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Minister of Tourism, Cathy Hughes announced on Wednesday that former Head of the Tourism Authority, Donald Sinclair has been appointed as the Director General of the Ministry of Tourism. The appointment took effect from October 1, 2015. Minister Hughes said she is confident that Mr. Sinclair is capable of carrying out his duties effectively especially with his knowledge […]
Minister of Tourism Cathy Hughes on Thursday told the media that she was forced to write to Vice President and Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan requesting that he remove a trophy jaguar skin down from the walls of his office. The jaguar is Guyana’s national animal and is protected under the wildlife laws of […]
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police has announced that Guyanese entertainment deejay, Dwidth Ferguson is wanted in Canada for cocaine importation and trafficking. According to a statement from the Canadian Police, the 32-year-old Ferguson is suspected of being part of a major gun running and cocaine trafficking network that was based in Canada with links to the […]
A suspected bandit is nursing a gunshot wound to his foot in the Georgetown Hospital and two of his accomplices managed to escape after they were involved in a shootout with policemen while trailing a car with persons who had just arrived in the country on Wednesday night. The incident took place just after 11:00pm […]
British High Commissioner to Guyana, Greg Quinn has joined his United States counterpart, Perry Holloway in calling on Venezuela to respect the 1899 Arbitral Award that settled the border it shares with Guyana. Speaking to journalists in Georgetown on Thursday, Quinn also defended his right and that of other diplomats to urge respect for the […]
As the Guyana Government gets ready to embark on a process of Constitutional reform, at least one local Human Rights Advocacy groups has reignited its push for the repeal of laws that discriminate against lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender (LGBT) citizens and the laws that criminalize cross dressing. The Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) […]
President David Granger made a quick one day trip to neighbouring Trinidad and Tobago on Wednesday to meet the new Trinidadian Prime Minister, Dr. Keith Rowley. The two leaders along with their Foreign Ministers met at the Prime Minister’s Port-of-Spain office for bilateral discussions. They also discussed several matters of interest to both CARICOM states. […]
More than a decade after being appointed as acting Chief Justice of Guyana, Ian Chang will be up for retirement in February 2016 and the government has commenced the hunt for a new High Court Judge to be appointed to the position. However the administration is unwilling at this point to release names. Attorney General […]
Police investigators are probing the murder of a 20-year -old woman by her boyfriend, who then turned the gun on himself in the Kitty, Georgetown area. The incident took place on Wednesday morning. According to reports, Amanda Mohan of Pike Street, Kitty was shot to her chest and killed by her boyfriend during an argument. The […]
The Opposition People’s Progressive Party called a Wednesday morning press conference to criticize the government for increasing the salaries for Vice Presidents and Senior Ministers. However, the party did not offer an opinion on the 50% increase for the Opposition Leader and the 19% increases that junior government ministers and all other Members of Parliament […]
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