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President David Granger said on Thursday that a substantive Commissioner of Police (COP) cannot be appointed unless the Police Service Commission (PSC) is reconstituted and the Opposition Leader is consulted.
The procurement of six motorcycles and two canter trucks will see the Guyana Water Inc.
Several retired policemen, including former Commissioner of Police, Floyd McDonald are being asked to make urgent contact with the Attorney General’s Chambers in connection with a case.
Sherwin Lovell, the fisherman rescued on Thursday, after being stranded at sea for six days following a pirate attack on his vessel, recalled jumping from the boat to preserve his life, and riding the tide to safety.
The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) has been fined by the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), for failing to meet six of its eight performance targets in 2017, including in the areas of power interruptions and system losses.
The murder charge against Debbie Hansraj, who was accused of fatally stabbing her brother, Vishal Hansraj, at Covent Garden last April, was yesterday discharged after a city magistrate upheld a no-case submission.
The proposed Cybercrime Bill continues to come under attack with the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) yesterday declaring that the bill is “profoundly undemocratic” while the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) has called on the government to rescind the “law of sedition” as contained in the bill and other parts of Guyanese law.
Having lost its bid to stay a multi-million dollar judgment against it, the New Building Society (NBS) will now have to pay over to Rodrigues Architects Limited the $15,897,625 and all accrued interest it owed for the construction of its North Road and Avenue of the Republic head office.
A city magistrate yesterday found that a prima facie case has been made out against Colin Denny and Malika Softleigh, who are accused of cannabis possession.
Over 30 vendors who have been illegally plying their trade on Alexander Street were removed yesterday by the Mayor and City Council (MCC).
The Local Government Commission (LGC) has approved Rose Hall’s Market Clerk to act as Town Clerk (TC) after the acting Town Clerk appointed by its council resigned.
The family of Hardeo Beechan, the Guyanese fisherman who is feared dead after the second pirate attack on Wednesday, has decided to launch a search for him, in hopes that there is some chance he may still be alive.
Despite the concerns raised by the Guyana Bar Association (GBA) more than a week ago, two senior judicial officers and two state prosecutors took part in a recently held two-day regional anti-money laundering workshop which was organized with input from the Guyana Government.
Several residents of Sebai, Eclipse Falls and Citrus Grove in Region One collected their birth certificates over the weekend, April 28-29; some, for the first time, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).
The sugar union GAWU on Wednesday told a visiting team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that decisions by the APNU+AFC government to miniaturise the sugar industry were made without any studies being done on the impact of this.
Continuing testimony in his suit against Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited for alleged breach of contract, Managing Director of Precision Woodworking Limited Ronald Bulkan says that though the bank knew of its proposal to settle outstanding debts, it nonetheless reneged on what had been agreed and he also referenced a mysterious deposit of $82m.
A vendor was yesterday sentenced to 24 months in prison for chopping his friend.
A city constabulary officer on Thursday saved his one-year-old son from their burning house during a fire at Nabaclis on the East Coast of Demerara.
President David Granger said that the designation of specific days to recognise the contributions of the various ethnic groups, is a celebration of the plural character of the Guyanese nation and is intended to foster the overall objective of social cohesion.
A man was yesterday brought before a city court for allegedly refusing to have his fingerprints taken by police.
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