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A Guyana Court of Appeal Judge, Rabi Sukul has been asked to resign after he was disbarred by the Bar Council of England and Wales for intentionally misleading a client of his who was convicted of drug-related offences. “The acting Chancellor has requested the immediate resignation of Justice Sukul who has undertaken to do so,” the Office of the Chancellor ...

The Guyana government and the ruling Peoples Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) have issued strongly worded statements against Venezuela’s political opposition, accusing them of destabilizing the Nicolas Maduro administration. “The Government of Guyana stands in solidarity with the Government of Venezuela and fully supports its efforts at withstanding acts of destabilisation,” said the Foreign Ministry in a statement issued at the ...

City businessman, Deonarine ‘Ram’ Sanasie was shot and seriously injured while drinking with several persons opposite his business place, Ram’s Auto Spares, at Fourth and Light Streets, Alberttown. Ram was shot to one of his legs and his abdomen, a police source said. The incident occurred about 6:15 PM outside a spare shop named ‘Hose and Bolts’. A man who ...

A convict escaped from the Mazaruni Prison and was up to late Friday afternoon still at large, police said. The escapee has been identified as Steve Benjamin. He is fair in complexion and about 5 feet, 5 inches tall. Source said the man of Amerindian descent had been an inmate for just over one year. He was sentenced to four ...

Three men were Friday committed to stand trial in the High Court for the ‘septic tank’ murder of a Campbelville woman six years ago, after a second Preliminary Inquiry (PI). They are 27-year old Ralph Tyndall of ‘C’ Field, Sophia;  26-year old Anthony De Paul ‘Papa’ Hope also of ‘C’ Field Sophia and 27-year old Kevin O’Neil of Seaforth Street, ...

The dead Jamaican woman, who was found in a city hotel almost one month ago, had ingested a number of suspected cocaine pellets, police said. Her Jamaican companion who was also a guest at the hotel has not been seen or heard from since. Police said an autopsy revealed a number of ingested “pellets”, suspected to contain cocaine, were found ...

New York, AFP — The world’s most famous postage stamp, the sole-surviving example of a one-cent magenta from British colonial Guyana, is going under the hammer in New York for $10 to $20 million. Sotheby’s has valued the stamp, which was made under British rule in 1856 when a shipment of stamps from England was delayed, and will sell it ...

Guyana has been given more time to pass amendments to its financial crimes legislation after the France-based Financial Action Task Force agreed that Guyana should be reviewed again in another three months.The administration of President Donald Ramotar attributed the reprieve to public statements issued by the Organisation of American States (OAS) and the Caribbean Community (Caricom).This is the second time ...

Caribbean Chemicals (Guyana) Limited on Friday sounded alarm bells about a “gang of fraudsters” after the company sold GUY$2.2 million worth of fertilizer to someone using a bogus cheque. Director of Caribbean Chemicals, Francesca Pires declined to name the company whose cheque book was stolen in November 2013 but said the cheques are supposed to be drawn on an account ...

The GFC coach was early Friday- Valentine’s Day- morning killed in a gruesome accident on Mandela Avenue. He has been identified as Peter Lashley. Up to the time of the accident he was employed by John Fernandes Limited. Eyewitnesses said he was riding his motorcycle when he ended up underneath a truck. His head and face were severely disfigured. One ...