Last Updated on Thursday, 27 July 2023, 17:44 by Denis Chabrol Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo and Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on Thursday weighed in on the police investigation into former government minister and serving opposition parliamentarian David Patterson’s alleged exposure of his genitals and other offences. Head of the Guyana Police Force’s Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Assistant Commissioner Wendell Blanhum  ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 27 July 2023, 16:56 by Denis Chabrol Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Today, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) denied special leave in the Guyanese case of Sherwin Harte and Deon  Greenidge v The State  in which Greenidge sought permission to appeal his conviction and both Harte and Greenidge sought permission to appeal the sentence ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 26 July 2023, 20:14 by Denis Chabrol An American pastor has come out in defence of Guyanese Indian cultural activist, Joel Ghansham, who apparently angered an American Airlines cabin attendant by describing him as a “waiter” and forced the Guyana-bound flight to return to the United States. “In my evaluation Mr. Ghansham was discriminated against due ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 26 July 2023, 17:46 by Denis Chabrol The Canadian High Commission is preparing to move out from its decades-long location at Young and High Streets, Kingston to the Pegasus Corporate Centre but an official said on Wednesday no date has been set. A Canadian High Commission spokeswoman said the colonial era wooden building was no longer ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 26 July 2023, 17:11 by Denis Chabrol The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has appealed to the Guyana Police Force to submit information on noise nuisance complaints as the two agencies team up in their fight against that problem. EPA Environmental Officer, Ladonna Kissoon told a recently-held symposium for senior police officers that her agency needed such ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 26 July 2023, 16:01 by Denis Chabrol Guyana’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) would be licensing more passenger boats to ply the Wales- Diamond route depending on demand for the service after the Demerara Harbour Bridge resumes operation, the agency’s Director-General Stephen Thomas said Wednesday. In preparation for major repairs to the bridge this week, government upgraded the ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 25 July 2023, 22:13 by Denis Chabrol The High Court on Tuesday ordered that three members of the Guyana Public Service Cooperative Credit Union (GPSCCU) cease to be members of the Committee of Management and that they be replaced by three others who had previously won a case. Attorney-at-Law Roysdale Forde said Justice Navindra Singh ruled ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 25 July 2023, 21:11 by Denis Chabrol The design of the new Demerara River Bridge is yet to be approved, a Ministry of Public Works Engineer told a stakeholder meeting primarily with nearby East Bank Demerara residents who complained bitterly that they did not get proper answers to their questions. Engineer Siddiq Khan told the consultation ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 25 July 2023, 13:11 by Denis Chabrol Guyana’s Solicitor General Nigel Hawke has urged police not to place children on ‘benches’ at police stations and desist from seizing vehicles without first securing a temporary court order. He issued the advice while interacting with police at a session on Human Rights Policing during the recently-held symposium for ...

Last Updated on Monday, 24 July 2023, 20:17 by Denis Chabrol A bus driver and his wife, who is a nurse, were Monday charged with stealing 208 ounces of raw gold and were each granted GY$1.5 million, police said. Those charged with the offence of simple larceny of the gold valued GY$76,960,000 were bus driver 25-year old Rohan Mangal  and ...