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President David Granger on Wednesday brushed aside most recent calls him to go ahead and confirm acting Chancellor, Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards and acting Chief Justice Roxanne George to the substantive positions, saying that doing so would be outside of the Constitutional requirements. The Head of State was at the time responding to fresh calls by the Guyana […]
It took a few days of protests and the involvement of Amerindian Rights Groups and the Ministry of Education, but on Wednesday, the Mae’s Private School formally issued an apology to the parents of the young boy who was told to cover up when he arrived at school in his Indigenous outfit for the school’s […]
The East Bank Berbice village of Glasgow was thrown into shock this morning when a villager slashed and stabbed his wife and daughter to death then took his own life. The names of the three dead persons have not been released. The incident reportedly occurred close to 9:30 this morning. Neighbours were alerted by loud […]
One day after a list of the more than 200 Guyanese businesses and individuals doing business with the ExxonMobil oil company was released, the company is putting a dollar figure to those numbers. Appearing on 94.1 FM’s JumpStart Morning Show today, the Director for Public and Government Affairs at Exxon, Kimberly Brassington revealed that US$14 […]
An important decision-making meeting between the Chairman and Commissioners of the Guyana Elections Commission had to be adjourned on Tuesday following an impasse between the Chairman, Justice James Patterson and Commissioner Robeson Benn. Benn along with other members of the Commission who were nominated by the Opposition, had claimed that there was a major ethnic imbalance in […]
The Government of Guyana has released a list of 227 Guyanese owned companies that are doing business with the Exxon company as it continues its exploration. The list, according to the Department of Public Information was released recently to the Natural Resources Sub-committee and covers the businesses that have been doing work for Exxon for […]
A temporary Bridge to reconnect the South Rupununi to Central Rupununi is to be constructed as the construction of a new crossing gets underway. Residents on both sides have not been able to cross over since Saturday when the old Yamatiwau bridge gave way. A lowbed which was at the time transporting an excavator had […]
The Department of the Environment on Tuesday initiated a national conversation on the Government’s proposal to ban single-use plastic in a bid to beat pollution. A panel discussion was held today with members of the private sector, civil society and government to talk about national consultations, drafting of regulations and development standards, alternatives and incentives for the […]
Fours years after a woman was found dead in bucket of water, her reputed husband was today sentenced to 22 years behind bars after a 12 member mixed Jury found him guilty of the offence of manslaughter. In a calm manner, the convict, Vindira Siriram Persaud strolled into the Courtroom of Justice James Bovell-Drakes, and […]
Telecommunications Minister Cathy Hughes today announced a new timeline for full liberalization of the local telecommunications sector. This new timeline comes months after Guyanese were promised that the telecommunications sector would have been fully liberalized, but Hughes is confident that she will be able to deliver liberalization by the end of this year. “It will happen […]
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