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Well known bar owner, Clyde Barrett aka “Clydie” is in the custody of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit and is facing drug trafficking charges. The city businessman was arrested today along Avenue of the Republic in Georgetown after his car was intercepted by CANU agents and more than 25 pounds of marijuana was found in the […]
Acting Chief Justice Roxane George today described the ongoing dispute over funding for the International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly – Guyana (IDPADA-G), which has now evolved into a lawsuit, as a national embarrassment. She has urged the parties involved to seek mediation. “This embarrassment to our nation, two years to go, and […]
Opposition Member of Parliament, Senior Counsel Roysdale Forde has warned the government not to ignore signs of what appears to be a resurgence of execution style killings in Guyana. During his contribution to the 2023 budget debate, Mr. Forde said that the reappearance of street executioners and extrajudicial killings is symptomatic of socio-economic decay in […]
With the Guyana Sugar Corporation set to receive another $ 4 Billion in this year’s budget after receiving more than $10 billion last year, the Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha today announced that the Rose Hall Estate, which was closed down under the APNU+AFC government will be reopened before the end of this year. “I […]
Declaring that all is not well in Region 10, the district’s leaders, including the Regional Chairman Deron Adams, railed into the Government this morning over the exclusion of a number of major regional projects from the National Budget including the proposed construction of the $660M Regional Administration Office and the new Wismar-Mackenzie Bridge across the […]
Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand has announced that 33% of the $94.4 billion budgeted for the education sector will be used to construct new schools, upgrade others and provide other necessary infrastructure to facilitate learning. She used part of her budget debate presentation to rubbish criticism from the Opposition, that there continues to be inequitable […]
Spending a small portion of his allotted time dealing with issues within his portfolio, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hugh Todd, focused much of his budget presentation to point out the shortcomings of the former government with respect to the economy and the treatment of citizens. The Foreign Minister read a number of testimonials he said […]
Hours after a wanted bulletin was issued for him, Police have arrested 65-year-old Deonarine Sawh aka “Boyzie”, for the murder of his ex-partner, Nazaline Mohamed. In an early morning statement, the Police Force’s public relations department said Sawh was arrested early this morning in an abandoned house at Mahaica on the East Coast of Demerara. […]
With a total of $84.9 billion set to be injected into the country’s public healthcare sector, Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony has announced the government’s intention to start the training of 1,000 new nurses, as it moves to construct a new hospital at Bartica, and improve healthcare services across the country. Guyana has been […]
Leading one of the largest Ministerial Trade Missions to ever visit Guyana from Jamaica, the islands’s Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Aubyn Hill said the more than 45 businesses that form part of his delegation stand ready to build partnerships with local companies as they seek to cash-in as Guyana experiences unprecedented economic growth. […]
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