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With some of its current city councilors switching sides and heading over to the PPP for the upcoming local elections, the APNU is looking to some new faces within its camp to hold on to City Council seats. Chairman of the Guyana Youth and Student Movement, Kibwe Copeland is one of the new faces for […]
Former Mayor of Georgetown and APNU Councillor Patricia Chase-Green has gone red for the upcoming local government elections. Chase-Green who was last elected to the Georgetown City Council under the APNU banner in 2018 has emerged as one of the new faces for the governing People’s Progressive Party in the upcoming elections. The former Mayor […]
An off-duty Police Corporal who was attached to the Presidential Guard Unit, lost his life early this morning after losing control of the Toyota Land Cruiser vehicle that he was driving at the time. A Police statement said 24-year-old Kevin Narine was driving at a fast rate along the East Bank Demerara public road at […]
Police investigators have launched a probe into the stabbing death of a 45-year-old truck driver along the Eccles dumpsite road on the East Bank of Demerara. The dead has been identified as Kerry Sears. A police report said Sears was in the area on work related duties when he stopped to speak with another truck […]
The Government, through the Attorney General’s Chambers, announced this afternoon that it will bypass the International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly – Guyana (IDPADA-G) and provide the allocated monthly subventions for this year directly to various African organisations in Guyana. In a statement this afternoon, the AG’s office said while part of the […]
The Guyana Elections Commission today announced that all systems are in place for the smooth conduct of Nomination Day on Monday, for the local government elections. In a statement, it was explained that individuals and parties hoping to contest upcoming local elections, would be required to submit their list of candidates to the Returning Officer […]
CARICOM Secretary-General Dr. Carla Barnett believes that the regional body has made enormous progress in the past 50 years, from the establishment of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). However, Dr. Barnett is of the view that much more can be done to advance the work of the community. […]
Talks between the Government and the International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly – Guyana (IDPADA-G) on the reinstatement of the monthly subvention to the organisation have broken down. Due to the break down, the Chief Justice, Roxane George has taken a decision to hear the case in full come June. The two sides, […]
The Guyana Press Association has again raised concerns over the treatment of journalists in Guyana. The Association is now requesting international assistance to fight the harassment and cyber bullying of media workers in Guyana. In a release this morning, the GPA condemned the latest attack on Kaieteur News Journalist Davina Bagot on the Facebook page […]
Despite an earlier pledge by the Government to get the process started for the construction of an oil refinery by the first quarter of this year, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo today declared that no final decision has been made on Guyana establishing its own refinery. “The government is not yet ready to cross that bridge”, Mr. […]
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