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Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton has poured cold water on an announcement made by Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo that the government will be launching a Commission of Inquiry into the murders of hundreds of persons during the crime spree in the early 2000s. At a press conference today, the Opposition Leader said such an investigation by […]
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has announced that the Government will soon be launching a Commission of Inquiry in the crime spree and killings of the early 2000’s during the period known as “The Troubles”. Jagdeo was President at the time when the country saw daily murders and execution style killings of hundreds of young men. […]
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has denied any involvement of the governing People’s Progressive Party in a Police operation that took place at the home of the mother of Rights Activist, Melissa Atwell aka “Melly Mel”. On Tuesday, the Guyana Police Force raided the Eccles home of Atwell’s mother and grandmother, claiming that they were looking […]
Well-known Biologist and Conservation Specialist, 30-year-old Meshach Pierre was found dead on Thursday in a camp at the G2 Minerals Compound at Oku Backdam in the Cuyuni-Mazaruni region. The Police said a suicide note was found in his phone and addressed to his family. Pierre, who had documented his mental health struggles in a number […]
Lawyers representing the interest of Rights Activist, Melissa Atwell aka “Melly Mel” and her mother, have written to the Acting Police Commissioner seeking information regarding a recent Police operation that was carried out at the home of the activist’s mother. The Police in a statement had indicated that the operation was based on intelligence received […]
With a 36-megawatt power ship connected to the national grid to boost the Guyana Power and Light’s General capacity and the recent purchase of several generating sets, frequent blackouts have returned and Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has expressed his concern over the problem. While GPL has blamed the recent outages on a number of issues […]
One day after the Ministry of Agriculture stated that there was no theft of sugar at the Rose Hall estate, but rather an overstatement in the sugar production by 243 tonnes, Opposition Member of Parliament Vinceroy Jordan is calling for the full release of the audit report that the Ministry said uncovered the error. In […]
The Government is currently working on a policy to regulate the use of big trucks on the country’s roadways, with weight limit regulations being the center of a new policy, the Minister of Works has announced. Minister Juan Edghill told reporters that large trucks are often overloaded and speeding on the roadways and have been […]
The Bahamas, Jamaica, Belize and Haiti are the CARICOM member states which have been listed by the US President as Major Drug Transit or Major Illicit Drug Producing Countries for Fiscal Year 2025. In a statement, The White House explained that a country’s presence on the list is not necessarily a reflection of its government’s […]
The deadline for the completion for the US$260 Million Demerara River Bridge has been pushed back by some three months, owing to some logistical and other challenges, according to Works Minister, Juan Edghill. During an early morning press conference, Minister Edghill explained that the Government was initially anticipating completion of the project by the end […]
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