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Former Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Debra Backer died Friday morning after a period of illness, her party-the Peoples National Congress Reform (PNCR) announced. She was 55 years old. It is with deep regret that the Peoples National Congress Reform mourns the passing of Ms. Debbie Jan Backer. Debbie passed away this morning after a brief illness. The General ...

  A contractor -supervisor working for Noble House Seafoods was Thursday morning shot and robbed of more than GUY$500,000 dollars, police said. The money belonged to the seafood company where he is working. At about 1300h. today Thursday March 20, 2014, Shane James, 33 years, of Bagotville, WBD, was on the roadway at Providence, EBD, awaiting transportation when two men ...

City businessman, Rondy Jagdeo, who was accused of gunning down biker Kirk Davis late last year, on Thursday walked out of the Georgetown Magistrates Court a free man. Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine- Beharry ruled ruled that the prosecution failed to establish the elements of murder and so there was insufficient evidence to committ him to stand trial in the High ...

by Sacha Wilson (TRINIDAD GUARDIAN).-If the Trinidad and Tobago government fails to begin prosecuting people under the money laundering laws, T&T runs the risk of being blacklisted by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). The warning was issued by former director designate of Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) David West who pleaded with parliamentarians to work together to ensure the legislation is ...

A taxi driver was Wednesday arraigned for allegedly robbing a man of jewellery worth GUY$500,000 bail. Gregory Halls of 59 Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara was charged with larceny from the person that he allegedly committed on March 13 at Water Street, Georgetown. He allegedly robbed Badrinauth Seeraj  of one gold and diamond band. Halls denied having any similar pending ...

The son of the owner of Good Taste Chinese Restaurant was Wednesday placed on GUY$40,000 bail on separate charges of dangerous driving. Sumhao Huang of  4 Norton Street, Georgetown was accused of committing the offence on March 11 at Crown and Irving Streets, Georgetown. Police said he drove motor car PPP 7082 in a manner dangerous to the public. Speaking ...

While accepting assurances that the Walter Rodney Inquiry Commission would conduct its work to the best of its ability, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) was Wednesday yet to decide whether it would testify. “We have not given any assurance about participating and so on…We have time. We have to think about it because the Terms of Reference – we ...

The Chairman of the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry, Sir Richard Cheltenham on Wednesday shrugged off concerns that the probe goes beyond the death of the former politician and questions about the impartiality of one of the commissioners. Sir Richard virtually ruled out asking President Donald Ramotar to re-examine the terms of reference for the three-member commission, when asked whether ...

One person was killed and several others were injured when a Tundra crashed into a tree and slid down the bank of a trench at Road-en-Rust, East Bank Essequibo. Dead is 15-year old Ryan ‘Van Damme’ Brescinio. He died at the Leonora Cottage Hospital. Four others were rushed to the West Demerara Regional Hospital from where four were transferred to ...

Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh, will present Budget 2014 in the National Assembly on Monday, March 24, his ministry announced on Tuesday. The Finance Ministry hopes that the governing Peoples Progressive Party Civic (PPPC), which holds a one-seat minority, and the combined opposition of the Alliance For Change (AFC) and  A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) that together hold 33 ...