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A group of members of the Guyana Public Service Cooperative Credit Union joined ousted Chairman Trevor Benn today, calling for elections to be held for the Credit Union’s board. Benn was ousted as Chairman last week by the Committee of Management in a no-confidence vote. He has described the move as illegal, saying that it […]
A 22-year-old Bartica man was today charged and remanded to jail over the murder of a miner from the same Bartica community. The accused Kellorn Creighton was not required to enter a plea to the indictable charge. The incident took place on the 8th May at Third Avenue Bartica. According to investigators, the 24-year-old miner, […]
After several weeks of the number of active COVID-19 cases being below 100 and new cases being in single digits, a total of 56 new cases of the virus were detected in the past 24hours, pushing the number of active cases to 203. In its latest COVID-19 report, the Ministry of Health reported that 42 […]
Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir, has urged Parliamentarians to work together for the benefit of the citizens who they represent. In an address on the opening day of a Commonwealth Parliamentary Association seminar on Tuesday, the Speaker said Parliamentarians on both sides should have stronger cordial relations in order to advance the causes […]
Less than a week after being convicted for attempting to extort $10 million from her ex-boyfriend, a 20-year-old East Bank Demerara woman is facing a charge of escaping from lawful custody. The woman, Princess Williams appeared in Court today before Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs and pleaded not guilty to the charge of escaping from lawful custody. […]
A prison escapee who was on the run for over a year was recaptured yesterday morning after he turned up at a hospital in Mahdia seeking medical help with a knife stuck in his neck. The prisoner, 27-year-old Samuel Gouveia is a manslaughter convict who was serving an 18-year jail sentence when he managed to […]
The Ministry of Finance has announced that the Government has made its first withdrawal of US$200 million from the Natural Resource Fund. According to the Ministry of Finance, the money which is equivalent to G$41.7 Billion has been transferred from the Natural Resource Fund to the Consolidated Fund to finance national development priorities. It was […]
Two men who were busted with 18 pounds of marijuana at Meadowbank on the East Bank Demerara are in Police custody and will face drug possession and trafficking charges soon. In a statement today, the Police Force said that ranks patrolling in the area noticed the two men fetching a blue plastic barrel into an […]
Regional Chairman for Region 10 Deron Adams today accused the PPP Civic administration of a deliberate move to marginalize the region despite its public promises to support development across Guyana. Addressing a number of issues facing the region at a PNC Reform press conference, the Regional Chairman said the Government’s promises of jobs, development, and […]
The public consultations on the draft amendments to the Representation of the People’s Act (ROPA) have started. The Government is seeking to overhaul the elections machinery in Guyana following the 2020 General and Regional Elections. So far, the Opposition APNU+AFC has not yet made any recommendations to the process and the coalition is firm that […]
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