by Attorney-at-Law, Dr. Vivian Williams Guyanese were struggling ever since the country was wrested from the colonial masters. So, when oil was discovered in the South American country in 2015, expectations of prosperity soared. Consequently, the implementation of Local Content Requirements (LCRs) in the fledging oil & gas sector is greeted with patriotic fervor. It is easy for a country, ...

Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on Friday asked the High Court to order that there be no consultations between Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton and President Irfaan Ali next week Monday on the appointment of Mr. Clifton Hicken as acting Police Commissioner until a case challenging the constitutionality of the Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC) is determined. “Pending the hearing ...

Fifty-two year old Andrew Morgan, who is accused of being in possession of 3.27 kilogrammes of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking, was Wednesday refused bail and remanded to prison, the Head of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU), James Singh said. Mr. Morgan, who is represented by Attorney-at-Law Stanley Moore, pleaded not guilty to being in possession of the cocaine ...

Hundreds of protesters surged past riot police and soldiers who stood outside the Vigilance Police Stati0n, East Coast Demerara without incident, as they headed further west in a journey that started at Golden Grove, East Coast Demerara. As they walked down, they continued to block several parts of the East Coast Demerara Public Road to vent their anger at what ...

Golden Grove, East Coast Demerara residents on Tuesday morning blocked the public road and chased police who went to enquire the reason for the protest, apparently sparked off by reports of the release of a policeman who allegedly shot and killed a resident days ago. Despite assurances by the Guyana Police Force that the Special Branch (Secret Police) agent, Kristoff ...

Chief-of-Staff (ag) Colonel Omar Khan, earlier Monday met with the soldier whose photograph has been making rounds on social media because of his heroic yet instinctive act of rescuing a young baby after the boat he, the child’s mother and other passengers were travelling in, started to take in water in the Essequibo River on Saturday last. The Guyana Defence ...

Andrew Morgan, whose brother was convicted in the United States for drug trafficking several years ago, was Monday arrested allegedly with 3.27 kilogrammes of cocaine, a gun and ammunition in his possession at his Eccles, East Bank Demerara home, the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) said. The anti-drug agency said the 52-year old man was caught with the illicit substance, twenty-seven ...

The Ministry of Natural Resources’ Local Content Secretariat on Monday informed RAMPS Logistics (Guyana) Inc. that it failed to submit important proof of Guyanese ownership due to apparent discrepancies in the allocation of shares “No Amended Articles of Incorporation nor the corresponding resolution were submitted to the Secretariat which authorised the increase in the total number of shares Ramps Logistics ...

Highly respected Guyana-born Justice Louise Blenman is tipped to be the next Chief Justice of Belize, according to a government statement from that lone Central American Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member state. The Belize government says no Belizean  was among the eight applicants for the job that was advertised locally, regionally and through the Commonwealth Secretariat, in apparent response to scathing ...

The State-owned Indian construction company, Ashoka Buildcon Limited, has been told to employ Guyanese and complete the project in a timely manner to the required specifications if it is to stand a good chance of being awarded future contracts in Guyana, officials said Friday. “We expect that you will execute this project in line with the highest of standards in line ...