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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 […]
Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn, today confirmed that the investigations are ongoing by the Police Force’s Office of Professional Responsibility into a recent incident where members of the Special Branch Unit opened fire on a car that was being driven by a Police Sergeant. Speaking to reporters this morning on the sidelines of an […]
During Guyana’s appearance before the United Nations Human Rights Commission this morning for its periodic report, the issue of allegations of corruption against Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo and allegations of corruption in the Guyana Police Force was raised. “The Committee is aware of public frustration, for example, the failure to investigate reports of corruption by […]
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has started the process to fill key vacancies in the Judiciary, in an effort to reduce the high number of cases before the Courts. Last week, the JSC started to interview persons for the position of Judges, to serve in the High Court as well as the Land Court in […]
The U.S. Department of State, through the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, has made an additional US$300,000 available to Guyana under the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative to combat a number of security challenges, including the trafficking of narcotics. At a signing ceremony this morning at Ramphal House, U.S Ambassador to Guyana, Nicole […]
One month after he escaped from the Mazaruni jail and just a week after he slaughtered an elderly woman and her son, rape convict, Akeem Wong was shot dead on Sunday afternoon by members of the Joint Services during an operation in the Essequibo region. The Joint Services were on the hunt for the prison […]
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