Last Updated on Saturday, 27 July 2024, 17:10 by Writer As a wide-ranging probe by the Guyana Police Force’s Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) into alleged financial improprieties widens, investigators within the past week obtained High Court orders to freeze at least two bank accounts for businesses being operated by the wife of a high ranking police officer. “We have ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 27 July 2024, 16:58 by Writer High Court Judge, Gino Persaud has hit out at Attorney General Anil Nandlall for saying that if the court had recognised an arbitral award that monies owed to Venezuela and its state-owned oil company, PDVSA, were to be released to American oil company, ConocoPhillips, whose assets had been nationalised by ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 25 July 2024, 22:43 by Writer The University of Guyana (UG) has introduced a Bachelor of Science Degree in Respiratory Care (BSRC) programme, making Guyana the first country in the Caribbean region to have conceptualised such an initiative in its healthcare education system, officials said Wednesday. It was developed within a record time of 11 months. ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 25 July 2024, 22:37 by Writer Guyana’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN), Ambassador Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett has declared that the Security Council lacks democracy because any of its Permanent members could derail a majority of members. Speaking at a discussion about next September’s UN Summit of the Future, she said the Security Council does not ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 25 July 2024, 22:32 by Writer by R. Evan Ellis As Venezuela moves toward promised national elections on July 28, my heart is with the hopes of Venezuelans for a miracle that will translate their courageous act of voting, into a restoration of democracy. Everything I have seen unfold in the country over the past 25 years of my career in ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 25 July 2024, 21:49 by Writer Professor Kenneth Benjamin, the Head of the Law Department at the University of Guyana (UG), was honoured by the Hugh Wooding Law School for his distinguished career in the legal field, the university said Thursday.  Recognised for his extensive contributions to law and justice, Professor Benjamin was the only Guyanese ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 19:33 by Writer Police said an intelligence-led operation was conducted in Kitty, Georgetown at about 05:30 hours today (Wednesday, July 24th, 2024), during which a total of 26 handguns and high-powered rifles, along with a cache of ammunition, were found. Six persons have been arrested and are in custody assisting with the investigation. ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 19:13 by Writer Police Wednesday morning seized several guns that were in a car parked outside the then residence of Ricardo “Paper Shorts” Fagundes in March, 2021, sources confirmed. Three persons, including two women, were transported from the scene by police, according to a source. Police, in several vehicles, swooped down on the ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 19:09 by Writer By GHK Lall US Vice President Kamala Harris is the woman of the moment. Ms. Harris could be a strong contender for Woman of the Year, depending on November. Once that barrier is scaled and the rest falls into place, pursuant to democratic norms, she could qualify to be Woman ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 18:58 by Writer By Dr. Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus For the past several months, columnist GHK Lall has been trying to make a case against the PPP on economic grounds. He tried everything in his repertoire but came up empty-handed. The truth is the Guyanese economy is roaring both at the level of ...