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Crime

Manhunt for Wismar teacher’s killer after they broke up

Police in Linden were Monday morning continuing their manhunt for the prime suspect in the killing of a teacher after she broke up their relationship. Dead is 22-year Kelly Charlotte who lived at 790 One Mile Extention, Wismar, Linden. Police said they are looking for the son’s father, a 28-year-old truck driver of One Mile Extention Wismar, Linden. Charlotte was ...

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World Bank debars consultant for corrupt practice in Petroleum Governance and Management Project in Guyana

The World Bank Group has announced the three-year debarment with conditional release of an individual consultant in connection with a corrupt practice as part of the Petroleum Governance and Management Project in Guyana. The debarment makes Mr. Carlos Barberán Diez, a Spanish national, and his controlled affiliates, AC Oil & Gas SL and AC Oil & Gas Emirates LLC, ineligible ...

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Justice Singh refutes Queen’s College’s Deputy Principal’s accusations of aggression

Justice Navindra Singh has rejected claims by Queen’s College Deputy Headmistress  Lenise Morgan that he was aggressive towards her while he was at the school for a meeting concerning the alleged assault of his daughter by the son of the Ministry of Education’s Chief Education Officer. “While it is difficult to properly answer your last query since you did not ...

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Queen’s College shelves proposed ban of parent who allegedly accosted Deputy Principal

Queen’s College teachers have been advised tentatively against banning a senior judicial officer from entering the school building because of alleged hostility he displayed to the Deputy Headmistress last Friday when he went to enquire why his daughter was made to apologise to a male student who has a history of aggression to other students, sources said. In correspondence seen ...

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Rastafari Council deplores retaining marijuana as a criminal offence; Attorney General says it’s a “delicate balance”

The Guyana Rastafari Council on Saturday assailed government’s rejection of a proposal to decriminalise the possession of marijuana rather than merely removing imprisonment as a penalty but Attorney General Anil Nandlall has already said that changes to the narcotics law are aimed at finding a “delicate balance” between competing interests. Mr Nandlall said, at the bipartisan parliamentary select committee, there ...

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Guyana Bar Association frowns on Attorney General’s “aggressive agenda” accusation over lawyer’s arrest

The Guyana Bar Association (GBA) on Saturday expressed disappointment at Attorney General Anil Nandlall’s claim that an “aggressive agenda” was being pursued although he swiftly instructed police to release a lawyer who had been arrested because she had advised her client to remain silent. “The arrest of an Attorney-at-Law in Guyana in the execution of her professional duties is unprecedented ...

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Organization of Commonwealth Caribbean Bar Associations condemns arrest of Guyanese lawyer; says police must be educated

The Organization of Commonwealth Caribbean Bar Associations (OCCBA) has condemned the arrest of a Guyanese lawyer while she was advising her client in the presence of agents of the Guyana Police F0rce’s Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU). Describing the Guyana Bar Association’s (GBA) report of the  arrest of Attorney-at-Law Tamieka Clarke on October 28 while advising her client to remain ...

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President appeals for national support to tackle problems facing boys, men

President Irfaan Ali  Friday issued a stirring appeal for broad-based national support to address deep-seated problems facing boys and men so that they could grasp education and job opportunities while staying away from trouble such as committing violence against women and children. “This is not the time for us to point fingers. This the time for us to come together ...

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Police slammed for arresting attorney for advising client to remain silent; lawyer to sue police for wrongful arrest

The Guyana Bar Association (GBA) and Guyana Association of Women Lawyers (GAWL) on Friday condemned the Guyana Police Force’s Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) for arresting an Attorney-at-Law Tameika Clarke because she advised her client to remain silent during questioning, even as Attorney General Anil Nandlall said he instructed police to release her. The police force said the alleged arrest ...

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1,000-man mission to tackle violence, joblessness among youths- Ali

President Irfaan Ali has announced a 1,000-man mission to stem hunger and deviant behaviour among boys and young men as well as provide skills training to gear them up for jobs. Dr Ali  says he will be leading a team of high-ranking police and military officers, 100 each of sport men, religious leaders, teachers, community workers, farmers, entertainers, prominent figures ...

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