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President David Granger has offered no Presidential pardons for 2016 because many of those being recommended and seeking pardon do not meet the criteria set out for the second chance. Speaking on the weekly programme, The Public Interest, the President made it clear that cocaine traffickers, murderers and persons convicted of other serious and violent […]
There is a new UN Secretary General in place and Guyana is still awaiting word from the now former Secretary General Ban Ki Moon about his assessment of the Guyana/Venezuela border controversy. Mr. Ban had promised to submit his assessment of the situation with Guyana and Venezuela before he leaving office this month. Former Portuguese […]
(BBC) The President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, has used his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech to call for the world to “rethink” the war on drugs. He said the zero-tolerance policy might be “even more harmful” than all the other wars being fought worldwide. Mr Santos’s government and the country’s biggest rebel group, the […]
(BBC) The Venezuelan government has announced it will replace the country’s highest-denomination banknotes with coins within 72 hours. It hopes swapping the 100-bolivar notes will help to stop smuggling and tackle shortages of food and other items. President Nicolas Maduro says gangs operating in border areas will not have time to repatriate the notes. His […]
Tributes have been paid to the Chapecoense players who died in a plane crash in Colombia on the final day of the Brazilian football season. The LaMia plane ran out of fuel and crashed near Medellin, killing 71 people, including most of the team. In stadiums across Brazil, fans from all the top division clubs […]
Members of the Guyanese diaspora are being encouraged to return to their homeland and invest in the villages all across the country. The challenge was thrown out by President David Granger as he opened a new $130 Million gas station and shopping complex in the community of Buxton on the East Coast of Demerara. The […]
2016 is set to become the deadliest year on the country’s roadways and two more persons were added to the road fatality list on Sunday night. A planned trip to the seawalls for a group of motorcyclists turned deadly when one of them slammed into a suspected drunk pedestrian. Both of them died on the […]
Conservationist and Guyanese wildlife expert and pioneer, Diane McTurk has died. She passed away on Saturday at the age of 84. In a statement from the Karanambu Lodge, which she founded, the company said she passed away peacefully after a brief period of illness. Ms. McTurk made the North Rupununi her home for decades and […]
First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, has issued a call for all of Guyana to stand up against gender based violence. The call was made on Saturday as she attended the closing of 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence (GBV), hosted by the Delegation of the European Union (EU) in Guyana. Delivering an address […]
The Government has announced that all public servants earning less than $500,000 per month will be receiving a one off tax free bonus of $25,000 in time for the holidays. The announcement was made by Finance Minister, Winston Jordan as he wrapped up the budget debate on Friday. Just after the budget presentation at the […]
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