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Unions representing the interest of workers at the University of Guyana (UG) have indicated that plans are afoot to escalate the industrial action at the Turkeyen Campus from a ‘sit in’ to a full blown strike commencing Monday. Staff agreed to congregate at the main gate at the University but not go into offices or […]
(NATION News) THIRTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD Guyanese national Dennis France was arrested and charged with drug offences for cocaine. And further investigations by police led to the arrest of compatriot Lloydanna Morris, 23. France, who lives in Rendezvous, Christ Church, was charged with possession of cocaine, possession with intent to supply, trafficking and acts preparatory for the trafficking […]
(Barbados Advocate) WHEN it comes to the idea of Barbados and the Caribbean looking to invest in Guyana, Brigadier (Retired) David Granger, MSS, MP, Opposition Leader of Guyana, has noted that the door is indeed open. “The door is open, there is no hindrance, there is no obstruction and we hope to facilitate this kind […]
The Justice for All Party (JFAP) has once again joined forces with the opposition coalition, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), but this time, the party says it has no demands or expectations of the partnership outside of unseating the incumbent People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) at the May 11 elections. Jaipaul Sharma who once represented […]
(BVI News) Two Guyanese women have been arrested and charged following an operation in which police allegedly found two guns – an AK47 assault rifle and a 9mm Taurus handgun. During the operation, which took place at a Butu Mountain home on Tortola yesterday (February 5, 2015), the cops also recovered ammunition. Those charged are […]
The Guyana Revenue Authority has announced that it has withdrawn tax evasion charges against Kaieteur News publisher Glenn Lall, his wife Bhena Lall and the re-migrant couple, Narootandeo and Gharbassi Brijnanan. The four were charged back in October in connection with the importation of two luxury lexus Sports Utility vehicles by the Brijnanans. The couple used the […]
The former personal assistant to the Junior Agriculture Minister who is also a former drug enforcement agent, was on Friday slapped with drug trafficking charges. The man, Kenroy Joseph was remanded to prison when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates Court. The police case is that Joseph worked along with two others in an attempt […]
University of Guyana staff members are set to intensify their strike action in the new week as they continue to press for a 60% increase in their wages and salaries. The workers have been on a sit in strike for the past two weeks but from Monday, the strike is expected to be to be […]
General Secretary of the opposition coalition, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), Joseph Harmon has revealed the likely contents of the Party’s 2015 elections manifesto ahead of its publication. Harmon, while responding to questions from News Source on Friday, said the partnership remains committed to considering the legalization of marijuana and a review of sentencing […]
The governing People’s Progressive Party on Thursday evening expressed its concern over the recent move to the court by a Georgetown resident to challenge the constitutionality of the two term limit to the presidency. In a statement, the party said “what is of interest is the timing at which this challenge is being raised and […]
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