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Guyana has inked an agreement with the European Union to promote sustainable trade of legal timber to the European Union (EU). The agreement was signed on the sidelines of the Climate Change conference in Canada between Guyana’s Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat and European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Mr. Virginijus Sinkevičius. The […]
While asking Guyanese to be patient, President Irfaan Ali has indicated that the ground work is being set for massive expansion of the country’s economy in the oil and non-oil sectors. Speaking at the annual Gala dinner of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), the President said his government is working to ensure […]
The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Keith Rowley has confirmed his attendance at the International Energy Conference and Expo which will be hosted in Guyana in February, 2023. The Conference secretariat has indicated that Dr. Rowley will deliver remarks on the opening day of the second edition of the event. The Trinidadian Prime […]
Opposition Member of Parliament and Attorney Geeta Chandan-Edmond has reportedly resigned as the General Secretary of the People’s National Congress Reform. The party’s leadership received a letter from Chandan-Edmond thanking them for their support, cooperation and guidance during her stint as General Secretary. She said serving in the post has been an honour and privilege […]
Amid loud chants to “free the Mayor” by his supporters, the City’s Chief Citizen, Mayor Ubraj Narine and Opposition Member of Parliament, Sherod Duncan appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan over allegations that they attempted to excite racial hostility, in addition to obstructing traffic. According to the Police, Mayor Narine and MP Duncan, while in […]
Investigators have identified the suspect in the stabbing and disarming of a Presidential Guard at State House this morning as a Nigerian national. Both the suspect and the Presidential guard remain hospitalised with serious injuries. Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken and Crime Chief Wendel Blanhum both confirmed the man’s identity to News Source, giving his name […]
Police investigators are probing the attack of a Police rank at State House, which is the official residence of the President. The man, who has not been named, reportedly approached the security booth and the Police rank at around 7:30 this morning and told him that he wants the President. A Police statement said the […]
Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), retired Justice Claudette Singh has ruled that the Minister of Local Government Nigel Dharamlall acted outside of his jurisdiction when he combined and subdivided areas to form constituencies for the Local Government Elections. “Having reviewed extracts from Order No. 50 of 2022, the Chairperson explained that it is […]
Two days after Georgetown Mayor Ubraj Narine joined street vendors outside the Georgetown Hospital in a protest against their removal by the Government and questioned whether the President was developing a muslim state in Guyana, he was arrested at his office this afternoon. Opposition Member of Parliament Sherod Duncan who was covering the protest live […]
Although she is still to offer advice on the investigation by the Police Office of Professional Responsibility into the arrest of an Attorney for advising her client to remain silent, the Director of Public Prosecutions, Senior Counsel Shalimar Ali-Hack has discontinued the private criminal charge that was filed by the Attorney against the three SOCU […]
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