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A Region Four man in his mid-50’s with no recent travel history has been diagnosed with the country’s first case of monkey pox. The diagnosis was confirmed today after the man showed up at a hospital with all of the signs and symptoms of the disease which was recently declared a world health emergency. Minister […]
Chairman of the Coordinating Council of the International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly – Guyana (IDPADA-G), Vincent Alexander said though the Afrocentric not-for-profit company is not a grant agency, but it has disbursed more than $10M in grants, and in keeping with its mandate, it has funded a number of educational, social and […]
The Guyana Human Rights AssociAtion believes that the current approach adopted by the Government and the National Toshaos Council (NTC) in the case of Chinese Landing in Region One and mining concerns is unacceptable, and continues to lend to the violation of the rights of the Indigenous residents there by miners. In a strongly worded […]
With President Irfaan Ali still to respond to the request by Attorney Nigel Hughes for his client, Police Sergeant Dion Bascom to be granted witness protection, the Attorney said other avenues of protection will have to be examined since threats remain over the life of the Police Sergeant who has made startling allegations of corruption […]
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo today declared that the Government will not be involved in any process to remove the names of persons from the current List of Electors since it believes such a move is unconstitutional. The statement by Mr. Jagdeo was in direct response to Opposition Leader, Aubrey Norton’s position that there should no […]
Region 10 APNU Chairman Jermaine Figueira is adamant that while the APNU has agreed to have an Alliance For Change (AFC) councillor elected to the vacant position of Vice Chairman for the Region 10 Regional Democratic Council (RDC), that election should be based on consensus among local leaders and not directives from national leaders. It […]
The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) has recorded an increase of 84% in its after tax profit totaling $1.163 Billion for the first six months of 2022. The bank, in its mid-year report, said its total Assets also grew by 14% to $159B with deposits reaching a record of $135 Billion. The bank […]
Retired Assistant Commissioner of Police and former Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Paul Slowe believes that the Government needs to put together a Commission of Inquiry to look into the claims of a Police cover-up in a murder investigation, as made by Police Sergeant Dion Bascom. During an appearance on the Mark Benschop show […]
There are currently 2,098 migrant students enrolled in public schools in Guyana, according to the Coordinator of the Ministry of Education’s Disaster Risk Prevention and Migrant Support Unit, Ms. Rampattie Prashad-Bisnauth. Local and international organisations such as UNICEF and the Pan-American Development Fund have been working along with the Government to provide critical care and […]
Attorney Nigel Hughes, who is representing Police Sergeant Dion Bascom, is calling on the Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn to establish the Protected Disclosures Commission and the requisite regulations in keeping with the Protected Disclosures Act 2018. Last weekend, Sgt. Bascom made a series of public disclosures on social media in relation to the […]
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