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By Svetlana Marshall Guyanese Business magnate, Nazar Mohamed, who was sanctioned last year by the US Government on claims of tax evasion and gold under-declaration, believes Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo is behind the demand of the Guyana Revenue Authority for the family to pay up more than $900 Million in additional taxes for luxury vehicles […]
The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) believes that with almost half of Guyana’s population still living in poverty, the Government should be condemned over its management of the country’s economy. The WPA’s condemnation follows a report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which said Guyana’s economic transformation is advancing at a strong pace, owing to the […]
Acting Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Yonette Cummings, has highlighted the issue of “minimal women’s participation in public office”, while noting that there are now greater protection for women under the Constitution. Delivering a Memorial Lecture in Honour of late Chancellor Desiree Bernard at the University of Guyana on Monday, Justice Cummings noted that although […]
Police investigators in Region 9 are probing the murder of a 25-year-old Guyanese man who lives in neighbouring Brazil, but was stabbed to death during a row with his step-father in the village of Karasabai. The incident took place on Monday evening and the dead young man has been identified as Jonnah Pedro. The suspect, […]
Twenty-Five ranks of the Guyana Police Force’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) are being trained in the area of Cybercrime detection. In a release, the Police Force indicated that the training is a strategic move to bolster its capabilities in tackling the growing threat of cybercrime. The two-week training programme is being spearheaded by Officer-in-Charge of […]
The Ministry of Health has signed three Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with a number of healthcare service providers, as it prepares to roll out a healthcare initiative that will see some 500,000 Guyanese having access to $10,000 health vouchers to receive specialized care. The vouchers are intended to subsidize the costs for eye testing and […]
Surinamese Foreign Minister, Albert Ramdin, was today elected as the new Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) replacing Uruguayan diplomat Luis Almagro. Ramdin is the first leader from CARICOM to be elected as OAS Secretary General and will serve in that position until 2030. He previously served the OAS as an Assistant […]
The Georgetown Public Hospital has announced that it has launched an immediate investigation into the death of Fireman Voshaun Manbodh at the hospital on Saturday night. The fireman, who was injured in the line of duty while battling the fire at the Mae’s School, was a patient at the hospital for three days before passing […]
The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) is calling for complete review of the Guyana Online Academy of Learning (GOAL) Scholarship Programme, in wake of the University of Staffordshire in the UK distancing itself from the programme and courses offered through the online academy. The University of Staffordshire has said that it has no agreement with the […]
The Brazilian woman, who was arrested last week along with a Brazilian man during an alleged gold smuggling bust, has been charged and granted bail in the sum of $75,000. The man is still to be charged. 39-year-old Erizangela De Olivera appeared in Court this morning before Magistrate Faith McGusty and pleaded not guilty to […]
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