Weeks after several senior PPP members, including former president Bharrat Jagdeo and close affiliates, were hauled in for questioning over the sale of land at ‘Pradoville 2’ at below market prices, the probe is still ongoing.
The National Toshaos’ Council today called on President David Granger to rescind the establishment of a commission of inquiry into lands.
President David Granger, today, administered the Oath of Office to Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards and Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire as they were sworn in to perform the duties of Acting Chancellor of the Judiciary and Acting Chief Justice, respectively.
The Police say they are investigating a fatal accident which occurred about 0010h.
JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – The top six of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party have approved the removal of Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, ANN7 television reported on Tuesday, citing sources.
City Mayor Patricia Chase-Green has said that she is “in full support” of the suspension of the parking meter project for the next three months, while noting that the Georgetown muni-cipality will support government’s position on the issue under her leadership.
Police in Prince George’s County, Maryland, United States of America, are investigating the murder of a Guyanese man who was shot dead on Sunday around 4 pm.
Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) yesterday reported that there were more blackouts and for longer durations last year than in the previous year.
As Caribbean sugar producers prepare to face the end of the European Union’s (EU) quota management and the resulting fall in the international sugar price, they are being advised to focus on securing a Caribbean market for Caribbean sugar through the application of tariffs.
Wesley Carlos Payne, called “Piggy,” was yesterday afternoon found not guilty of the rape of a nurse at the Wismar Hospital in 2008.
A Number 77 Village, Corentyne family is now mourning the loss of a son, who lost his life in a head-on collision around 8.30 pm on Sunday in Springlands, Corentyne, Berbice.
Suraj Singh, a father of seven, was yesterday remanded to prison by a city magistrate after he was accused of chopping his stepson, who was at the time attempting to save his mother from being wounded.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Guyana will now be able to bid on three quotas, totalling 30,000 metric tonnes of paddy for export to Mexico, following the Government of Mexico’s decision to allow the tax free importation of 150,000 metric tonnes of paddy and rice products from outside of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) member states.
Four fuel tanks located in the compound of Noble House Seafoods, Bagots-town, East Bank Demerara yesterday afternoon burst into flames, but a quick response by the Guyana Fire Service prevented it from spreading.
The Board of the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) has a new head in the person of Pastor Elsworth Quintel Williams.
A man was yesterday sentenced to four years in jail and ordered to pay a $115 million fine after he was found guilty of being in possession of almost 170 pounds of cannabis discovered last year in the West Demerara area.
The police late last week arrested a deportee who is suspected to be the prime suspect in the murder of Levan Chanderpaul, whose body was found buried in the Number 68 Village backdam seven months ago.
The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) is looking to introduce new services at the Albouystown Health Centre (AHC) when it reopens following renovations which are expected to be completed by mid-April.
At least two persons were rushed to the hospital yesterday afternoon after a minibus apparently lost control on Brickdam and slammed into a utility pole on Brickdam, which broke and fell onto a parked car.
Two transgender sex workers, charged with the robbery of a man, were yesterday each granted their release on $100,000 bail.
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