The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) is expected to deliver its ruling on July 29 in the appeal filed by businessmen Azruddin Mohamed and his father, Nazar Mohamed, challenging the handling of the extradition process initiated against them by the Guyanese authorities.
As questions continue over President Irfaan Ali’s Long Creek farm and amid growing calls for greater transparency, Kiskadee Watch has been unable to obtain responses from key state agencies with responsibility for the administration of state lands and environmental oversight.
A 24-year-old porter from Chelsea Park, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara was yesterday charged with the murder of 21-year-old Kerryann Standiford, whose body was discovered buried in a shallow grave.
-serial offenders with derelict vehicles to be charged The Ministry of Public Works has procured 400 wheel clamps which will be handed over to the Guyana Police Force as part of a major enforcement drive targeting overloaded trucks, illegally parked heavy-duty vehicles and the dumping of derelict vehicles along the country’s roadways.
Construction of a new $388.1 million market at Buxton, East Coast Demerara, is expected to begin following the turning of the sod yesterday by Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Priya Manickchand.
Prime Minister Mark Phillips yesterday said the government remains committed to preserving the independence of the judiciary, stressing that the executive has no role in deciding who is appointed to judicial office or how the courts operate.
Minister of Housing Collin Croal on Tuesday met with residents of the new Cummings Lodge Housing Scheme, where he announced plans for a road link to the Aubrey Barker Highway and outlined a number of measures aimed at improving infrastructure and community facilities.
-as crime networks grow more sophisticated Guyana on Wednesday assumed the presidency of the Asset Recovery Inter-Agency Network for the Caribbean (ARIN-CARIB), bringing together prosecutors, judges, law enforcement officials and financial crime experts from across the region to strengthen cooperation against transnational organised crime and improve the recovery of criminal assets.
A vehicle collided with the Guyana Power and Light Inc.’s (GPL) electricity network at Land of Plenty, Essequibo Coast, yesterday afternoon, disrupting power supply to several communities along the Essequibo Coast.
Head of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU), James Singh, revealed yesterday that the threats against him are linked to a suspected Venezuela-based group.
Satrohan Rajkumar, also called “Depo,” yesterday turned himself in at the Guyana Police Force’s Eve Leary Headquarters in the company of his attorney, Damien Da Silva, less than 24 hours after police issued a wanted bulletin for him in connection with the 2021 murder of businessman Ricardo Fagundes, known as “Paper Shorts.”
Georgetown vendors and shoppers say sharp increases in the wholesale prices of vegetables and greens are forcing them to reduce purchases, shrink their businesses and alter family meals as the cost of everyday greens continues to climb.
The body of 14-year-old Daveanand Rambhajan, who disappeared in the Corentyne River on Monday, was recovered early yesterday morning.
A 35-year-old woman was yesterday fined after pleading guilty to assaulting attorney-at-law Christopher Belfield and using abusive language during an altercation on Croal Street, Georgetown.
In an operation conducted at Muneshwers Wharf, Georgetown, officers of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) in collaboration with the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) found cannabis and three weapons.
Ten persons from the communities of Maria Elizabeth/Three Friends, Coomacka and Nottinghamshire have completed a four-day bamboo weaving training programme conducted by the International Bamboo and Rattan Organisation (INBAR) under a European Union-funded project aimed at promoting sustainable livelihoods.
Satrohan Rajkumar has turned himself in at Police Headquarters, Eve Leary in the company of his lawyer after the Guyana Police Force issued a wanted bulletin last evening over the murder of Ricardo Fagundes Rajkumar, a mechanic, retained attorney-at-law Damien Da Silva.
The police today issued a wanted bulletin for Tyrese Chester over the murder of Shawn Edwards.
-Mohamed’s former employees, car dealer out on bail More than five years after the chilling murder of Ricardo Fagundes, called ‘Paper Shorts’ on Main Street, the police yesterday issued a bulletin for mechanic Satrohan Rajkumar in connection with the crime.
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) yesterday announced the appointment of Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman as Chief Magistrate.
