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The Government of Guyana has agreed to reinstitute the issuance of the subvention to the International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly – Guyana (IDPADA-G). In updating Acting Chief Justice Roxane George on the progress made since the matter was sent to mediation, Attorney-at-Law, Vivian Williams said the two sides engaged in a “settlement […]
A Sophia couple escaped an execution attempt on Thursday night, but the 34-year-old woman and her reputed husband are both nursing gunshot injuries. The businesswoman was outside her shop in B Field, Sophia with her husband on the inside on Thursday night when a dark coloured car pulled up and three armed men emerged from […]
The Gender Equality Forum (GEF) today lobbied for hate crime laws to be instituted in Guyana as it launched its report on hate crimes in the country. The report provides a situational analysis on hate crime in Guyana, taking into account the causes of such crimes, and how hate crime legislation could help to prevent […]
Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton is accusing Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo of attempting to distract the attention of citizens from the high cost of living that they are facing and other issues plaguing the society. On Thursday, the Vice President declared that his party is on firm footing as it prepares for the upcoming […]
While agreeing with those parts of the recently released US State Department’s report on human rights in Guyana that speaks to progress in several areas, the government intends to raise its concerns about other parts of the report with the US Government, according to Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo. “So there are many factual errors in […]
Chairman of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), Aubrey Norton today offered no clear indication on the APNU’s plans for the upcoming local government elections, which are set to take place on the 12th June. At a press conference today, Mr. Norton told reporters that the party is operating on two “parallel tracks” at the […]
Pandemonium broke out at the Houston Secondary School this afternoon when a female teacher armed herself with a cutlass following an attack by a parent and a student of the school. The teacher, Kimone Gentle, who has been teaching at the school for several years, said she was forced to defend herself. Both the teacher […]
Georgetown businessman, Davenand Singh, was today sentenced to 14 months in jail over the assault of his 25-year-old daughter. Singh was found guilty of causing actual bodily harm and using threatening language two weeks ago when the trial concluded before City Magistrate, Rhondel Weever. After the sentence was handed down today, the businessman hung his […]
A number of Guyanese women were today exposed to opportunities in the Agriculture Sector as the Women and Gender Equality Commission hosted its first Agriculture Conference at the Regency Hotel. Access to Finance, Market Linkages and Technology, Risk Management and opportunities for partnerships among agricultural organisations in Guyana and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) were among […]
The governing People’s Progressive Party-Civic is training its eyes on the strongholds of the opposition People’s National Congress at the upcoming Local Government Elections. PPP General Secretary, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo today announced that his party was stepping into full campaign mode for the local elections and has its eyes set on taking municipal control […]
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