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Attorney General, Senior Counsel Anil Nandlall today clashed with Senior Counsel Roysdale Forde over the High Court’s jurisdiction to hear the case challenging the decision of the Parliamentary Committee of Privileges to suspend eight Opposition Members of Parliament. The Court will hand down its decision on the 8th December. The Opposition Members of Parliament who […]
There continues to be an influx of migrants from Venezuela into Guyana and the Government is examining additional ways to accommodate them and address the growing number of migrants here. On Wednesday, Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugh Todd convened a meeting of the Multi-agency Coordinating Committee to address the influx of migrants from Venezuela into […]
Two men are missing and feared dead following a boat mishap in the Upper Mazaruni river on Thursday. The two missing men have been identified as 29-year-old Terrence Thomas of Meadow Brook Gardens in Georgetown and 34-year-old Jermain La Rose of Canvas City Linden. A police statement said the two men were among a group […]
United States Ambassador to Guyana, Sarah Ann-Lynch has encouraged the Guyana government to put systems in place to tackle corruption while warning against “bad actors” playing a role in the country’s development. Speaking on the Plaza Central podcast, the Ambassador said she is ‘cautiously optimistic’ about whether some of the vision of the government will […]
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), Sasenarine Singh who served as a supernumerary agent for the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) during the 2020 Elections, told the Elections Commission of Inquiry (COI) today that hours after the Returning Officer (RO) for Region Four Clairmont Mingo fell ill during the tabulation of […]
The construction of the gas-to-shore project at Wales on the West Bank of Demerara is one step closer as the Cabinet has given its greenlight to contracting firm CH4 Lyndsayca Incorporated President Irfaan Ali announced today. The President said the company was ranked number one to build the combined power plant and natural gas liquid […]
Over $5.5 Billion that was approved by the National Assembly for key developmental projects under the Ministry of Public Works was returned to the Consolidated Fund at the end of 2021 due largely to delays in securing contractors, the Auditor General report has found. Among the affected projects were the East Bank-East Coast Road Linkage […]
Less than a week after the Government passed amendments to Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Control) Act of 2021, which has removed custodial sentences for the possession and or use of small amounts of marijuana, the Guyana Rastafari Council appears dissatisfied with some of the measures and intends to protest the President’s office to make […]
Opposition Chief Whip Christopher Jones testified on Wednesday that Opposition Member of Parliament Khemraj Ramjattan was slated to debate the Natural Resource Fund Bill in December 2021 but was never called upon by the Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir, to speak. Jones was on the stand in the case that he has filed […]
The Guyana Elections Commission’s (GECOM’s) Chief Security Officer Ronald Stewart told the Elections Commission of Inquiry (COI) that he defied the instructions of the Deputy Chief Elections Officer (DCEO), Roxanne Myers to remove persons from the Ashmin’s building after a bomb threat, because he knew it was a hoax. “…Everybody knew it’s a hoax…,” Mr […]
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