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Opposition Member of Parliament, Irfaan Ali once again opened the debates into the National Budget and lashed out at the government for putting forward a budget that offers nothing to the poor in Guyana but rather is geared towards making government officials and contract workers richer. Speaking on Monday afternoon in the National Assembly, Mr. […]
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has once again come under attack from the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) over the ethnic makeup of its electoral staff. PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee raised the issued during his Monday morning press conference and claimed that 95% of GECOM’s staff members belonged to one race. This matter was […]
At least three people were killed and two injured in a shooting as hundreds gathered for an opposition party political rally in Monetego Bay, Jamaica, Sunday night, the Jamaica Labour Party said. The gunfire rang out as former Jamaican prime minister and current JLP leader Andrew Holness was finishing a nearly hour long speech in […]
Impassioned expressions of support and criticism of the 2016 National Budget will commence in the National Assembly from Monday between government and opposition Members of Parliament (MP). Ahead of those heated debates, which will roll on for the entire week, Finance Minister Winston Jordan is appealing for MPs to keep the interest of citizens at […]
The US Embassy will officially open the local office of the Drug Enforcement Agency in Guyana on Wednesday. The office will be based in the US Embassy. The opening comes at a time when Guyana and the US have been stepping up co-operation in drug fighting. A request for the local office was made and […]
Assistant Police Commissioner Balram Persaud remains hospitalised with serious injuries after being involved in an accident on Friday night. He was rushed to a city hospital after losing control of his Police Force issued, Nissan Fuga motor car, and slamming in to an electricity pole close to the Demerara Harbour Bridge. The accident occurred close […]
(BBC) Protesters in Haiti have beaten a man to death in a clash with ex-soldiers, as political uncertainty continues. Witnesses say the crowd in the capital Port-au-Prince attacked the man, thinking that he was from the country’s disbanded military. About 100 former soldiers, some armed, had been parading through the capital in pick-up trucks and […]
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) announced on Friday that it will not be printing ballots for four Local Authority Areas in the upcoming Local Government Elections and consequently eligible voters will not be required to cast their votes. Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield explained that in these areas only a single individual has indicated […]
Two persons, suspected of money laundering, have been arrested following an early morning operation by the Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU). According to a police release, ranks of the Special Organised Crime Unit conducted operations at four locations on Friday. During the operation a significant sum of foreign and local currencies was found at two […]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is seeking an explanation from its counterparts in Suriname after nine Guyanese men were arrested by Surinamese soldiers and taken to the neighbouring country because they were fishing in the Corentyne river. The incident reportedly took place on January 22 while the men from Orealla were fishing close to their […]
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