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Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall today announced that the government will be extending some constituency boundaries and revert others to the 2016 local district boundaries for the 2023 Local Government Elections. During a press conference today, the Local Government Minister alleged that many of the boundaries were adjusted for the 2018 […]
A 28-year-old West Demerara man, who was recorded on camera assaulting a Police Officer in a Police station following his arrest for drunk driving, has been charged and fined. The man, Nicholas Balkisoon grabbed a Police Officer by the shirt and pushed him against a wall in the Police station after the officer took away […]
The Guyana Teachers Union today issued a call for the President to engage the Teacher’s Union and for the salaries of teachers to also be adjusted. While welcoming the Government’s decision to adjust the salaries for members of the Joint Services, the GTU said it is disappointed that similar adjustments were not given to teachers […]
Leader of the Alliance For Change Khemraj Ramjattan has made it clear that his party is firm that its nine parliamentary seats are safe even as it is gearing up to leave its coalition partner, the APNU by the end of the year. During an interview with News Source today, Mr. Ramjattan said his party […]
More than 8000 members of the Joint Services will benefit from adjustments to their current salaries which will be in addition to the 8% salary increase that was announced for public servants recently. President Irfaan Ali made the announcements today from his Office, indicating that the adjustments will take effect from January of next year […]
The Georgetown Public Hospital has announced that patients suffering from kidney stones can now have those stones removed through laser treatment rather than conventional surgery. The hospital through the Ministry of Health has procured a laser lithotripter at a cost of more than $25 million. According to the hospital, using laser lithotripsy offers a completely […]
Local law enforcement has launched a search for an American man who reportedly went missing on Tuesday during a fishing trip in the Rupununi river. The missing man’s name has been given as Thomas Carstens Jr. He was last seen on Tuesday when he left a resort in the Rupununi region in the company of […]
A post-mortem examination conducted on the body of Linden teacher Kelly Charlotte found that she was stabbed 30 times to her body, listing her cause of death as multiple stab wounds. Charlotte was stabbed to death by her boyfriend Leston Baynes who was found hanging in an abandoned house two days after the murder. The […]
A number of non-governmental organisations in Guyana and the US along with some Opposition Members of Parliament have signed onto a letter which has been sent to US Vice President Kamala Harris, documenting what they call the “untenable crisis of racism and discrimination in Guyana”. The letter and a statement signed by retired military officer […]
One month after the President announced the agreement for Charandass Persaud to no longer serve as Guyana’s High Commissioner to India and return home, Persaud continues to serve in the position. The Alliance For Change (AFC) today said that it has confirmed that Charandass Persaud is still functioning as Guyana’s High Commissioner to India despite […]
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