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People’s Progressive Party (PPP) parliamentarian, Nigel Dharamlall will Friday have to tell all to his party’s Central Committee about an allegation that he threatened to shoot an official of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Jagdeo said the Central Committee meeting scheduled for Friday, June 3, 2016 is expected to hear from Dharamlall, a former Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of ...

The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) on Wednesday said Guyana’s House Speaker, Dr. Barton Scotland has refused to allow questions about the identities of pardoned prisoners and the process that was used to free the convicts. Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo acknowledged that President David Granger has the authority to pardon prisoners, but said the Ministry of the Presidency has refused ...

The Guyana government has officially protested the Venezuelan soldiers’ shooting at a vessel that was transporting mines officers of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) in Guyanese waters. “The ministry has dispatched a Note Verbale to the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs conveying the Government of Guyana’s gravest concern over this incident and calling on the Venezuelan government to ...

Reproduced from New York Daily News A 16-year-old girl was shot dead while babysitting her little cousin inside their Brooklyn apartment Tuesday — and now cops are looking for her boyfriend, police sources said. Shemel Mercurius moved four years ago from her native Guyana to the East Flatbush apartment she shared with her aunt and cousin, relatives said. The teen ...

A mini-bus driver, who allegedly drove through a police road block and was moments later caught with more than 12 kilogrammes of compressed marijuana, was jailed for four years and fined more than GYD$19.5 million. The fine represents three times the street value of the marijuana.   Thirty-five year old Ossie Mc Farlane of Hopetown West Coast Berbice was found ...

Police Commissioner, Seelall Persaud has denied going to a strip club in recent years and when he did so was not for entertainment. In also refuting claims that Deputy Superintendent, Denise Griffith Jacobis was blocked from pursuing legal studies in Trinidad, the Commissioner said he never attended a strip club in Alberttown, Georgetown. “He has denied attending any other strip club ...

Residents of Paramakatoi, Region Eight will be launching a project that will allow them to grow, dry, package and market organic tomatoes. This project will be supported by the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, through the Institute of Applied Science and Technology (IAST) and other partners. “This project will hopefully solve the issue of employment in the community, and will ...

Five suspected Guyanese pirates, allegedly responsible for the death of four Guyanese fishermen in Suriname, would most likely be charged in Guyana rather than being sent back to that Dutch-speaking country, a senior police officer said Tuesday. “We are actually seeking other advice and we’re looking at the Piracy Act.  I was told that murder is an international offence and ...

The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) is this weekend expected to decide when Congress- the highest decision making body- would be held, party General Secretary, Clement Rohee said Tuesday. He said the congress is scheduled to be held this year. Rohee said once a decision is taken on Saturday, June 4, 2016, the agenda items would be formulated as part ...

Even as the General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC), Clement Rohee prepares to summon one of his party’s parliamentarians, Nigel Dharamlall, to discuss an allegation that he threatened to shoot an official of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), his lawyer issued a denial. “My client unequivocally denies any involvement in any criminal act,” said Attorney-at-Law, Glenn Hanoman ...