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The 10th annual National Toshaos Conference (NTC) opened on Monday with a strong call from Indigenous Leaders for the conference to address several outstanding land issues, find ways to strengthen the Amerindian Act and increase stipends for Toshaos and Councillors. NTC Chairman Joel Fredricks led the charge and said the time has come to put an end to the […]
President David Granger on Monday announced that Finance Minister, Winston Jordan, will present the government’s 2017 National budget days before the end of 2016. The 2017 national budget will be presented on December 5, 2016 according to the President. He made the announcement on Monday morning while opening the National Toshao Conference at the Arthur […]
A recent assessment carried out by USAID on democracy, human rights and governance in Guyana has recommended significant reforms for the Guyana Police Police, while calling for a more regulated private security sector. Although Guyana has seen an increase in criminal prosecutions and improved successes in crime fighting, the report said there is still need […]
In the Berbice area, a bandit was shot dead by one of his accomplices during a robbery early yesterday morning in the edinburg village. The dead bandit has been identified as Odan Sunil Lallbeharry of east Canje, Berbice. According to reports, Lallbeharry and 4 other bandits barged into the home of a businessman, held him […]
Investigations have been launched by the Police into the shooting death of a 21-year-old Land of Canaan man, Seon Clarke. Clarke was shot dead and his friend was badly beaten by a group of residents from the Pearl community late on Saturday night. According to a Police statement, earlier in the day, the two young […]
(NY Daily News) A 9-year-old Queens girl whose bruised, naked body was found in a bathtub was strangled by her wicked stepmom, police sources said. Arjun Samdhi Pardas was charged Saturday with killing Ashdeep Kaur in the bathroom of their Richmond Hill home, according to sources. Detectives grilled the sadistic 55-year-old stepmother at the 102nd […]
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has released the final report for the Democracy, Human Rights and Governance Assessment for Guyana. According to the US Embassy in Georgetown, The assessment was conducted to examine political change and democratization in Guyana, analyze core democracy and governance issues, actors, and institutions in the country and […]
An unidentified man was on Friday night shot dead outside the Camp Street prison by a Police officer after he reportedly attempted to attack the officer. According to a statement from the Guyana Police Force, it was just before midnight on Friday that the man appeared close to the Police security location outside the prison […]
Following protests under the previous government over the location of the current 1823 Demerara Revolt Monument, President David Granger has announced that his government will erect an 1823 Memorial at the Independence Park/Parade Ground. There is a memorial already set up in Bachelor’s Adventure on the East Coast of Demerara, where the revolt took place. […]
Two men were on Friday remanded to prison for last Sunday’s murder of 13-year-old Daveand Sanchar at Plantain Walk Triumph, East Coast Demerara. Twenty-year-old Kevin Sahoy and 27-year-old Raymond Wong both of Agriculture Road, East Coast Demerara, were not required to enter a plea to the indictable charge of murder when they appeared before Magistrate […]
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