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(BBC NEWS).-Irish teen cleared on Guyana president death threat charge An Irish teenager charged with threatening to assassinate the president of Guyana has had the case against him dropped. Prosecutors announced on 30 May that they were dropping the charges against gap year student Cillian Crosson, 17, from Lambtown, Ardee. He had been working as a volunteer teacher in South ...

Leader of the Opposition David Granger has accused Attorney General Anil Nandlall of misleading the public with his statement that no reason has been offered for the non-support of the confirmation of the acting Chancellor of the Judiciary and Chief Justice. Nandlall at a PPP press conference on Monday told reporters that President Donald Ramotar opened talks with Granger soon ...

The rifle that was snatched from a policeman during a robbery at the Wismar Post Office was Tuesday morning discovered in a clump of bushes on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway, well-placed sources said. None of the estimated GUY$2 million that was stolen from the post office has been recovered so far. Three persons, who have been detained, are very well-known to ...

Guyana will soon be looking at how it will tap into a US$1.5B grant announced by the Chinese Government, during a visit of that country’s President Xi Jinping to Port of Spain, Trinidad. This was announced by President Donald Ramotar, shortly after Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads met with the Chinese Head ofState at the Hilton Hotel in Port of Spain, ...

Attorney General Anil Nandlall says Guyana secured the deadline extension to conform to international anti-money laundering standards because of the work it has already done towards that end. He told the media at a PPP press conference on Monday that the extension for the passage of the now-stalled Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (Amendment) Bill (AML/CFT) was granted ...

The New Building Society (NBS) today announced yet another reduction on mortgage rates with effect from July 1, 2013. According to a release from the Society, this move is a reflection of its continuous quest to ensure affordable mortgages for citizens. Over the past few years, the NBS has asserted itself as a major player in the residential mortgage market ...

The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development will re-advertise for the positions of the Town Clerk and City Treasurer at the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC), after it was found that persons who applied for the posts lack the relevant experience and qualification. Acting Town Clerk, Carol Sooba has been coming under fire since she her appointment, with ...

The timeframe for local government elections this year is dwindling with the opposition adopting an obstructionist posture, according to Local Government Minister Ganga Persaud. Four pieces of legislation are currently in a parliamentary Special Select Committee where they were sent after a bipartisan task force failed to agree on the reforms after several years. Persaud said they had made some ...

As hundreds of Guyanese marched through the streets of Georgetown to observe World Environment Day later this week, they could not help pass the piles of uncollected garbage and clogged drains. Although the focus on June 5 is on reducing food waste under the theme “Think, Eat Save, Reduce Your Food Print”, two residents of Albert Street, Alberttown confronted Minister ...

The Alliance For Change’s (AFC) decision to address specific concerns with President Donald Ramotar rather than the general issue of improving governance to avoid gridlock appeared to have been more strategic. That’s the view of Political Scientist, Freddie Kissoon who had endorsed the AFC for the 2011 general and regional elections. The one-time activist for the Working Peoples Alliance (AFC) ...