Last Updated on Monday, 27 September 2021, 13:04 by Denis Chabrol ExxonMobil’s local subsidiary was Monday added as a defendant in a case brought by two Guyanese who are asking the Guyana High Court to order the closure of that American supermajor’s operations here because of its impact on the environment. Justice Frank Holder, after hearing submissions by lawyers for ...
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ANUG recommends public judicial inquiry into police shooting death of Boston
Last Updated on Monday, 27 September 2021, 12:33 by Denis Chabrol A New and United Guyana (ANUG) political party is recommending that a coroner’s inquest be held into the police shooting death of an Essequibo Coast businessman earlier this month. That party says if that judicial inquiry finds the policeman culpable for the death of 29-year old Orin Boston on ...
Read More »Region Nine leaders lobby government for swift reopening of Port Lethem
Last Updated on Monday, 27 September 2021, 12:25 by Denis Chabrol In the face of a gripping shortage of basic consumer items, the Region Nine (Upper Takatu- Upper Essequibo) administration and the Lethem Town Council have lobbied government to reopen the border to cargo and limited passenger traffic from October 1. In the letter dispatched to Prime Minister Mark Phillips ...
Read More »Ali lied about extra-judicial killings- Aubrey Norton
Last Updated on Sunday, 26 September 2021, 8:28 by Denis Chabrol Executive member of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Aubrey Norton has rebuked President Irfaan Ali for spouting untruths that there had been no extra-judicial killing of Afro-Guyanese under the previous People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) administration. “When the president of Guyana stands in front of reporters and claims ...
Read More »Juvenile escapees recaptured minutes after break-out
Last Updated on Saturday, 25 September 2021, 10:03 by Denis Chabrol Four juveniles, who escaped from the Holding Centre early Saturday morning, were minutes later recaptured, police said. The Guyana Police Force said that at about 2:45 AM, the suspects, who were housed in cell #3 and #4 at the Holding Centre, “escaped by breaking the padlocks that were used ...
Read More »$780 million restoration of City Hall begins
Last Updated on Saturday, 25 September 2021, 8:27 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana government is investing GYD$780 million into the restoration of City Hall which has fallen into serious disrepair over the years, Minister of Local Government Nigel Dharamlall. He told Demerara Waves Online News/ News-Talk Radio Guyana 103.1 FM that the restoration work is being fully-funded by Central Government, ...
Read More »Fire destroys North-West Secondary School
Last Updated on Saturday, 25 September 2021, 8:00 by Denis Chabrol A late Friday night fire destroyed the North-West Secondary School, after several explosions rocked the wooden and concrete building located at Mabaruma, police said. Investigators said the cause of the fire was not immediately known, but the security guard said that about 10:10 PM the security guard, Mark Knights, ...
Read More »12-year old girl given drugs, alcohol by relative
Last Updated on Saturday, 25 September 2021, 7:43 by Denis Chabrol Police on Saturday said they were hunting a man, who allegedly gave a 12-year old girl drugs and alcohol to consume, at Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara. Date. 2021-09-24 The girl’s aunt told investigators that a male relative had given the victim drugs and alcohol to consume. The girl was ...
Read More »Suspect in knife-point robbery of policeman arrested
Last Updated on Saturday, 25 September 2021, 7:44 by Denis Chabrol Hours after an off-duty policeman was robbed at knife-point outside Muneshwer’s Hardware Store on Water Street, Georgetown, a suspect was arrested and the haversack believed to have been stolen was recovered, the Guyana Police Force said. The law enforcement agency said the suspect was arrested at about 5:30 PM ...
Read More »President rubbishes claims that Carolyn Rodrigues had resigned as Guyana’s Permanent Representative at UN
Last Updated on Friday, 24 September 2021, 15:38 by Denis Chabrol President Irfaan Ali on Friday denied that Guyana’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Carolyn Rodrigues had resigned and that she was persuaded to rescind it. “I don’t know about Ms. Carolyn Rodrigues resigning. I have never received a letter. I appoint Ambassadors but I don’t know what is ...
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