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The University of Guyana (UG) is being represented by a three-man mooting team during the 2015 Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Mooting Competition which commenced Thursday. The UG team, made up of Second-year Student-at-Law Raeanna Clarke, as its Senior Counsel and third-year Students-at-Law Nichalous Carryl and Sarika Gajrajits Junior Counsel and Researcher respectively, was slated to make its submission Friday. ...

Health Minister, Dr, Bheri Ramsarran on Friday announced that Caribbean countries, now classified as middle income countries, would have to  find ways of accessing vaccines at cheaper prices, even as the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) continues to procure some of them at lower than market prices. Ramsarran made the announcement before joining First Lady Deolatchmie Ramotar in turning the ...

Police have identified the businessman, who was shot and robbed of GUY$2.5 millon, as an auto dealer. Police spokesman, Ivelaw Whittaker said auto dealer Intiaz Arakhan,23 of of Eccles, East Bank Demerara was held up by man armed with a firearm at about 10:15 AM. “The perpetrator shot Intiaz Arakhan to his right foot and took away an haversack with ...

The Marriott-branded hotel, largely funded by the Guyana government due to pending High Court cases, is set to open next month but a Hong Kong-headquartered company has bowed out from running the casino because it’s too risk to do so under weak anti-money laundering legislation. Chairman of the National Industrial Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL)- the  holding company for state assets ...

Roman Catholic Bishop, Francis Alleyne on Thursday asked the faithful across Guyana to pray for peace, in the wake of two “chilling” killings Tuesday night that he said must be condemned by political leaders and thoroughly investigated by police. “Many persons, in the absence of evidence, are already drawing political inferences.  At this time, to draw specific conclusions as to ...

President Donald Ramotar on Thursday sought to shift responsibility away from his political corner for the gunning down of a political activist Tuesday night at Diamond, East Bank Demerara. His administration and ruling party have been blamed by the political opposition for the gunning down of Courtney Crum-Ewing while on a loud hailer urging residents to go out and vote ...

Five persons are now homeless following a fire which gutted their Hibiscus Street ,West Ruimveldt home Thursday midday. Reports are that smoke was seen emanating from the single flat, five bedroom home of the Walcott family at Lot 638,West Ruimveldt around 11:40 this morning when an alarm was raised. An occupant of the home was reportedly sewing at the time. ...

Police arrested at least two persons and seized  two big bags of marijuana Thursday morning, Head of the Criminal Investigations Department, Assistant Commissioner Leslie James said. Another high-ranking official in ‘A’ Division told reporters that gunshots were fired during the chase in Kitty. Residents in the vicinity of David and Lamaha Streets, Kitty reported hearing gunshots about 10 AM. It ...

President Donald Ramotar on Thursday urged the Guyana Police Force to take seriously a United States (US) research that recently found that the local law enforcement agency recorded the lowest level of trust in the Caribbean. A survey conducted in June and July, 2014 by the Latin American Opinion Poll (LAPOP) project at the Vanderbilt University found that the trust ...

The opposition coalition of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) on Wednesday appealed for calm, in the wake of the execution of political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing. “To the citizens of Guyana, we appeal for you to be both resolute and reasoned in your condemnation of the impunity with which human rights abuses are carried ...