DETERMINED to ease overcrowding at the country’s prisons, government will soon introduce night courts and also appoint around five temporary magistrates to help dispose of the huge backlog of

(Reuters) U.S. President Barack Obama pushed Cuba to improve human rights during his historic visit to the Communist-led island on Monday, publicly sparring with President Raul Castro who showed

By Telesha Ramnarine THE diplomatic community on Monday jointly lauded the recently concluded Local Government Elections, saying it was one that met international standards and served to bolster the

SCORES of prisoners have, in recent days, been transferred from the Camp Street Prison in Georgetown to other locations across the country in a bid to ease congestion at

MEMBERS of the transgender community and human rights activists Monday staged a protest action in front of the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court after one of their own was put out

SOME 13 Arapaimas have died as the North Rupununi continues to grapple with a prolonged dry spell. It is suspected that they were dragged from a shallow pond by

– EPA urges communities, residents to take measures other than trapping GIVEN recent reports of jaguars entering communities and pouncing on livestock for food, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

By Shauna Jemmott A LAWYER representing prisoners in the ongoing inquiry into the March 3, prison riot says there needs to be a review of the prison security system