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With the US Drug Enforcement Administration now having a permanent presence in Guyana with its office at the US Embassy, Guyanese Government officials are hoping that the move with assist in tackling the drug trafficking problem that has been plaguing the country for years. But US Ambassador to Guyana, Perry Holloway, who also has a […]
President David Granger, on Wednesday, met five members of the Florida National Guard who are in Guyana to train members of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) in disasters management and search and rescue during natural disasters. Sergeant First Class, Shannon Brasweoll, in a brief comment, said that the team arrived in Guyana on Sunday last […]
In what is being considered disrespectful to President David Granger, the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry report was on Tuesday dropped off at the Chambers of the Attorney General, contrary to the formal handing over that was anticipated. Attorney General Basil Williams confirmed the drop off of the report by an individual to his Secretary. […]
Social Protection Minister Volda Lawrence is promising to step up the fight against the pervasive problem of Trafficking in Person (TIP) in Guyana over the next year. Ms. Lawrence’s assurances came as she delivered her presentation during the budget debates in the National Assembly on Wednesday. The Minister said she is happy that for the […]
The offerings in the 2016 budget for women in Guyana have been met with dissatisfaction by several female opposition Members of Parliament. The matter was ventilated in the National Assembly on Tuesday with MP Vindya Persaud taking the lead in advancing the opposition’s charge. “There is nothing in the budget for women,” she declared, while […]
Opposition Chief Whip, Gail Teixeira and Tourism and Public Telecommunications Minister, Cathy Hughes clashed in the National Assembly on Wednesday over the issue of contract workers for the government. Ms. Teixeira, who was a contract employee herself under the last PPP Civic administration, complained to the House that the services of several persons were discontinued […]
The Opposition People’s Progressive Party is not pleased with recent scolding of some of its Members of Parliament about what they could say and cannot say in the National Assembly. The PPP called a press conference on Tuesday afternoon during the budget debates to complain that Speaker of the National Assembly, Dr. Barton Scotland may […]
Guyana has now joined a number of other Caribbean and Latin American countries in having the permanent presence of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration based in the country. The US Embassy in Georgetown launched the DEA office in Guyana this morning and the agency is already promising success as its get ready to offer more […]
Fourteen Guyana Defence Force (GDF) officers on Tuesday took their Oath of Allegiance and received their Instruments of Commission from Commander-in-Chief, President David Granger at a simple ceremony at the Ministry of the Presidency. The newly-commissioned officers successfully completed the Standard Officers Course (SOC) No. 48. They are now vested with the legal authority and […]
There was an unusual quiet in the National Assembly on Tuesday evening as embattled Member of Parliament, Dr. Jennifer Westford offered her budget presentation with little interruption and heckling. The Opposition Member of Parliament, who has been embroiled in mounting allegations and charges of fraud since she left office in May 2015 and is currently […]
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