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Businessman and Contractor, Brian Tiwarie, is not happy with the President’s decision to revoke his Advisor to the State Minister appoint and he believes the President may have rushed to make the revocation. In a Monday morning statement, Tiwarie sought to give his position on the entire appointment and the controversy that has since followed. […]
The Operations Officer of the Guyana Fire Service, Compton Sparman, on Monday morning told the Prison Unrest Commission of Inquiry that prisoners threw rocks at Fire Service Officers on the night of March 2nd, to prevent the firemen from extinguishing the first set of fires that they lit at the Camp Street jail. Mr. Sparman […]
Police investigators are probing an incident which took place on Sunday in Albouystown when a police vehicle driving through the community came under fire from a lone gunman. According to a police report, the police vehicle with a number of officers was driving through Hunter Street, Albouystown when at least four gunshots were fired in […]
The Alliance For Change, which is the smaller party in the APNU+AFC coalition, is expressing concern over the centralized power that has been entrusted in the Minister of State, Joe Harmon. The AFC hosted a leadership retreat today and discussed the fallout over Harmon’s appointment of Contractor, Brian Tiwarie as a Ministerial Advisor. The appointment […]
While still shying away from the media, Minister of State, Joe Harmon believes that there is an “organised campaign” to damage his reputation. Harmon would not speak to the media but has been speaking to his Press Secretary and in a statement on her Facebook page, she quoted the embattled Minister as declaring that he […]
President David Granger has called for greater security cooperation in the Caribbean. The Head of State made this impassioned plea for greater security cooperation, while delivering the feature address at a dinner hosted by the Institute of International Relations (IIR) of the University of the West Indies (UWI) to celebrate its 50th anniversary. The dinner […]
With the People’s Progressive Party picking up the majority of seats across the Neighbourhood Democratic Councils at the just concluded Local Government Elections, the party is seeking to solidify its base long before the 2020 General elections. That base, by the party’s own admission, is predominantly Indo-Guyanese. Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo believes there is nothing […]
As the countdown continues to Guyana’s Golden Jubilee celebrations, local telecommunications company, GTT, has chipped in with $1 Million towards the hosting of the Guyana Jubilee Festival Fashion Extravaganza. The event is one of the major events being promoted by the Ministry of Tourism under the umbrella of the Jubilee Festival. Tourism Minister, Cathy Hughes, […]
Several sources close to the board of the state-owned National Communications Network have indicated that Public Relations Consultant and Preacher, Lennox Cornette could be the next Chief Executive Officer of the National Communications Network. Cornette who released a book on the telecommunications industry in Guyana last year, was among five applicants who were shortlisted for […]
A 23-year-old female member of the Guyana Defence Force who was attached to the Band Corps, died early on Saturday morning after being hit down by a speeding car on Sheriff Street. The young lady has been identified as Lashana Moore of Grove. She was reportedly crossing the street when a speeding taxi collided with […]
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