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Police say self-confessed death squad member, Shawn Hinds, is not wanted for the shooting death of political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing earlier this year. Head of the Criminal Investigations Department, Senior Superintendent Wendell Blanhum on Wednesday told Demerara Waves Online News that Hinds has not been fingered in Crum-Ewing’s killing on March 10, 2015 at Diamond, East Bank Demerara. At the ...

The Guyana government has reached an agreement with the Surinamese beverage company, RUDISA International NV, with regard to the repayment of a judgement of US$7.72M in keeping with a ruling of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). The agreement includes the repayment of a reduced sum. Harmon refused to disclose the reduced debt, opting only to say that it would ...

A former policeman has admitted that he was a member of a death squad that was responsible for bringing down several heavily armed criminals who had escaped from the Georgetown Prison in February 2002. “I was in a death squad,” said Shawn Hinds who is a former bodyguard for now sacked Town Clerk, Carol Sooba. His confession comes at time ...

by Zena Henry Minister of State Joseph Harmon said that Guyanese can look forward to working indirectly in the country’s rising oil and gas sector as early as next month. He made the announcement last Sunday during an interview with Nice FM Radio in Antigua. The minister answered questions by the Antiguan radio station which related to the government’s operations since ...

Reroduced from the Fiji Times Online TWO Guyana nationals from South America were admitted to the bar at the High Court in Suva after midday today. The admission ceremony was presided over by Chief Justice Anthony Gates. Andrew Liverpool, 25, and Shinella Andrea Ghent, 27, both graduated with a law degree from the University of Guyana and attained their Graduate ...

by Zena Henry The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has upheld a ruling prohibiting the Guyana Telephone and Telegram Company (GTT) from denying internet access to one of its customers who made and received international calls using Voice over Internet Protocol (“VoIP”); technology provided by US Company Vonage. The ruling could have possibly opened the flood gates for other GTT ...

The Commission of Inquiry asked by the Government of Guyana to investigate the operations of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has continued its work and will complete the first round of factory visits Tuesday with a five-member team visiting the Uitvlugt factory. Visits were conducted at all the other estates in Berbice and Demerara, according to a statement issued by ...

Leading activists of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) and the lawyer for the Presidential Commission of Inquiry are upset that the probe into the bomb-blast death of Dr. Walter Rodney 35 years ago will be wrapped up without the testimony of key witnesses. At the same time, they said sufficient evidence has been provided to allow the three –member commission to conclude ...

Attorney General (AG) and Legal Affairs Minister, Basil Williams, says the money owed by the Government of Guyana (GoG) to Surinamese beverage company, Rudisa Beverages and Juices, has increased to $1.6 billion due to government’s failure to pay the initial amount of $1.2 billion in a timely manner. The AG further said that the parties to the matter will appear ...

by Zena Henry Despite ambiguities and doubtfulness, it has become more apparent that the main opposition will be occupying their seats in the National Assembly at its next sitting for the first time since general and regional elections more than two months ago. Preparations have begun by the National Assembly’s administration to accommodate the already identified 32 parliamentarians.   Clerk ...