Director of Public Prosecutions, Shalimar Hack and her husband, Moenul Hack, on Friday subjected themselves to questioning by agents of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU). They were questioned about the acqusition of a house lot at Pradoville 2- Ogle/ Sparendaam under the previous People’s Progressive Party. Accompanying them was Attorney at Law, Nigel Hughes who said no allegation has ...

(TRIBUNE MEDIA)– As many as 16 Indian-origin people, including a woman, in the US have been charged for their alleged role in a massive stolen credit card and identity theft operation resulting in losses of over US$ 3.5 million to individuals, financial institutions and retail businesses. Muhammad Rana, 40, of Queens in New York, was the leader of the massive fraud ...

Reproduced from Queens Chronicle | by Anthony O’Reilly, Associate Editor Dave Khan has seen better days at his barbershop. Khan — the owner of Dave’s Barbershop and Hair Salon on Liberty Avenue for three years — estimates three-quarters of his customers are too afraid to leave their homes and get a haircut, fearful Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will stop ...

Two assault rifles were Thursday afternoon seized from the home of a West Coast Demerara businessman, the Guyana Police Force said in a statement. Investigators said they uncovered one AK-47 and one M-70 assault rifle fitted with empty magazines at the 36-year old man’s house at Meten-Meer-Zorg. The firearms, they said, were in a bag hidden under a commercial gas ...

by Gary Eleazar The National Assembly today (March 9, 2017) approved of a multi-million dollar pension package for Former Prime, Minister Hamilton Green (1985-1992), despite boisterous protestations on the part of the political opposition. The Bill was successfully piloted by Finance Minister, Winston Jordan, on behalf of the coalition A Partnership for National Unity, Alliance for Change (APNU-AFC) Government.   ...

The Ministry of the Presidency  early Thursday evening clarified that President Granger did not refer to street protests in his address to Guyana Defence Force (GDF) officers at the annual officers’ conference. Other than the PPP, there have been no other strident call for supporters of any other political party or organisation to respond with protests, but the Ministry of ...

Former director of  Guyana’s state radio and television broadcaster, National Communications Network (NCN), Kwame Mc Coy, was Thursday questioned about the relocation of the Sparendaam radio transmission station’s mast nearby where several house lots have been allocated to then government ministers and other officials. “Basically, they wanted to know about my role in this entire saga of the Pradoville 2, specifically as ...

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, President David Granger on Thursday warned that  recent calls for street protests could have serious implications for national unity. “Threats might arise, however, from elements who wish to undermine internal security. Reckless remarks about an uprising and provocative calls for the mobilisation of foot soldiers have the potential to rip apart the fragile fabric of ...

President David Granger on Wednesday identified the three major qualities of nominees for the post of Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), the Presidential Ministry said in a statement. They were disclosed in a meeting he held with Opposition Leader, Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo- the second round of talks held in just over a week to discuss the much talked-about ...

Guyana, concerned about bogus immigration stamps in foreigners’ passports and human trafficking, is moving to introduce an Electronic Visa (E-Visa) and Work Visa System as part of the implementation and development of a modern visa issuance policy and system. The Ministry of the Presidency’s Department of Citizenship and Immigration says Guyana has received assistance from the European Union (EU) and the ...