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General Secretary and Member of Parliament for the opposition, People’s Progressive Party, Clement Rohee, wants to know whether an actual survey was ever done by the APNU+AFC government that revealed a reduction in crime. The Guyana Police Force has been reporting a reduction in serious and violent crimes when compared to last year, even as […]
Leader of the Opposition and Former President of Guyana, Bharrat Jagdeo, on Friday restated his party’s support of the Guyana government’s efforts to move to a juridical settlement of the border controversy with Venezuela. However, he warned that that the Government should ensure it is prepared for any possibility with regard to a recommendation from […]
A pedestrian, who is still to be identified, died early this morning in another road accident. A 21-year-old driver who was drunk, is in police custody. According to a Police report, the incident took place just after 1:30 this morning along the Friendship/Buxton Public Road on the East Coast Demerara. The 21-year-old man was driving […]
Public Security Minister, Khemraj Ramjattan, believes that even as the Police Force continues its fight against crime, citizens must play a role by speaking up against those relatives or friends who may be part of the criminal enterprise. “You see in Guyana here, I have come to learn that silence is violence”, Mr Ramjattan noted. […]
The Bank of Guyana has put a halt to the purchase of Barbadian and Trinidadian dollars from cambios at the central bank, until further notice. The move is to stabilize the foreign currency market. It was recently realized that persons from Trinidad and Barbados have been coming to Guyana to purchase US Currency and Trinidadian and […]
The 2017 budget debate took a strange turn on Thursday when the Speaker decided to have some fact checking done on a statement made by Opposition Member of Parliament, Anil Nandlall. During his contribution to the budget debate, Nandlall attacked the government for overspending and used the rental of a drug storage bond as example. […]
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge has declared that the Opposition party’s continued criticism of the proposed 2017 National Budget is nothing more than an attempt at national “deconstruction”. During Thursday’s budget debate, Mr. Greenidge noted that it is especially hard to imagine a Budget debate elsewhere in the world where the Opposition party […]
The United States Embassy’s Security Cooperation Office (SCO) has wrapped up the first in a two-part Military Training Team event involving members of United States Coast Guard and Officers and Ranks of the Guyana Defence Force Coast Guard. In a statement, the Embassy said that a six-man team from the US Coast Guard arrived in […]
President David Granger has added his voice to the discussion on the national budget and he has issued a call for Guyanese to critically analyze the entire budget and not just focus on “bits and pieces”. In a video release from the Ministry of the Presidency of this week’s Public Interest television programme, the President […]
The Guyana Sugar Corporation believes that efforts may be afoot to sabotage its operations and the company is issuing a warning that the Guyana Police Force will get involved and deal with those suspected of wanting to disrupt the company’s operations. In a statement, the sugar company which is already behind its production target, revealed […]
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