Politics

NAREI monitoring removal of mangroves for Fibre Optic cable link; Restoration to take place on completion of project

The National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) will be monitoring the removal and subsequent restoration of approximately 240m2 of mangroves and cordgrass at Ogle, East Coast Demerara where Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) is undertaking its Fiber Optic Cable Project. ExxonMobil Head office – a greenfield 15-acre site comprising two buildings and […]

Local Law Enforcement benefiting from US training on container control and security

Officers of the Guyana Police Force, Guyana Revenue Authority, Customs Anti-Narcotic Agency, GDF Coast Guard, and the Maritime Administration have benefited from UNODC-WCO Container Control Programme training The project is receiving support from the U.S. State Department’s Office of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs and implementation from the UN Office of Drugs and Crime […]

Eight Opposition MPs referred to Privileges committee over NRF Protest in Assembly

Eight Opposition Members of Parliament including Chief Whip Christopher Jones have been referred to the National Assembly’s Committee of Privileges over the 29th December protests that erupted in the House over the Natural Resource Fund Bill. It was during that protest that the Assembly’s mace was snatched from its position by an Opposition MP amidst […]

Walton-Desir calls on Government to come clean on registration of vessel found with containers of ammunition in Senegal

Opposition Member of Parliament, Amanza Walton-Desir is calling on the Government and the Maritime Administration Department to come clean on its relationship with the International Maritime Safety Agency of Guyana, which was the agency that reportedly registered that vessel that was busted with three containers of ammunition in Senegal, West Africa.   In a statement […]

Some COVID patients showing signs of other health complications after recovering -Health Minister

Health Authorities are seeing scores of persons who recovered from COVID-19 turning up with other health complications, weeks after their COVID-19 recovery, Health Minister, Dr. Frank Anthony said today. Dr. Anthony said long COVID-19 seems to be more prevalent now with the Omicron variant although it existed with the other variants. “The variant is predominantly […]

PNC suggests measures for Budget 2022; Complains of Opposition not being consulted on Budget

Declaring that Guyana needs a people-centered budget this year that will take into account the current economic issues facing the country, Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform, Aubrey Norton today expressed concern that the main Opposition APNU+AFC coalition which represents almost half of the population was not invited to make submissions for the ongoing […]