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Corbin’s funeral set for Thursday

—tributes begin today at Congress Place The funeral of former PNCR leader and Opposition Leader Robert Corbin will be held on Thursday at St Andrew’s Kirk, Georgetown, followed by cremation at Ruimzigt, West Coast Demerara.

The Ministers and the MV Barima CoI

In a lengthy opening statement on October 7th at a preliminary hearing at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre with the families of the victims of the MV Barima tragedy, the Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry, Godfrey P.

Karimbaksh disputes compulsory leave, threatens legal action

—lawyer challenges Hicken’s authority and calculation of leave entitlement Deputy Commissioner of Police and Head of the Special Organised Crime Unit Fazil Karimbaksh has challenged Commissioner Clifton Hicken’s authority to compel him to take pre-retirement or administrative leave and has threatened legal proceedings if either measure is imposed without lawful authority.

Karimbaksh disputes compulsory leave, threatens legal action

‘Sage of Buxton’ passes away at 101

WPA: this ‘rare and special spirit walked among us with a deliberate purpose that touched the core of Guyana’ After more than eight decades in public activism during which social justice was at the centre of his work, Eusi Kwayana passed away yesterday at the age of 101, one of the last witnesses to the struggle for independence and the post-colonial period in Guyana.

‘Sage of Buxton’ passes away at 101

Memories

By Harry Husbands Harry Husbands is a man of many parts. He was an educator, trade union leader, business executive, politician, senator, radio talk show host and a newspaper columnist.