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The long awaited Telecommunications Bill was hailed as a “landmark” piece of legislation on Monday by Telecommunications Minister Catherine Hughes as she initiated what turned out to be a lengthy debate in the National Assembly. Despite opposition MPs rejecting the Bill in its current form and recommending that it be sent to a Special Select […]
The Parliamentary Committee of Appointments has named two nominees for the position of Director and Deputy Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). In its Second Report, tabled in the National Assembly on Monday, the Committee named Mathew Edward Hugh Langevine as the most suitable candidate for the position of Director of the FIU. The report […]
Six women from the Dominican Republic appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Monday and were charged and fined for overstaying their time in Guyana and forging work permits in their passports. The women who are all strippers at the recently raided Rio Night Club pleaded guilty to the charges and were each fined $20,000 […]
(NY Daily News) A speeding BMW driver killed a 41-year-old Guyanese woman and critically injured her 9-year-old daughter when he slammed his SUV into their car in Queens on Sunday, police said. The impact sounded like a bomb blast, one witness told the Daily News. The mom, her daughter and a 71-year-old man were all […]
(St Lucia Online News) Police have identified the victim of a fatal motor vehicle accident at La Toc roundabout in Castries today. Tanza Campbell of Corinth was one of the victims of the crash. She suffered injuries and later died. Campbell was traveling in a Suzuki swift vehicle, bearing registration PK1031, when the vehicle started […]
The opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) on Monday said it was astonished at the recent decision by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to share its database with the Ministries of Education and Social Protection. PPP General Secretary, Clement Rohee said the party was deeply concerned that some of the information being shared includes the confidential […]
A one week Orientation Programme for the newly appointed Heads of Missions, organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, kicked off on Monday morning at the Foreign Service Institute in Georgetown. It is the aim of the Ministry to continue with the annual Heads of Mission Conference but this session was specially organised to outline […]
The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has issued a call on its membership, and the business community at large, “to honour their civic obligations by paying outstanding rates and taxes owed to the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC)”. In a Monday morning statement, the Chamber said that the City Council has revealed […]
The Guyana Police Force on Sunday continued tradition as members gathered at the Police Monument site at Eve Leary, Georgetown to remember those officers who were killed in the line of duty. This year, 64 officers are being remembered officially but the force is also paying homage to those who died on the job. Police […]
Police have arrested the prime suspect as they continue to probe Saturday’s robbery at a supermarket at La Jalousie on the West Coast Demerara. Armed men stormed the C&S Supermarket just after noon on Saturday and carted off an undisclosed sum of cash, jewellery, phone cards and other valuables. Police Commander Stephen Mansell told News […]
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