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PPP Member of Parliament Adrian Anamayah has told the the Leader of the Opposition that he will not be renouncing his US citizenship and will instead walk away from being a Member of the Guyana Parliament. Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo made the announcement today after being questioned by reporters at his weekly press conference. Mr. […]
Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo today said the coalition government is not sincere with the resignation of four of its Members of Parliament who hold dual citizenship. At his weekly press conference this afternoon, Mr. Jagdeo said the government was caught in a dilemma following the ruling of the High Court and the Court […]
President David Granger, this morning, clarified that while he has accepted the resignation of the four-coalition government Members of Parliament, their resignations will not take effect immediately as there are several processes which have to be applied. In addition, the APNU Ministers, Joe Harmon, Carl Greenidge and Dr. Rupert Roopnarine will also be renouncing their […]
The Government of Guyana this afternoon announced that the portfolios of the former Ministers who have resigned will be handled in the interim by the Government Ministers who acted in their position. The President’s Office this morning announced that the President had accepted the resignations of the Government Members of Parliament who are holders of […]
PPP nominated Commissioner of the Guyana Elections Commission, Robeson Benn, is threatening to file legal action against the same Guyana Elections Commission over the Commission’s decision to proceed with house to house registration. Benn’s Attorney, Anil Nandlall, who is a former Attorney General, has written to the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission expressing Benn’s […]
Investigators of the Police Force’s Narcotics Branch are questioning a 24-year-old West Coast Bernice woman after she was busted with just over 10 pound of cocaine yesterday at the Cheddi Jagan Airport. According to a police statement, the drug trafficking suspect was an outgoing passenger at the airport when the large quantity of the cocaine […]
The Government of Guyana today said the Opposition Leader needs to be reminded that he is the holder of a Constitutional Office and therefore needs to be truthful with the Guyanese people. In response to several statements made by Mr. Jagdeo on a 94.1 FM radio programme yesterday morning, the Government of Guyana said the […]
The Ministry of the Presidency this morning announced that President David Granger has accepted the resignation of Government Members of Parliament who are holders of dual citizenship. The four who have resigned are Minister of State Joe Harmon, Minister of Business Dominic Gaskin, Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge and Minister of Public Service Dr. […]
Two young Lindeners, who got engaged last year, became the country’s latest road accident victims this evening when they were hit down and run over by a speeding 4×4 pick-up on the Amelia’s Ward hill in Linden. Dead are 23-year-old Oneil DeYounge and 20-year-old Sheshyka Etienne. Reports out of the mining town of Linden state […]
Six more workers, who fell ill at the Bosai manganese mining site in the Matthew’s Ridge area in Region One, were flown to the City this afternoon. The six are exhibiting symptoms similar to the 7 other workers who were air dashed from the mining site over the weekend. The ones who were flown out […]
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