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Reproduced from WINNFM St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN):  Former Crown Counsel in the Attorney General’s Chambers Arudranauth Gossai, has been appointed Acting Director of Public Prosecutions for St. Kitts and Nevis.   At age 36, Mr. Gossai is believed to be the country’s youngest DPP.   WINN FM understands that he has been appointed to act in the post for ...

Two persons have been arrested and in connection with the theft of GUY$2.7 million from a house at Crane, West Coast Demerara on Friday, September 2, 2015. Investigators said the man and woman were arrested and GUY$1.4 million seized from a house in Kitty, Georgetown. The suspects are in police custody assisting with the investigations.

A serial burglar at Parfait Harmonie, West Bank Demerara on Saturday remained in custody after he expanded his craft to another village. Police said the man was arrested Friday during a probe into a report of break and enter and larceny on a house at Wales, West Bank Demerara. Investigators said whole being questioned, the suspect confessed to the breakage ...

Even as government is about to dole out GUY$500 million to ease the pressure that delayed payments for rice exports to Panama is having on millers and farmers, President David Granger said Friday that the failure to pay rice farmers was a private sector issue and that his government was being wrongfully targeted by rice farmers. He contended that a ...

Newly-accredited United States (US) Ambassador, Perry Holloway on Friday revived the idea of electronic counting of votes to speed up the delivery of results of Local Government Elections. “I wish to pledge my government’s continued support to the holding of local government elections before the end of 2015 — hopefully with the use of electronic tabulation so that we can ...

The creation of thousands of jobs will depend on children being properly educated, but teachers would possibly be paid higher salaries only after a Commission of Inquiry into the public service completes its work, President David Granger announced Friday. “That promise has gone before the Lutchman Commission which is now receiving memoranda and representations from all public servants including teachers ...

A senior police officer and three constables were Friday arraigned for allegedly received a GUY$6 million bribe to prevent police from seizing GUY$18 million worth of cocaine and charging a man who was allegedly in possession of the illicit substance. Assistant Superintendent, Terrence Brown pleaded not guilty and was granted GUY$250,000 bail by City Magistrate Ann Mc Lennan. However, the ...

President, David Granger on Friday openly lobbied the United States (US) for support against claims to Guyana’s territory. “Guyana looks forward to the support of the United States of America in its legitimate quest to protect itself against terrorism, transnational crime and threats to its territorial integrity,” he told American Ambassador Perry Holloway at the presentation of his credentials as ...

The Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry into the state and future of the bankrupt of Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco) says the probe team is trying to find the best option for the industry. Mr. Vibert Parvattan says the final report will be presented to the Minister of Agriculture on October 17, 2015. He declined to divulge whether or not ...

Vice President and Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan has made a final plea for persons in possession of illegal firearms to hand them over to the police. This comes in light of the extension of the Gun Amnesty Programme by the Ministry. The programme was supposed to have concluded on September 30 but received a 14-day extension. Speaking with the ...