Speaker of the National Assembly Dr Barton Scotland this afternoon allowed a motion by former Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee to have the House debate the crime situation as a matter of urgent public importance.
ZURICH, (Reuters) – FIFA’s chief ethics investigator has recommended a life ban for Jeffrey Webb, a former vice-president of the global soccer body who has pleaded guilty in the United States to offences linked to racketeering, fraud and money laundering.
The Private Sector Commission today said it was seeking an urgent meeting with President David Granger on crime.
City Hall today warned container operators to adhere the stipulations governing their use of city roads.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India’s top court told tobacco companies today they must adhere to a new federal rule requiring much larger health warnings on cigarette packs, in a major setback for the $11 billion industry that opposes the new policy.
With the city failing to deliver on a promised site for their relocation, Stabroek Market Square vendors yesterday continued to protest their removal by the Mayor and City Council (M&CC), which said an agreement would be reached in a few days.
The daughter of murdered Ruby businessman Habiboodean (only name) and the man she allegedly hired to kill him were both yesterday charged with the eight-year-old crime.
The suspected triggerman in the killing of Parika businessman Seeram Singh has been positively identified as the shooter, according to Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum.
The dispute over the renaming of the Ogle Airport to the Eugene F.
International Pharmaceutical Agency (IPA) Guyana Ltd, the local distributor of Lailac Infant Milk is continuing to challenge a decision made by the Government Analust-Food and Drug Analyst Department (GA-FDD) to recall the product.
Government pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh yesterday testified that although he examined two bodies that bore blunt force trauma injuries to the head, smoke inhalation and burns were the determined causes of death of the 17 inmates who perished after the Camp Street Prison fire on March 3rd.
Seeram Sumair, who was accused of causing the death of a man following a fight on Old Year’s Day in 2007, was last Wednesday sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter.
Rape accused Leon Jordan walked out of the High Court in Georgetown a free man yesterday after a 12-member jury found him not guilty.
Sean Stoll, who allegedly accidentally shot and killed his best friend, was yesterday charged with manslaughter and he was granted his release on $500,000 bail.
The findings of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the Camp Street disturbances that left 17 inmates dead are expected to be submitted by the end of this month.
Jermaine King, who disfigured his common-law wife by dousing her with a corrosive substance, was yesterday sentenced to five years in jail after he pleaded guilty to a lesser charge at the High Court, in Georgetown.
By Gaulbert Sutherland in Washington US Secretary of State John Kerry last evening announced a major initiative to fund renewable energy projects in the Caribbean and Central America as the region seeks ways to ensure energy security in the face of a number of challenges.
The opposition PPP yesterday criticised the coalition government for its apparent failure to effectively deal with crime, while stating that despite a number of “security experts” at the disposal of the administration Guyanese continue to suffer from criminal activities.
Ryan Bobb-Semple, the man accused of murdering nine-year-old Shaquan Gittens on April 1, 2015, was yesterday committed to stand trial.
A man on Monday night suffered a chop to the head and was beaten during a robbery in Free Yard, Port Mourant, Corentyne, Berbice.
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