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The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on Wednesday asked police to further investigate the 16-year old girl’s rape allegation against Local Government Minister, Nigel Dharamlall, the Head of the Police Force’s Head of Criminal Investigations Department, Assistant Commissioner Wendell Blanhum said. Another source said the DPP provided legal advice for police to deepen its probe. Mr Dharamlall, through his lawyer ...

Canadian oil exploration companies, CGX Energy Inc. and Frontera Energy on Wednesday announced their discovery of oil at the Wei-1 well in the Corentyne block offshore Guyana. The joint venturers said they discovered approximately 200 kilometers offshore from Georgetown, Guyana. “The Joint Venture has successfully finished drilling operations without any safety incidents and expects to release the drilling rig in ...

Several protesters in Plaisance, East Coast Demerara on Tuesday greeted Vice President Jagdeo to vent their anger against the widening of the Railway Embankment Road because they would lose their properties and livelihoods as vendors and other businesspeople. After waving placards and chanting slogans , most of them failed in their attempt to enter the school to express their concerns ...

Guyana is borrowing Trinidad and Tobago’s plea bargaining legislation, aimed at facilitating discussions between prosecutors and offenders to ease the backlog of criminal cases and reduce the prison population, authorities said. “Its primary intent is to provide the opportunity for prosecutors and accused persons to meet under specific circumstances and negotiate a settlement acceptable to the principles of justice,” the ...

The Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) leader responsible for food security, Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali on Tuesday lamented the absence of health, education and technology from the region’s mission to increase food production and eat healthy. Overall, he said studies show that the cost of a healthy diet is very expensive in the Caribbean and Latin America. “Something is wrong so we ...

President Irfaan Ali on Tuesday hesitated to talk about the political future of Local Government Minister Nigel Dharamlall if he is charged with rape of a 16-year old teenage girl last December. “As President, I have to deal fairly with what is before me. What is before me is that the minister proceeded on leave to allow that (investigation0. Now, ...

President Irfaan Ali on Tuesday said preparations were being finalised to hold a  Commission of Inquiry into the fire at the Mahdia Secondary School dormitory that claimed the lives of 20 children. “We are finalising the TOR (Terms of Reference) right now,” he told reporters. He plans to meet with the team under the leadership of Retired Major General Joseph ...

The Childcare and Protection Agency (CPA) on Monday denied that the 16-year old girl, who has complained that Local Government Minister Nigel Dharamlall allegedly raped her, was prevented from having a private lawyer. “At no time was the child denied additional or private legal representation,” the agency said days after Attorney-at-Law Dexter Todd said publicly that the CPA had prevented counsel ...

Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony on Monday announced that a “comprehensive” anti-drug addiction programme including treatment services at clinics, rehabilitation centres and the training of drug addiction specialists. He made the announcements at a public forum to mark the United Nations-designated International Day against Illicit Trafficking and Drug Abuse under the theme “People First: stop stigma and Discrimination, strengthen Prevention”. ...

Well-known Guyanese lawyer Nigel Hughes on Monday defended his decision to defend People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) government minister, Nigel Dharamlall in a rape allegation by a 16-year old schoolgirl, arguing that his priority is to ensure that the system works fairly for the complainant and the accused. “We have to ensure first of all you protect the person who ...