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With a case management conference set for tomorrow in the Guyana/Venezuela case before the International Court, Foreign Minister Hugh Todd told the National Assembly this afternoon that the Government of Guyana will be sparing no money to ensure the Guyanese public is properly educated and informed on the border issues. Although most of his budget […]
Already grappling with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on business, the owners of several businesses along Sheriff Street and Mandela Avenue are pleading with the authorities to ensure the road works are completed soon. The road expansion project has been ongoing for over a year. With the widening of the roads now being done, […]
As the Government moves ahead with its planned Eccles to Mandela Avenue Road project, more than 20 companies have submitted bids to execute the project. The Central Housing and Planning Authority which will be overlooking the project opened the bids today at the National Tender Board. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of CH&PA, Sherwyn Greaves said […]
With the 1st anniversary of the closure of schools across the country because of the Coronavirus pandemic approaching, the former Minister of Education and her successor clashed in the National Assembly today about how the education sector has been handling the situation. As the budget debates entered Day Three, APNU+AFC Member of Parliament and former […]
The 23-year-old woman who was held at the Eugene F. Correia Airport, Ogle with pellets of cocaine in her stomach and an additional package stashed in her vagina, appeared in Court this morning and pleaded guilty to the drug trafficking charges. The woman, Tamera Melville appeared at the Sparendaam Magistrates Court this morning and pleaded guilty […]
The Government has come under heavy criticism from Opposition Member of Parliament Tabitha Sarabo-Halley over its response to the Coronavirus pandemic and its efforts to address the impact of the pandemic on Guyanese. During her budget debate presentation, the APNU+AFC Parliamentarian said Budget 2021 follows the lead of Budget 2020 in providing no clear plan […]
Hours after the Speaker of the National Assembly threatened to have all persons in the compound of the Arthur Chung Convention Center searched after a personal laptop belonging MP Cathy Hughes went missing, the laptop resurfaced. The Opposition Member of Parliament confirmed to News Source this evening that her laptop which was removed from her […]
Tourism and Business Minister, Oneidge Walrond today defended the government’s firing of scores of public servants since taking office last August. In her contribution to the budget debates, the technocrat Minister said many of the public servants who were terminated by the PPP Civic administration were linked to the APNU+AFC coalition and did not hide […]
A murder convict who was serving an 81-year sentence for the execution style gunning down of a 72-year-old woman, has died from COVID-19. Sources at the Guyana Prison Service have confirmed the death of convicted prisoner Kevin October. He was a patient of the Coronavirus Intensive Care Unit for several days and slipped into a […]
The Speaker of the National Assembly was forced to call in the Police this afternoon after a personal laptop belonging to Opposition Member of Parliament, Cathy Hughes was reported stolen. Hughes said she left her Apple Macbook in her bag along with other documents for the budget debates in the Parliamentary chamber as they took […]
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