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The issue of the prolonged absence of a substantive Chancellor and Chief Justice, made it to the floor of the United Nations Human Rights Committee on Wednesday as Guyana was under its periodic review. Vice President of the Committee Mr. José Manuel Santos Pais , stated that by not confirming judges, it exposes the judiciary to […]
Just one year into its term in office, the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) has reported that it has received a total of 80 complaints of ethnic and racial discrimination with five of those complaints requiring the attention of the Guyana Police Force. The announcement came today from the Chairman of the ERC, Shaikh Moeenul Hack. […]
Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, is not happy with the line of questioning that the Government has been facing in its appearance before the United Nations Human Rights Committee. Speaking during his weekly programme “Issues in the News”, Mr. Nandlall said some of the questions are bordering on propaganda, while others […]
A 17-year-old boy from Patentia on the West Bank of Demerara was attacked and stabbed to death, allegedly by two other teens over an old grievance among them. Police have identified the dead teen as Aaron Bess. The two teenage suspects are from the same Patentia community. One of them, a 17-year-old, has already been […]
by Svetlana Marshall The hearing in the case brought against the Government by the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) over the alleged failure to engage in Collective Bargaining on financial matters, commenced today with the GTU’s Vice President, Julian Cambridge, maintaining that financial matters as proposed by the Union were not discussed in the statutory meetings […]
Guyana appeared today for the third consecutive day before the UN Human Rights Committee and one of the issues raised was the Government’s perceived control over state media and influence over some privately owned media. American Human Rights Advocate, Laurence Helfer who sat on the Committee, said the Committee was concerned about reports of the […]
President Irfaan Ali has rushed to the defence of his Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo, in wake of questions from the United Nations Human Rights Committee about the absence of an investigation into corruption allegations that were leveled against the Vice President. The President is accusing “Opposition operatives” of furnishing the UN Human Rights body of […]
The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), has ruled that former New Building Society (NBS) Chief Executive Officer, Maurice Arjoon is entitled to his full pension from the institution, bringing an end a decade-long Court battle. In August 2007, Arjoon was terminated from the company on the grounds of serious misconduct. In dismissing Arjoon, NBS at […]
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 […]
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