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President David Granger on Saturday mourned the passing of Retired Justice Mohamed Shahahbuddeen, a former Attorney General of Guyana and judge at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Shahabudeen was 86 years old. Following is the full text of President Granger’s message of condolence. His Excellency David Granger, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, extends heartfelt condolences to the family ...

The Alliance For Change (AFC) on Saturday said it would be ready to contest local government elections with A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) but that grouping must first make an offer, a top party official said. “We are prepared to (coalesce) if the APNU wants us with them and it is for them to say and how,” the official ...

Former Attorney General of Guyana, Mohammed Shahabudeen has died, sources confirmed. He was in his mid 80s. Shahabudeen was also a former judge at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) from 1988 to 1997. He has worked as an Arbitrator and Consultant in international law. Since 1959, he worked for the Guyana government and in politics until 1962 as a ...

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) has begun moving troops closer to the Guyana-Venezuela border amid reports of heavily armed Venezuelan ‘Sindicato’ gangs and curb the smuggling of illegal guns for food, officials said. Minister of State, Joseph Harmon said Guyana was aware of violent incidents, including the beheading of persons, by Sindicatos. “We have had several reports in that area ...

The Citizen Security Strengthening Programme (CSSP) will facilitate the construction of 18 victim-friendly police stations which are slated to be completed by the end of 2018. With funding from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), government said those stations are being redesigned to address the capacity issues in responding to crime and violence within the country, which includes physical violence against ...

Royston King is likely to be removed from the post of Town Clerk of Georgetown because of growing dissatisfaction with his performance as head of the City’s administration, according to a high-ranking official of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR). “We are not pleased with his performance,” the veteran PNCR decision-maker told Demerara Waves Online News. At a meeting of ...

The New Amsterdam Municipality and police on Thursday said they were forced to stop all operations at a building located at Savannah Park, New Amsterdam, which they said was being used to store dead bodies. According to an environmental official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, the investigation came days after the Municipality’s Health Department had received numerous complaints by ...

The first round of public hearings of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the Lindo Creek Massacre was Thursday postponed until further notice due to the absence of witnesses. Chairman of the Inquiry retired Justice Donald Trotman today informed journalists and special invitees that the commission was forced to adjourn the hearing because of the lack of witnesses and prerequisites. ...

Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo says if government sponsors a parliamentary motion for the renegotiation of the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA), his People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) will support such a proposal. “If the government comes with a motion of that nature, once the motion is in defence of Guyanese…ExxonMobil has to do what’s best for its shareholders and anything that ...

President David Granger on Thursday said former Prime Minister, Samuel Hinds’ talk of the formation of a covert “counter-force” to fight heavily armed criminals has raised several questions, and that the several planned Commissions of Inquiry into massacres are aimed at improving the force’s operations. “Numerous questions arise from these careless remarks: who comprised, who commanded, who controlled that counter-force,” ...