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Declaring that Regions Five and Six are well positioned to benefit from the country’s take off in the oil and gas sector, President Irfaan Ali has laid out a six point development plan of his government. In that plan, the President said the country’s energy security is paramount, not only because of the oil and […]
The Full Court, this afternoon declared that it had no jurisdiction to entertain an interim order that was being sought by the eight suspended Opposition Members of Parliament, who wanted the Full Court to reinstate them, while their challenge to the suspension was being heard in the High Court. Delivering the decision on behalf of […]
The 30-year-old La Bonne Intention, East Coast Demerara woman who allegedly disarmed her abusive reputed husband and stabbed him to death was today charged and remanded to jail for the man’s murder. The accused, Aquiella Abrams, was not required to enter a plea to the murder charge as it was read to her by Magistrate […]
Less than a week after being put in place, the Board of Inquiry into the accident that crippled the operations of the Demerara Harbour Bridge for a number of days, has completed its probe. The members of the Board of Inquiry handed over their report this morning to Public Works Minister Juan Edghill. While the […]
Guyana’s Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall has challenged legislators globally to push for the implementation of laws that would engender greater gender parity within their Parliaments, even as they continue to canvass for the removal of all institutional and systematic structures, legislation, policies and programmes, which perpetuate gender inequality. The Attorney […]
Social media talk show host and PPP political activist Ossie Rodgers is under probe by the Police after he was caught on camera slapping a woman repeatedly in a Berbice supermarket. Police investigators have confirmed that Rodgers was arrested and later released on self bail at the Police station after a complaint was filed against […]
The Opposition APNU+AFC, has written to the Chief Elections Officer, Vishnu Persaud, informing him that the request for additional information by GECOM is without basis since the Commission already has the information which forms part of public documents that it can forward to the police to continue their probe. “Clearly, there was no need for […]
Local telecommunications company GTT is celebrating the milestone of rolling out its Fibre internet service to more than 100,000 customers and within the coming months, the company will be pushing to roll out the high-speed fibre internet service to thousands more. At a press conference this afternoon to celebrate the milestone and the company surpassing […]
The Government, through the Office of the Prime Minister, has signed a $362.4M contract with Standby Power Engineering Company (SPECOM) for the construction of a 0.686-Megawatt Solar Farm, which is expected to provide close to 3,000 residents living in Mahdia with a reliable and efficient supply of electricity. The 686kWp Turn-key Solar Farm, which will […]
Forced to downsize its operations due to a lack of funding, the Coordinating Council of the International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly – Guyana (IDPADA-G) is currently seeking legal advice on Government’s decision to withhold its monthly subvention of $8 Million. The move has crippled the operation of IDPADA-G, and has left it […]
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