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By Svetlana Marshall Faced with a severe staff shortage, the Georgetown Mayor and City Council backed a decision by City Mayor Alfred Mentore to write President Irfaan Ali on the urgent need to have the Local Government Commission reconstituted to facilitate the hiring of much needed staff. In the absence of that Commission, the Council, […]
In a shock move coming just days before the Biennial Delegates Congress and Elections of the People’s National Congress Reform, the party’s General Secretary, Dawn Hastings-Williams has tendered her resignation from that position. In a letter to party leader, Aubrey Norton, Ms. Hastings-Williams cited the lack of readiness for this weekend’s congress and elections as […]
As the Education Ministry rolls out the distribution of the “Because We Care” cash grant for school children, Minister responsible for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, revealed that a total of $9.2 Billion will be distributed to the parents of children in both the public and private schools in the coming days. The Minister further explained […]
Post mortem examinations were carried out this morning on the bodies of the three persons who were found dead in a locked mini-bus along the Mabura trail on Sunday. The PME found that all three persons died from carbon monoxide poisoning. The three victims have been identified as Leon Achee, who was the driver of […]
Late leader of the People’s National Congress and former President Hugh Desmond Hoyte was remembered as a true Guyanese Statesman, who placed the nation above partisan politics, according to Leader of the People’s National Congress/Reform (PNC/R), Aubrey Norton. Norton delivered the Hugh Desmond Hoyte 9th Commemorative Lecture at the Pegasus Suites last Friday. Mr. Norton […]
Three persons were found dead locked in a mini-bus along the Mabura trail on Sunday, and it is suspected that the three died from carbon monoxide poisoning. Two of the three persons have been identified. The driver has been identified as Leon Achee, while one of the other victims has been identified as Reeva Bovell. […]
A late night row over a husband’s alcohol drinking habit has led to the stabbing death of a 34-year-old woman by her drunk husband. Police investigators have identified the dead woman as Anuradha Khatoon, who was a fruits vendor in the West Demerara area. In a statement this morning, the Guyana Police Force reported that […]
In a joint statement issued on Saturday, eight civil society groups, including the Guyana Human Rights Association, Transparency Guyana, Red Thread and the Guyana Trades Union Congress, called on the Government of Guyana to adopt a more “dignified” approach to dealing with industrial relation matters. The joint statement zeroed in on the strike action by […]
A number of regions across Guyana were rattled by midnight tremors on Saturday in the aftermath of a 6.0 magnitude earthquake along the Venezuelan coast. Several Caribbean countries, including Grenada and Trinidad and Tobago also felt the tremors. In Guyana, the tremors were felt in parts of Region One, in the capital of Georgetown and […]
Former Chairperson of the People’s National Congress Reform Volda Lawrence, and Executive member Dr. Gary Best, have both declined the nominations to serve in the leadership of the opposition political party. The party’s congress and elections are set for next weekend at party headquarters, Congress Place. Lawrence and Best were among seven nominees for the […]
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