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Two weeks after a Prison Officer at the Mazaruni jail was charged and sentenced to three years in jail after pleading guilty to an attempt to smuggle marijuana into the high security prison facility, another Prison Officer at the same jail house has been busted trying to do the same and is now facing two […]
By Svetlana Marshall Opposition Leader, Aubrey Norton, brought the curtains down this evening on the Opposition’s arguments in the 2025 Budget debates. Mr. Norton told the National Assembly that the $1.3 trillion Budget fails to address the fundamental issues affecting Guyanese, while the Government continues to spend from the oil fund with no transparency. “It […]
Assistant Commissioner of Police, Calvin Brutus, who is currently on administrative leave as he fights more than 260 financial crimes charges, has accused agents of the state and the Police of surveilling his movements and trailing his vehicle. This afternoon, Mr. Brutus released a video recording on his social media page that captured the moments […]
Bandits were able to cart off an undisclosed sum of money in a late night break-in at Andrews Supermarket at Robb and Lights Street in Georgetown. A statement from the Guyana Police Force said two metal safes belonging to MoneyGram, which operates an outlet in the building, and a quantity of cash from the cash […]
Defiant representative of the Joinder party list in the National Assembly, Dr Asha Kissoon has offered her full support for the Government’s $1.3 trillion budget, declaring that the time for divisive politics must come to an end. Dr Kissoon, who sits on the Opposition side of the National Assembly, has been accused of illegally occupying […]
Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill, has stated that this year’s national budget is packed with initiatives and measures that will be of benefit to all citizens, especially the poor. He said many of the initiatives will see the infrastructural transformation of a number of communities, villages and towns. During his budget debate contribution, the […]
Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony and Opposition Member of Parliament, Dr. Karen Cummings, went head-to-head in the National Assembly on Wednesday evening over the shortage of nurses in the country. The Georgetown Public Hospital alone is in need of more than 700 nurses. With six new hospitals under construction, the Opposition Member of Parliament […]
Opposition Member of Parliament, Annette Ferguson, has called on the Government to not just issue house lots, but to ensure those lots are ready for the start of construction. On Wednesday, MP Ferguson told the Assembly that while the Government boasts of allocating 41,000 house lots since 2020, the majority of those allottees have not […]
Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal, has indicated that his Ministry has achieved at least 95% of its work plan since 2020, and he is confident that the remaining 5% will be achieved in the coming months. Contributing to the 2025 Budget debates, Minister Croal chided the Opposition’s housing record, and stated that the […]
A 70-year-old gold miner lost his life tragically on Tuesday when the walls of a mining pit collapsed and buried him. A statement from the Guyana Police Force explained that the incident took place at around 2pm on Tuesday at Thomas Island, Puruni River in Region Seven. The dead miner has been identified as Emmanuel […]
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