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With the school girl who made rape allegations against former Government Minister Nigel Dharamall, opting to no longer pursue the matter, resulting in the case not meeting the Court, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo is blaming the teen’s decision on the public protests on the matter, although those protests were in support of the teenage schoolgirl. […]
-by Svetlana Marshall- Climate Adaptation, Energy and Food Security were among the key issues that took center stage as U.S Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with President Irfaan Ali at State House today during his brief visit to Guyana. The top US official, who arrived in Guyana from Trinidad and Tobago, described the high-level […]
Just after his meeting with President Irfaan Ali and a joint press conference, the US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken met with Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton at the US Embassy today. At that meeting, Mr. Norton said that in addition to raising a number of national issues with Mr. Blinken, he also presented him with […]
With a promise of strong leadership, former Region 10 Chairman, Sharma Solomon of the APNU, was elected as the new Mayor of Linden. Addressing the Council following his election, Mr. Solomon said the new Council will work hard to represent the people of Linden and address their challenges. He said the town has the potential […]
Longtime APNU City Councillor and Former Deputy Mayor, Alfred Mentore was this morning elected Mayor of Georgetown replacing Pandit Ubraj Narine. New APNU Councillor, Denise Miller will now serve as the new Deputy Mayor. Both Mentore and Miller received the full backing of their party when the new Councilors were sworn into office and met […]
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will arrive in Guyana tomorrow morning for a whirlwind one-day visit, during which he will hold discussions with the President and other members of the Government on a number of issues. Mr. Blinken’s visit follows his attendance today at the CARICOM Heads of Government meeting in Trinidad and Tobago. […]
As Guyana inches closer to its Fourth Mutual Evaluation by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF), the Government is moving to further amend the country’s Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Legislation, to strengthen the State’s ability to forfeit the assets of criminals as well as the proceeds of crime. The Attorney […]
Women’s Rights organisation, Red Thread is calling for an independent investigation into the circumstances that resulted in a 16-year-old girl issuing a “no further action’ statement to the police, after initially accusing the now former Local Government Minister, Nigel Dharamlall of rape and sodomy. The disgraced Minister tendered his resignation on Tuesday, according to the […]
Guyana’s temporary suspension from the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) has been lifted, and the Government has welcomed the move. The country was suspended over its failure to submit its 4th report on the extractive industries in a timely manner. In accordance with the EITI Standard, it was agreed that the suspension would be lifted […]
The main parliamentary opposition party, the APNU, has hammered President Irfaan Ali’s statement accepting the resignation of his embattled Minister of Local Government Nigel Dharamlall, stating that the President never expressed any concern for the child, who made the rape allegations against his Minister. In a statement this morning, the APNU said the President expressed […]
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