Bharrat Jagdeo News

Though Major David Clarke was indicted in the US on April 13, 2006 on drug charges, neither the Guyana government nor the Guyana Defence Force made any disclosures to the public about this.

The dossier on governmenta s alleged human rights abuses that was being compiled by the joint opposition is complete and will be made public on Tuesday, November 17.

Everybody in Guyana and at this present moment is against the torture of the juvenile at Leonora police station everybody is calling for the Divisional commander of Police West Demerara Division to be taken off because of the criminal actions the Guyana police force employed.

Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon yesterday said that there are "ideas" as to the identity of the "terrorist mastermind" in the US who was said to be behind last week's attacks in the city and the Ministry of Health fire and attempts continue to have the US assist in the confirmation of the individual's identity.

The Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting begins in Port-of-Spain on November 27 and continues for three days.

The Caribbean Guyana Institute for Democracy has condemned the brutal torture of a 14 year-old boy by Guyana police at the Leonora Police Station, West Coast Demerara, and accused the force of an attempted cover-up. It is also calling for the removal of Guyana's Police Commissioner, Henry Green as well as the command of the Criminal Investigation ...

Government has set an August 2010 deadline for all taxis to have one colour with easily identifiable and appropriate logos, promising a two-year waiver of licensing and radio frequency fees for those who comply early.

GUYANESE PRESIDENT Bharrat Jagdeo is facing calls for a public inquiry into security forces' tactics after a series of cases where cops allegedly tortured suspects during questioning.

Guyanaa s US$250M five-year forest preservation deal with Norway was yesterday hailed as a a oewatershed momenta in this countrya s history by President Bharrat Jagdeo who said it should be treated as a national achievement.

Six hundred and seventy-nine young people graduated from the Presidenta s Youth Award Republic of Guyana programme as it celebrated its 11th anniversary at a ceremony held two Saturdays ago at the National Cultural Centre.

OSLO: Norway agreed yesterday to pay Guyana up to $250m by 2015 to preserve forests in the South American nation as part of a scheme to slow climate change.

The teen who was tortured while in custody at the Leonora police station has told his mother that three ranks beat him while a fourth interrogated him.

The United States said it is helping Guyana track down a suspected mastermind in a series of domestic terror attacks, despite local concerns Washington is doing little to help, a US official said.

More than three years after he was slapped with drug trafficking charges in the US, retired army major David Clarke, who was expected to be one of the main witnesses in the Roger Khan trial, will be sentenced next month, according to court documents.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana a " Recent arson attacks and shootings in this violence-wracked South American nation are the work of a mastermind living in the United States, Guyanese President Bharrat Jagdeo alleged.Jagdeo made the allegation late Friday, shortly after his administration submitted a request to the U.S. Embassy for assistance with the ...

The new Turkish Ambassad-or to Guyana Nihat Akyol has said he will place focus on tourism and industry, after presenting his Letters of Credence to President Bharrat Jagdeo at a simple ceremony held in the Credentials Room of the Office of the President.

The suspects fingered in Wednesday's attacks continued to elude police up to yesterday while there were calls for support from the US and more answers from the police.

President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said that his administration will soon make $2 billion available to assist a oevulnerable groupsa to acquire loans to build homes.

By Rickford Burke President of the Caribbean Guyana Institute for Democracy I join Guyana's former Attorney General, Bernard de Santos, Attorneys-at-Law Nigel Hughes, Raphael Trotman, Khemraj Ramjatan and 25 other prominent Attorneys, in strongly condemning the barbaric torture of the 14 year-old son of Ms Shirley Thomas, as well as the torture of ...

The Ministry of Agriculture has put in place fertilizer assistance for farmers as part of a $400M package.