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One of the unsuccessful applicants for the post of Town Clerk for the Georgetown Municipality on Friday moved to the High Court to challenge government’s appointment of Carol Sooba. The High Court granted a temporary order that essentially reverts Sooba’s appointment to that of acting Town Clerk until Local Government Minister, Ganga Persaud can show cause why the decision to ...

Assistant Police Commissioner, Derrick Josiah died on Friday as a result of a massive heart attack, his long-time colleague George Vyphuis confirmed. He was 50 years old. Assistant Commissioner Vyphuis said that Josiah was receiving treatment for an injury he had sustained during an accident on the West Coast Demerara several weeks ago. He said Josiah was at a private ...

An 18-year old man was Friday granted GUY$300,00 bail for allegedly obtaining money under false pretence for the procurement of three motor cars. Police accuse Raphael Mohammed of of 52 Annandale Housing Scheme of obtaining GUY$650,000 from Amil Yusuff, GUY$500,000 from John Jones and GUY$580,000 from Sherwin Wright by falsely pretending to be in possession of three motor cars. He ...

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) parliamentarian, Volda Lawrence on Friday sought to explain how her vote for spending on the security sector went down as an abstention. Lawrence said by the time she could have received advice from APNU Chief Whip, Amna Ally on how to vote immediately on returning to the Chamber she did not respond when her ...

A member of the Georgetown City Constabulary on Thursday pleaded guilty for being in possession of one gram of marijuana and he was fined and ordered to provide community service. 22-year old Jermaine Fenty of D’Urban Street was caught with the marijuana at the Ferry Stelling, Stabroeke. The prosecution’s case was that about 9:40 PM on December 11, a police ...

Shadow Finance Minister for A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), Carl Greenidge on Thursday signalled his opposition coalition’s intention to take action against Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh for spending more than GUY$200 million on two state media entities although their 2012 budgetary allocations had been cut to GUY$1.00. “In light of what has happened now, we will move to ...

by Carolyn Kissoon (TRINIDAD EXPRESS).-GUYANESE national Rosinda Nicholson, who was deported along with her ailing two-year-old son two months ago, has returned to Trinidad and is being allowed to seek medical treatment for her child. Her son, Elijah Harris, who was born in Trinidad, has been diagnosed with autism. Nicholson, 22, said Elijah was unable to receive medical treatment in ...

Guyana Power and Light assured consumers on the Essequibo Coast that more than two days of blackout will come to an end on Wednesday. “Repairs to the switchgear will be completed today- December 10th, facilitating the distribution of the Plant’s 5.4 MW installed capacity to the system which has a maximum demand of 4.2 MW,” GPL said in statement. This ...

(TRINIDAD GUARDIAN).-Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited reported a net profit after taxation, for the year ended September 30, of Guy$2.35 billion, up from the 2012 figure of Guy$2.01 billion, according to third quarter (Q3) results released December 2. The company’s earnings per share (EPS) rose from 6.71 to 7.85 year (2013) on year (2012), and from 1.57 to 2.11 quarter (Q3 ...

Operations at the cash-strapped and low-producing Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuco) ground to a halt on Wednesday when field and factory workers went on strike to demand payment of an Annual Production Incentive (API). Workers were expected to return to work on Thursday ahead of another meeting on Friday (December 13). President of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU), ...