Norton reshuffles shadow cabinet
With just days before the reading of the 2024 Budget, Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton has reshuffled his shadow Cabinet sparking dissent from Jermaine Figueira of the PNCR.
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With just days before the reading of the 2024 Budget, Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton has reshuffled his shadow Cabinet sparking dissent from Jermaine Figueira of the PNCR.
Leroy Williams called ‘Buxton’, a 34-year-old unemployed man of D’Urban Backlands, Georgetown, was fatally shot at about 7.10 pm on Wednesday at a hotel located at the corner of Robb and Cummings streets, Georgetown.
The long overdue PPP congress will be held in the first week of May, the Party’s Executive Committee members have determined, General Secretary (GS) Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday announced.
Patrick Smith Felix is now awaiting sentencing for the part he played in the February 2020 killing of Cuban butcher—Ofredis Duarte Campos—who was at the time making his way to work at the Rossignol Butchery.
A joint operation by ranks of the Guyana Police Force and the Guyana Defence Force (Coast Guard) has led to the discovery of ten acres with approximately six thousand Cannabis Sativa plants ranging from three inches to six feet in height, and about eight thousand pounds of dry Cannabis Sativa in a house.
Trinidadian Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley confirmed on Wednesday that Guyana, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago have agreed to a ferry service company.
Lloyd Daniels, a 44-year-old miner of One Mile Itaballi, Region #7, was yesterday charged with the murder of fellow miner Jimmy Ashby.
Police in Regional Division #10 are investigating an incident involving a five-year-old child of Wismar, Linden who was found with a bullet lodged in her throat.
Rupununi resident, Yuri Nicholas, is set to be sentenced on February 5th for the 2019 killing of Elton Leonard.
Companies which accepted awards in this country’s first oil blocks bid round have until the end of this month to submit additional documents requested by government for the due diligence process, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday announced.
A thirty-one-year-old field technician was yesterday charged with armed robbery. Totaram Boomattie aka Vick of Lot 174 Good Hope pleaded not guilty after the Administration of Justice Act was administered.
An Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam woman who was charged with her husband’s murder in May last year was last week freed at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court due to the police’s file being incomplete.
President Irfaan Ali yesterday conducted a walkabout at Farm and Mocha, East Bank Demerara, as part of efforts to improve communities.
Strengthened military ties was one of the areas of discussion on Monday between the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and a visiting US defence official.
At 10:30 pm on Wednesday, 10th January, reports provided to the Ministry of Public Works stated that an overladen truck transporting goods had caused cross-sectional damage to the temporary structure of the Pirara Bridge in Central Rupununi.
Many passengers have been left stranded here as Copa Airlines has had to cancel a number of flights which it said was because of the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grounding of Boeing’s 737 Max 9 planes.
Former machine operator, Deonarine Seetaram of Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara (WCD), is now awaiting sentencing after admitting to the 2019 killing of re-migrant, Mohammed Shameem Hassan.
By Abigail Headley A Timehri supermarket owner, his family and his employees are now devastated after an early morning fire ravaged the business yesterday.
Motorcyclist Premdat Govinda, 52, yesterday died in a mishap on the Demerara Harbour Bridge.
Small-arms trafficking in the Caribbean continues to undermine regional security and the United States has pledged again to continue playing a lead role in the war against guns.
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