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Almost one month after female Supernumenary Constable Shawnette Bollers filed a private criminal charge against Attorney Nirvan Singh, accusing him of unlawfully exciting and attempting to excite racial hostility and ill will towards her, the Director of Public Prosecutions has discontinued the charge. At his first appearance to answer the charge in April, the Attorney […]
After initially backing the incumbent Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland of Dominica for a second term as Secretary-General, the 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is now allowing member states to vote for a candidate of their choice. CARICOM’s new position followed the entry of the Jamaican Foreign Minister Kamina Johnson in the race for the top Commonwealth […]
President Irfaan Ali and Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Keith Rowley met and held bilateral talks this afternoon at State House, moments after the Prime Minister arrived in Guyana ahead of the Regional Agriculture Forum and Exhibition which opens on Thursday. According to a statement from Prime Minister Rowley’s team, the two leaders […]
Six persons including two young children were injured today when the driver of the car that they were all in, lost control and flipped off the Soesdyke/Linden highway. A police report indicated that the accident occurred at around 11:40 this morning along the highway in the vicinity of the village of Yarrowkabra. The driver of […]
The Government has tabled the Industrial Hemp Bill, which was read for the first time this morning by Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha. Once passed, the legislation will provide for the cultivation and manufacturing of industrial hemp and hemp-related products in Guyana. However, the Government maintains that the cultivation of hemp will be done in an […]
The Opposition APNU+AFC today called on the government to return to the table and start fresh broad-based consultation on the reform of the country’s electoral laws. According to the Opposition, the Government must face the reality that the nation has rejected both its amendments to the Representation of the People’s Act and its public consultations […]
Six months after a fire gutted the section of the Police headquarters that housed its Office of Professional Responsibility, the Guyana Fire Service is still to release the findings of its investigations, although the probe was completed months ago. On Monday, as the Acting Fire Chief Gregory Wickham was overlooking the Fire Service dousing another […]
Leader of the Opposition Aubrey Norton wants to see the government put together a more holistic relief plan that will cater to all citizens and cushion the effects of the rising cost of living in the country. During a press conference this morning, Mr. Norton said there is a need for a better relief package […]
Five weeks after the brutal murder of 57-year-old East Coast Demerara resident Savitri Raj, the lifeless body of her husband, who was the only suspect in the murder, has been found. The partly decomposed body of 56-year-old Vijaimal Raj was found on Monday afternoon in the Enmore backlands. The discovery was made by a cattle […]
Minister of Housing and Water Collin Croal announced in the National Assembly this morning that the government is on track to reach its five-year goal for the allocation of 50,000 house lots. In opening the debate on the Condominium Bill, which seeks to regularise condominium housing options, Minister Croal said 11,000 house lots have already […]
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