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Felix says less than 900 foreign nationals granted citizenship since 2015 -...
While disclosing that just under 900 foreign nationals have been granted Guyanese citizenship since he took office in 2015, Citizenship Minister Winston Felix says the law was followed in each case and...
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Alberttown businessman says SOCU owes almost $2M for car rentals - -denies...
Even as he denied refusing to cooperate with Guyana Police Force auditors looking into the financial records of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU), an Alberttown businessman yesterday said that...
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SARA files two more lawsuits for recovery of ‘Pradoville 2’ land
Over two months after moving to the Supreme Court to strip seven ‘Pradoville 2’ land allottees including former president Bharrat Jagdeo of the ownership of the plots they controversially obtained in...
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Superbet manager grilled by cops - -as imbroglio over licence continues
Even as sports betting service Superbet says it has been working tirelessly for almost two years to clear the roadblocks preventing the issuance of its licence to operate, its General Manager Shrikant...
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Time for decisive action against ministers who breach Code of Conduct -...
It is time that government honours its commitment to promote transparency and accountability by taking “decisive” action against ministers who breach the Code of Conduct guidelines, President of the...
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Down on her luck polio survivor trying to regain access to public assistance
In January this year, doctors found a blood clot in one of polio survivor Pamela London’s feet, which resulted in her being hospitalised for four months.
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Calls for Ramjattan resignation unfair, former prison inquiry chairman says
It is unfair to blame either Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan, President David Granger or the government for last Sunday’s jailbreak and fire at the Camp Street prison without a full view...
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Proposed broadcast laws threaten press freedom - - Jagdeo
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday sounded a warning over the government’s proposed changes to the broadcast legislation, dubbing them a threat to press freedom while saying they would force...
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Private sector to meet bankers on security - – in wake of robbery bid on...
Following the admission by a Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited staffer earlier this month that he participated in a failed plot to rob the Water Street branch of its night deposit bags, the private sector...
View ArticlePrison system short of 86 warders – Samuels - - ‘fit’ retired joint services...
Hiring retired senior non-commissioned officers will result in less time being spent on training and will boost the human resources of the Guyana Prison Service (GPS) but close attention will be paid...
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West Berbice rice farmers ‘vindicated’ after court upholds leases - -say...
Joylyn Nicholson, one of the rice farmers who successfully challenged last year’s cancellation of their leases by President David Granger, says she feels vindicated by the judgement in the case...
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Police commission complies with ‘unconstitutional’ order to halt promotions...
Although President David Granger’s recent directive to the Police Service Com-mission to halt its consideration of promotions is unconstitutional, Chairman Omesh Satyanand yesterday said that some...
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Housing schemes pose policing challenge - -cops need to know layout of areas,...
Within the last decade several large housing schemes have been developed along the East Bank corridor and while many are thankful for house lots there are increasing concerns about the police’s ability...
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Lowenfield denies procurement breaches at Gecom - -despite Auditor General’s...
Despite findings by the Auditor General to the contrary, Chief Election Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) Keith Lowenfield is maintaining that the entity did not deviate from...
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After billions spent, troubled PPP/C laptop project a victim of transition
Though questions have been raised about the monitoring of laptops distributed under the scrapped One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) project, Minister of Public Telecommunications Cathy Hughes says that there...
View ArticleSOCU charges GBTI directors with contempt - -over failure to produce...
Less than a day before the High Court is scheduled to hear an application from the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) on the production of key documents, the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU)...
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Marcel Gaskin prepared to take Gecom case all the way to CCJ - -says...
Though awaiting legal advice on whether to appeal part of a court judgment which was relied on by President David Granger to unilaterally appoint a Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom),...
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Prison service moving to expand correctional programmes -Director
The Guyana Prison Service (GPS) is working to expand its self-enhancement programmes to give convicts a second chance to make something of themselves during their incarceration and to prepare them for...
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Ex-Chancellor refutes AG’s chambers claims of link to law school snag - -CLE...
Former acting Chancellor of the Judiciary Carl Singh yesterday rejected claims by the Attorney General’s Chambers linking him to a purported about-face by the Council of Legal Education (CLE) on the...
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AG tells SOCU, FIU convictions needed
Attorney General Basil Williams SC on Friday sounded a warning to both the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) and the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), saying that they need to secure convictions as...
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