Month: March 2018

The local legal fraternity is calling for the confirmation of acting Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards, and acting Chief Justice (CJ), Roxane George-Wiltshire. President of the Guyana Bar Association, Kamal Ramkarran, on Friday made this declaration, and it was received with resounding applause from an audience packed with legal luminaries, who gathered for the inaugural Guyana Oil and Gas Law Training Development Conference that was put together jointly by the Judiciary and the Bar Association. The conference is the brainchild of acting Chancellor, Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards, who along…

Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud on Tuesday denied Police involvement in the June 2008 Lindo Creek killings, maintaining that the eight men were killed and their remains subsequently burnt by notorious prison escapee Rondell “Fine Man” Rawlins and members of his gang. The Top Cop, who is on pre-retirement leave, appeared before the Commission of Inquiry into the Lindo Creek killings where he maintained that a team of officers, led by him, did not venture into the Lindo Creek area. Some time between June 12, 2008 and June 24, 2008, miners…

Almost three days after former national footballer Romel Edison Gomes was found dead in his Buck Hill, Linden shop, Police are yet to make an arrest. E Division (Linden-Kwakwani) Commander Anthony Vanderhyden told Guyana Times International on Wednesday that investigations were continuing with investigators depending on the assistance of persons in the community to identify the suspects. “Some people are helping us and so we are trying to build the profiles of the suspects with the aim of making arrests as soon as possible,” Commander Vanderhyden related. Meanwhile, following a…

…as Mayor throws out no-confidence motion against King Monday afternoon was filled with drama in the Chambers of the Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown (M&CC) as Mayor Patricia Chase-Green kicked out a motion of no-confidence brought against Town Clerk Royston King at the statutory meeting held then. Despite admitting to not seeking legal advice, Chase-Green utilised legal advice sought by King to throw out the motion. This motion of no- confidence in King’s abilities was tabled at Council’s last statutory meeting, on February 26, by Alliance For…

Recent interest in the local bauxite industry is an indication that the decision taken by the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) under the late former President Cheddi Jagan was favourable; the bauxite industry continues to provide employment and economic opportunities for communities and the country as a whole. This conviction was expressed by former Prime Minister Samuel Hinds on Sunday as he addressed thousands of persons gathered at Babu Jaan in Port Mourant, on the Corentyne Coast in East Berbice, to observe and celebrate the centenary birth anniversary of the late…