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The Joint Ministerial Committee of Suriname and Guyana met on Tuesday in Paramaribo to further work out the financing modalities for the construction of the Corentyne River bridge. The meeting was held as part of the ongoing process to pursue the Bridge across the Corentyne River, which will easily connect Suriname and Guyana. The process […]
Two Venezuelan nationals and a Guyanese man were charged and remanded today over the murder of Chinese Supermarket owner, Lisong Yang. Yang was murdered in his Eteringbang Landing supermarket on the 14th March during a robbery. Two of the accused were arrested at the scene of the robbery and murder, while the third was arrested […]
A 19-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy have been arrested by the Police for the Saturday night robbery of a 15-year-old girl as she entered her yard at Bel Air village. The entire incident was caught on surveillance camera. The 19-year-old suspect has been identified as Neil Lynch of Curtis Street, Albouystown. The name of […]
High Court Judge, Sandil Kissoon, today gave the Government 24hrs to produce records of the discussions with the Guyana Teachers’ Union on the issue of collective bargaining. The Judge made the order today after listening to arguments from the GTU’s Attorney Darren Wade and from the Attorney General Anil Nandlall on the GTU’s most recent […]
Minister of Governance Gail Teixeira, today said that Government has taken steps and is making efforts to weed out corrupt Police officers, and those officers who violate the rights of citizens, from the Guyana Police Force. During Guyana’s appearance before the United Nations Human Rights Committee this morning for its periodic report for a second […]
Appearing before the UN Human Rights Committee again today, Minister of Governance, Gail Teixeira responded to questions surrounding allegations of corruption in the signing of the 2016 Production Sharing Agreement between the Exxon Mobil company and the Government that was in place at that time. She was asked by one of the UN Human Rights […]
Police investigators in the Upper Berbice River community of 7 Mile, Hururu mission are probing the murder of a 36-year-old logger from the same community. The suspect has been identified as a friend of logger. The Guyana Police Force has not released his name. However, Monday midday, the two men were reportedly consuming alcoholic and […]
A Dazelle Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara family has been thrown into mourning over the shooting death of their daughter, 24-year-old Ashanti Liverpool. The incident took place early this morning in the East Coast village. According to reports, Ashanti Liverpool was at home with her boyfriend when her twin sister’s ex-boyfriend, Stephan Hope, turned up […]
Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton has once again called on the Government to provide a live-able wage for public servants, and to put systems and programmes in place to ensure that all Guyanese benefit from a better life. Speaking at a rally in Linden over the weekend, Mr. Norton said thousands of Guyanese simply cannot afford […]
Minister of Governance, Gail Teixeira told the United Nations Human Rights Committee this morning that the citizens of Guyana will decide on the way forward regarding the death penalty, even as she said there are no plans by the Government to boost the capacity to execute anyone under the current laws. Guyana appeared before the […]
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