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The legal fraternity in Guyana was thrown into mourning over the weekend with news of the death of former Acting Chief Justice, SENIOR COUNSEL Ian Chang. Mr. Chang passed away at the Balwant Singh hospital on Saturday after a battle with cancer. In a statement, President David Granger offered sincere condolences to the family of […]
Guyana has witnessed a decrease in the cocaine trade over the past few years, according to the Acting Police Crime Chief, Senior Superintendent Michael Kingston. The decrease may be linked to the presence of the United States (US) Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in Guyana. The DEA Office in Guyana was officially declared open in February […]
Over the next two days, CARICOM Foreign and Trade Ministers will be discussing a number of issues with the hope of finding possible solutions towards advancing the process of regional integration and encourage free circulation of goods. The 49th Regular Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) opened in Guyana today. High […]
The 2019 graduating class of the University of Guyana has been encouraged to stay in Guyana and get ready to take advantage of what will be coming Guyana’s way as the country gets into oil production. Acting Chancellor of the Judiciary, Yonette Cummings delivered the feature address at the 53rd Convocation of the University of […]
Police investigators in Lethem are probing the suspected murder of a Brazilian national in the community. According to a statement, the headless body of the Brazilian man was found lying along the roadway on Sunday morning in Lethem. The town of Lethem is located on the border with Brazil. The dead man was identified based […]
Two weeks after he was sentenced to 22 years in prison over the rape of a 6-year-old girl, former Linden resident Selwyn Lancaster has appealed the case. The sentence was handed down by Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall. The man’s Attorney is appealing the sentence on the grounds that the trial Judge made an error in summing […]
Chairman of the People’s National Congress, Health Minister Volda Lawrence today said the APNU will not be negotiating with the AFC in the media. Lawrence who has been heading the APNU’s team in the Cummingsburg renegotiation talks told reporters this morning that issues are still being discussed and it would not be wise at this […]
The Alliance For Change today announced that next Monday will be the last day for the renegotiation talks with A Partnership for National Unity on the Cummingsburg Accord. Party Treasurer Dominic Gaskin at an AFC press conference today said one deadline has already been missed and the AFC does not intend to extend the deadline […]
Finance Minister Winston Jordan today made it clear that the workers of those semi-autonomous government agencies will also benefit from the salary increases that were announced by the President yesterday. There was some concern among workers of the Guyana Revenue Authority and other semi-autonomous agencies that the increases might not trickle down to them since […]
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo today encouraged public servants to collect the salary increases since they were already budgeted for by the government in the last budget. At his weekly solo press conference, Mr. Jagdeo said he is more concerned about contracts that the government may be signing while it is an interim government. “I say […]
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