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(MOTP) President David Granger,on Saturday evening, confirmed that the Blairmont Sugar Estate is among those that will likely be preserved even as Government looks to ensure that the industry lowers the cost of production in order to produce sugar that is competitive on the world market. The Head of State was at the time […]
Leading the debate from the opposition benches, People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) Parliamentarian Priya Manickchand, told the National Assembly on Thursday that the Party was not against asset recovery and exposing corrupt politicians. As the second speaker on a list of 18, Manickhand laid out the opposition’s position on the State Asset Recovery Bill, just […]
The National Assembly erupted in loud chatter on Thursday as Attorney General; Senior Counsel Basil Williams stood to move the second reading of the State Assets Recovery Bill. Opposition Parliamentarians banged on their desks and shouted, but their chants had nothing to do with the Bill. The People’s Progressive Party MPs shouted repeatedly “apologize, apologize,” demanding that […]
The UN Secretary General’s personal representative in the UN Good Officer’s process on the Guyana Venezuela border controversy is in Guyana and met with President David Granger and a high level government team last evening. The visiting UN official,Ambassador Dag Nylander, is here with a high level team of his own as he examines the […]
On the eve of the second reading of the State Asset Recovery Bill in the National Assembly tomorrow, Attorney General, Senior Counsel Basil Williams, is lobbying for support of the modern piece of legislation that seeks to address corruption. But despite the assurances of safeguards, Williams said the government was not prepared to default on […]
As Guyana continues to fall below the expectations of international frameworks, domestic efforts continue to address the deficiencies in the country’s anti money laundering and terrorist financing agenda. On Wednesday, Attorney General, Senior Counsel Basil Williams called for greater sharing of information among stakeholder agencies. He made the call during an event to observe the […]
He had already cleared immigration and customs at New York’s JFK Airport, but only made it to a nearby hotel before being busted while excreting cocaine pellets. Guyanese, Jermaine Smartt, is now a guest of the Brooklyn Metro Detention Centre after he was charged with cocaine trafficking. The 40-year-old was busted at the JFK Inn […]
A Guyanese businessman, who lives in neighboring Suriname, has single-handedly taken on the task of selling Guyana’s eco-tourism product in the Dutch Capital of Paramaribo, while at the same time marketing the former Dutch colony here in Guyana. The businessman, Raymond Mohamed, believes his success is the result of years of hard work and moving […]
A young miner was today remanded to prison by Magistrate Fabayo Azore, after he was charged for the murder of his “drinking buddy”. 24-Year- Old, Stanislaus Clement stood before the court and was not allowed to enter a plea after the charge of murder was read to him. The Prosecution’s case is that on April […]
A Monday afternoon accident along the Linden/Soesdyke Highway has left a 21-year-old male cyclist dead. The incident occurred at about 4:45pm on the Linden/Soesdyke Highway. An injured Raymond Isaacs of Silver Hill was rushed to the Linden Hospital Complex where he was pronounced dead on arrival. According to information reaching News Source, Isaacs was cycling […]
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