attorney General of Guyana, Mohammed Shahabudeen has died, sources confirmed. He was in his mid 80s. Shahabudeen was also a former judge at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) from 1988 to 1997. He has worked as an Arbitrator and Consultant in international law. Since 1959, he worked ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 17 February 2018, 9:20 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) has begun moving troops closer to the Guyana-Venezuela border amid reports of heavily armed Venezuelan ‘Sindicato’ gangs and curb the smuggling of illegal guns for food, officials said. Minister of State, Joseph Harmon said Guyana was aware of violent incidents, including the beheading of ...

Last Updated on Friday, 16 February 2018, 16:46 by Denis Chabrol The Citizen Security Strengthening Programme (CSSP) will facilitate the construction of 18 victim-friendly police stations which are slated to be completed by the end of 2018. With funding from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), government said those stations are being redesigned to address the capacity issues in responding to ...

Last Updated on Friday, 16 February 2018, 16:32 by Denis Chabrol Royston King is likely to be removed from the post of Town Clerk of Georgetown because of growing dissatisfaction with his performance as head of the City’s administration, according to a high-ranking official of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR). “We are not pleased with his performance,” the veteran ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 15 February 2018, 22:19 by Denis Chabrol The New Amsterdam Municipality and police on Thursday said they were forced to stop all operations at a building located at Savannah Park, New Amsterdam, which they said was being used to store dead bodies. According to an environmental official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, the investigation came ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 15 February 2018, 18:13 by Denis Chabrol The first round of public hearings of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the Lindo Creek Massacre was Thursday postponed until further notice due to the absence of witnesses. Chairman of the Inquiry retired Justice Donald Trotman today informed journalists and special invitees that the commission was forced to ...