Reproduced by VI Consortium ST. CROIX — United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that Neville Jeffrey, 70, Mohamed Hoseain, 66, Richard La Cruz, 51, and Mark Anthony Williams, 32, all of Guyana, were sentenced to 48 months, 36 ...
Guyana’s legal experts are to be trained in forensic psychology, aimed at applying more natural science techniques in securing convictions for sexual offences and violence against children. The eight-module programme is being supported by the University of Guyana’s Faculty of ...
The Guyana government and the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company have inked a memorandum of understanding for the government’s planned liberalisation of the telecommunications market, but no date has been set for this to be realised. “The MOU, while non-binding, ...
The presidential candidate for the newly-formed Liberty and Justice Party (LJP), Lenox Shuman on Wednesday said he has applied to give up his Canadian citizenship, but he did not know how long the process would take. Shuman, a former Vice ...
President David Granger Wednesday morning maintained that he could not call an election date unless the “independent” Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is ready, and he is expected to meet the seven-member body next week. “GECOM is in charge of elections, ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Tangerine Clarke Sen. Kevin Parker told a packed audience that Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., preached that only love could heal hate, as he honored the legacy of the civil rights leader during ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Jewel Fraser PORT-OF-SPAIN , Feb. 26, 2019 (IPS) — The Caribbean Climate Smart Accelerator launched last year June with the backing of Virgin’s Richard Branson has given itself five years to help the region ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah and Ana Ines Abelenda ACCRA/MONTEVIDEO, March 5, 2019 (IPS) — The theme for International Women’s Day this year doesn’t resonate with us. #BalanceForBetter brings to mind slow gradual change, and assumes ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Nelson A. King Stating that there are many challenges, on a regular basis, that he has had to address in practicing law, Brooklyn lawyer Roland G. Ottley urges legal practitioners to be “always organized ...
Guyanese Economist Kerwin Charles of the University of Chicago will become the Indra K. Nooyi Dean of the Yale School of Management (SOM) on July 1, University President Peter Salovey has announced. “I am confident that Professor Charles, a renowned ...