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An America Street gold dealer and a wash bay attendant were Tuesday arraigned for the alleged murder of Patsan Trading sales representative, Bharrat Ramcharran in the course of committing a robbery. They are Randolph Marques,20, and Kevin France,26, of 708 East Ruimveldt, Georgetown. Marques and his father trade in gold. Appearing before Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine-Beharry; they were not allowed ...

Despite concrete assurances that witnesses at the Commission of Inquiry into the death of Dr. Walter Rodney would not be prosecuted if they admit to having played any part in killing him, a lawyer for the Peoples National Congress Reform (PNCR) said he is worried about the fate of other persons whose names might be called. Attorney-at-Law, Basil Williams’ reaction ...

Possibly key secret police files about the activities of the Working Peoples Alliance (WPA) have apparently gone missing and so were not presented to the Commission of Inquiry into the bomb-blast death of Dr. Walter Rodney in 1980. Former Head of the Special Branch, Senior Superintendent Leslie James – now Chief of Criminal Investigations- presented only three of 10 files ...

Secret files about police surveillance of the Working Peoples Alliance (WPA) and the infiltration of that party to assassinate persons will be among testimony at the Commission of Inquiry into the death of political activist, Dr. Walter Rodney more than 33 years ago. Lawyer for the Commission, Glenn Hanoman said original files from the Guyana Police Force Special Branch would ...

Even as Permanent Secretary of the Amerindian Affairs Ministry, Nigel Dharamlall seeks to assure Amerindians that they will not be shut out of his office, government is seeking to have greater control of funding being managed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). “My job is to have an open-door policy to anyone who comes to then ministry,” he told ...

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) on Sunday accused A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) of breaking its promise to tie its parliamentary support for passage of amendments to the financial crimes law to getting government to re-issue arbitration letters for the Bauxite Company of Guyana Incorporated (BCGI). The High Court had ruled that Minister of Labour, Dr. Nankishore Gopaul ...

Residents on the West Bank and parts of West Coast Demerara were Sunday morning plunged into what will almost certainly be several hours of blackout after a car crashed into a utility pole and downed several others. The incident occurred shortly before 10 AM. No one in the car was injured. Residents alleged that the driver had hit another car ...

A house that was about to be rehabilitated by Habitat for Humanity for a woman who was almost stabbed to death by her husband was destroyed by fire of electrical origin early Sunday morning, neighbours said. The incident occurred at 18 Goed Fortuin Public Road, West Bank Demerara. A nearby resident said the old wooden building was quickly engulfed by ...

The Chairman of the Private Sector Commission (PSC), Ronald Webster died early Sunday morning at the Balwant Singh Hospital, a senior private sector official said. He passed away at 3:30 AM at the medical institution while recuperating from a recent cancer surgery in Trinidad. “He was battling with cancer for a while and he was in Trinidad for an operation ...

The Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) could soon send technical experts to hammer out differences over amendments to Guyana’s financial crimes law but the opposition insisted that political issues first need to be resolved before the opposition can support passage of the bill. “In essence, we have a political crisis and it requires a political solution,” Vice Chairman of ...