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President David Granger met with members of the Diplomatic Community this morning and this afternoon he invited and made a statement to members of civil society at State House. In that statement, the President said his government remains respectful of the Caribbean Court of Justice’s ruling and of the Guyana Constitution. He said the government […]
Director-General of the Ministry of the Presidency Joseph Harmon has indicated that there has been no discontinuing of the meetings between the government and opposition over the appointment of a Chairman of the Elections Commission. In a statement last evening, Mr. Harmon said the two sides have been in touch with each other and the […]
Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo today lashed out at the Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo and the People’s Progressive Party for encouraging citizens not to cooperate with the ongoing house-to-house national registration exercise, being undertaken by the Elections Commission. The PPP has said it will continue to “not co-operate” with the house-to-house registration exercise even as the […]
The Private Sector Commission has accepted the Chief Justice’s decision to deny a request by Attorney Christopher Ram halt to the house-to-house registration exercise, but the Commission still has a number of concerns. Chairman of the Private Sector Commission, Gerry Gouveia has dispatched another letter to the Chief Elections Officer about the house-t- house registration […]
The lawsuit against Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo by businessman Charles Ceres will come up again in Court on the 5th August. Mr. Ceres is suing Mr. Jagdeo for in excess of $500 million for alleged defamatory statements that the Opposition Leader made against the businessman at a press conference and repeated during several media interviews […]
Public Security Minister, Khemraj Ramjattan, has issued a stern warning to members of the Police Force against wrongdoings, pointing out that no member of the Force is immune to the law and that goes for senior officers also. Mr. Ramjattan’s statement was made this morning at an event on human trafficking and it comes on […]
Three Fishermen, including two teenagers, were this afternoon charged and remanded to jail over the chopping death of a 20-year-old man from Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo. The dead man has been identified as Alvin aka Chuckaloo. 19-year-old, Arnold Bruce Kennedy, 19-year-old Tavish Mangra and 26-year-old, Richie Mahase, appeared before the Chief Magistrate and were not […]
A Guyanese registered cargo vessel has been busted with more than 95 pounds of cocaine in Tortola. According to reports out of the British Virgin Islands, the vessel carrying the name “Krautsand” was nabbed at the Port of Purcell with the illegal cargo. The bust took place on July 18 after the vessel arrived in […]
A group of Guyanese craft producers staged a protest in front of the CARICOM Secretariat this morning to raise their concern and dissatisfaction with the way they are being treated by the organisers of CARIFESTA. The group of craft producers will be part of Guyana’s contingent to the regional festival which is being hosted in […]
The Instrument Landing System at Guyana’s Cheddi Jagan International Airport is getting an upgrade. The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority has inked a contract with Canadian based company, IntelCan for the upgrade and installation of the Instrument Landing Systems at the main airport. According to the Civil Aviation Authority, the Instrument Landing System is a precision […]
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