Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) investigations continued yesterday into the sale of lands in the controversial ‘Pradoville 2’ housing scheme with former Prime Minister Samuel Hinds facing questions on his role in the removing of a transmitting mast from the community to clear the way for houses to be built.
A second list of six names for consideration as Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is to be submitted by Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo to President David Granger after the two of them clarify outstanding issues.
Former Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, retired Rear Admiral Gary Best, and current Director of Public Prosecutions, Shalimar Ali-Hack, will also be questioned by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) as part of its criminal investigation of the sale of lands in the controversial ‘Pradoville 2’ housing scheme.
ANSA McAL yesterday said that it complied fully with the procurement process set out by the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) for the emergency supply of drugs.
The State Assets Recovery Bill which is due to be debated in the National Assembly today is the best version and one that makes sense, Chief Executive Officer of the State Assets Recovery Unit (SARU), Major (rtd) Aubrey Heath-Retemyer said on Tuesday, adding that some of its critics benefited from the theft of national wealth under the previous administration.
Armed bandits on Tuesday evening robbed an overseas-based Guyanese at gunpoint and relieved him of over $3M in local and foreign currencies, hours after he arrived in the country and the police have since arrested two persons including one of his nephews for questioning.
The police are currently unable to locate the police corporal who was fingered and subsequently placed under open arrest in connection with the AK-47 rifle which was smuggled out of the Tactical Services Unit (TSU) Compound, Eve Leary, one week ago.
Citizens of both Guyana and Chile will now be able to do “visa-free” travel between the two countries, with the launch of Guyana/ Chile Visa waiver programme.
The bandit who was fatally shot by a security guard early Tuesday morning, after he and two others attempted to rob the GuyGas Inc Complex at Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara (EBD), has been identified.
Having been presented with an outline of policy and recommendations for the implementation of an electronic visa system, the Ministry of Citizenship is on its way to creating a more robust, simplified, and secure visa application system for migrants.
23-year-old Christopher Da Silva, was yesterday indicted for the murder of Reyad Khan, before Justice Navindra Singh and a 12-member mixed jury at the High Court in Georgetown.
The Guyana Fire Service was yesterday able to contain a small fire at the University of Guyana’s Faculty of Health Sciences.
After not meeting for almost seven years, the boards for the Canawaima Ferry Service (CFS) and Canawaima Management Company (CMC) met last week and discussed several issues surrounding the ferry and its service between Guyana and Suriname.
Popular hangout spot, The Gravity Lounge is still to reopen to the public six months on but it hosts private events.
The matter in which the Cheddi Jagan Research Committee Inc. (CJRCI) is contesting the revocation of the lease it holds to the Red House on High Street, has been adjourned to March 15.
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO, (Reuters) – Women protested around the world yesterday for equal rights and in the United States against President Donald Trump, with many Americans skipping work or boycotting stores to demand economic fairness on International Women’s Day.
A bus conductor, was yesterday sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment for robbing two Mashramani revellers during the parade.
Company Representatives from Design Revolution (DRev) Brilliance Phototherapy Units, Andrew and Laurie Skipper, are currently in Guyana conducting surveillance activities to determine the scope of future backing to the local health sector.
KABUL, (Reuters) – Gunmen dressed as medics attacked a hospital in the Afghan capital yesterday and battled security forces for hours, killing more than 30 people and wounding dozens in an assault claimed by Islamic State.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Com-merce Secretary Wilbur Ross said yesterday that substantial negotiations to revamp the North American Free Trade Agreement likely will not get started until the latter part of this year and could take a year to complete.
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