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As the Guyana Government gets ready to embark on a process of Constitutional reform, at least one local Human Rights Advocacy groups has reignited its push for the repeal of laws that discriminate against lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender (LGBT) citizens and the laws that criminalize cross dressing. The Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) […]
President David Granger made a quick one day trip to neighbouring Trinidad and Tobago on Wednesday to meet the new Trinidadian Prime Minister, Dr. Keith Rowley. The two leaders along with their Foreign Ministers met at the Prime Minister’s Port-of-Spain office for bilateral discussions. They also discussed several matters of interest to both CARICOM states. […]
More than a decade after being appointed as acting Chief Justice of Guyana, Ian Chang will be up for retirement in February 2016 and the government has commenced the hunt for a new High Court Judge to be appointed to the position. However the administration is unwilling at this point to release names. Attorney General […]
Police investigators are probing the murder of a 20-year -old woman by her boyfriend, who then turned the gun on himself in the Kitty, Georgetown area. The incident took place on Wednesday morning. According to reports, Amanda Mohan of Pike Street, Kitty was shot to her chest and killed by her boyfriend during an argument. The […]
The Opposition People’s Progressive Party called a Wednesday morning press conference to criticize the government for increasing the salaries for Vice Presidents and Senior Ministers. However, the party did not offer an opinion on the 50% increase for the Opposition Leader and the 19% increases that junior government ministers and all other Members of Parliament […]
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro wants the United States to stay out of the border controversy that Guyana has with Venezuela. Mr. Maduro’s statement comes in response to Monday’s statement from the U.S Ambassador to Guyana that both countries should respect the 1899 Arbitration Tribunal ruling which settled the border controversy. Mr. Maduro has been quoted […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A former president of the United Nations General Assembly turned the world body into a “platform for profit” by accepting over $1 million in bribes and a trip to New Orleans from a billionaire Chinese real estate mogul and other businesspeople to pave the way for lucrative investments, a prosecutor charged […]
The government’s Chief Spokesman, Minister of State Joe Harmon on Tuesday stood his ground to defend salary increases that were offered to government ministers and Members of Parliament. Harmon told the media that he was not prepared to offer any apologies for the salary increases since it is his fervent belief that it can be […]
The APNU+AFC government is renting the former office of the Opposition Leader, located at Hadfield Street Georgetown, for the sum of $400,000 per month and the building is being used to house the offices of two Presidential Advisors. During a brief interview on Tuesday, Minister of State, Joe Harmon said the APNU, after being elected […]
Chief Education Officer (CEO) Olato Sam is urging teachers across the country to ensure that their lifestyles imitate the qualities of respect, self-awareness/confidence, nationalism and an interminable commitment to personal development. Speaking on the occasion of World Teachers’ Day, Sam said while these are the qualities children are expected to internalize, it cannot be learned […]
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