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The National Assembly on Monday night passed the supplementary budget for the government totaling over $47 Billion. This is the second supplementary budget sought and passed for the government over the past four months. The national budget was passed earlier this year, to the tune of more than $550 billion, which was almost twice as […]
Three days after he was arrested along with three others for being in possession of more seven pounds of cocaine and just over three pounds of marijuana, a Georgetown man has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges. 28-year-old Charlestown resident, Javen Ragnauth, appeared before the Chief Magistrate today and pleaded guilty to being in possession […]
The Government has procured a $50.5M analysis workflow system for the Guyana Forensic Science Laboratory, Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn told the Committee of Supply today, as he sought approval for advances taken from the Consolidated Fund. In defending the purchase, Minister Benn said the machine will boost the DNA testing capability of the […]
The National Assembly this morning cleared the $2.9 Billion in advances taken from the Contingency Fund by the Government. The approval, however, followed a series of exchanges as the Opposition grilled the Government on its decision to take money from the Fund for activities deemed not to be urgent or unforeseen. At the level of […]
Police and GPL Emergency crews were summoned to the Success Squatting area this morning after a couple was found electrocuted in an alleyway, leading to their home. The two dead persons were identified by relatives as Saroujnie Hansraj and Prahalal Jagnarine. The woman worked as a nurse while the man operated a taxi. The bodies […]
In a move that could possibly affect the conduct of Local Government Elections in March 2023, the opposition APNU+AFC has moved to the Courts to have the Preliminary List of Voters for the Local Government Elections scrapped. In the application filed by Chief Scrutineer of the APNU+AFC Carol Smith-Joseph against the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), […]
Christmas preparations in the East Coast Demerara communities of Good Hope and Lusignan were dampened on Saturday after a 29-year-old man was electrocuted while erecting a metal Christmas tree in the Lusignan area outside the home of a businessman during rainy conditions. The dead youth has been identified as machinist, Deepak Ramdeen. Ramdeen along with […]
Election Commissioner Sase Gunraj has accused former GECOM Chief Election Officer (CEO), Keith Lowenfield of repeatedly defying the orders of the Guyana Elections Commission to provide an accurate report of the outcome of the 2020 Elections following the historic National Recount. Commissioner Gunraj made the damning allegation when he appeared before the Commission of Inquiry […]
Days after she initially claimed that her 85-year-old aunt, Sumintra Sawh was stabbed and beaten to death by armed robbers, 35-year-old caretaker Roshanie Basdeo was this morning charged with her aunt’s murder. The West Coast Berbice woman appeared before Magistrate Peter Hugh and was not required to enter a plea to the charge that on […]
The Government of Guyana and Hess Corporation today signed a REDD+ Carbon Credit Purchase Agreement paving the way for the oil company to purchase high quality carbon credits for a minimum of US$750 Million between 2022 and 2032 directly from the Guyanese Government. In his address at the signing ceremony at State House, President Irfaan […]
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