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One prisoner is dead and at least six other prisoners were badly burnt about their bodies during a fiery midday protest inside the Camp Street Jail in Georgetown. Just after 11 o’ clock on Thursday morning, firemen rushed down to the jailhouse as inmates set fires to mattresses and a section of the prison in […]
Public Security Minister, Khemraj Ramjattan has dismissed the allegations by self-confessed drug lord, Barry Dataram that the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit is involved in the drug trade. In an interview, Mr. Ramjattan said he does not believe a single word coming from confessed cocaine trafficker and Dataram may simply be trying to save himself as […]
The Fire Service was called out on Wednesday evening to the Camp Street jail after prisoners set fire to a small section of the building. Quick action by the fire service contained the blaze. The prisoners were protesting a reported move by the prison authorities to put a hold on the system that allowed their […]
The Ministry of Tourism is rolling out a ‘Bed and Breakfast’ programme to help ordinary Guyanese upgrade their homes to host visitors entering Guyana for the 50th Anniversary celebrations. Persons who may have spare rooms in their homes that they could make available are being encouraged to enroll in the B&B programme. Through the programme, […]
Guyana has expressed a level of contentment with the latest proposals put forward by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon to resolve the border controversy with its South American neighbor, Venezuela. Although, Guyana’s Foreign Minister, Carl Greenidge would not go into detail about the proposals, he told the media on Wednesday that he is satisfied […]
Staff members of the Housing Department may not have been expecting the large number of people who have been converging at the Brickdam office to take advantage of the 50 on 50 Independence land discount offer. On Monday, Minister responsible for Housing, Valerie Patterson announced that the Department is offering a 50% discount on the balance […]
Brazil’s Minister of External Affairs, Mauro Vieira, has been conferred with Guyana’s second highest national award, The Order of Roraima. At a simple ceremony at the President’s Office, the Brazilian Minister received the award from President David Granger for his long and outstanding service to international diplomacy. President Granger in brief remarks, praised the Brazilian diplomat […]
President David Granger is asking Guyanese to exercise patience as his Cabinet reviews the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry report before it is made public. He told reporters on Wednesday that he has every intention to make the report public but that will only be done after the Cabinet would have had a chance to […]
The opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) on Wednesday lamented its disgust with the attitude of House Speaker, Dr. Barton Scotland to its Members of Parliament and expressed little confidence in his ability to uphold the constitution and parliamentary democracy. Opposition Chief Whip Gail Teixeira said the Speaker’s attitude towards PPP Members, including Opposition Leader Dr. […]
Recently appointed Chief Justice (ag) Yonnette Cummings-Edwards was on Wednesday morning sworn in as the newest member of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). She took her Oath of Office before President Granger, Chancellor of the Judiciary Carl Singh, other members of the JSC and government ministers at the President’s office. The simple ceremony ended within five […]
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