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The Government has been ordered to pay the outstanding subvention to the International Decade for People of African Descent (IDPADA-G) for the year 2022. The ruling was handed down by Acting Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Roxanne George, who has been overlooking the matter since her previous position as Acting Chief Justice. In a statement, […]
Emergency response teams have been working on the ground across the Essequibo Coast following yesterday’s heavy winds and rainfall yesterday, which left more than one hundred homes and government buildings badly damaged. Overnight, tarpaulins were installed on the roofs of Riverstown Primary School and Richmond Nursery, while repairs have been completed on the roof of […]
The search for a missing Cuban woman ended on Wednesday with the discovery of her partly decomposed body in a clump of bushes along the East Coast of Demerara. A Police Constable has since been arrested for the woman’s murder. The dead woman has been identified as Dailen Paneque Gomez. She was reported missing last […]
Pensioners and other persons accessing the services of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) can now receive their pensions and other benefits through MMG, Bill Express, and Money Gram, the Insurance Scheme announced today, as it launched the introduction of the three new payment methods. Pensioners and other citizens usually encash their vouchers at NIS offices […]
An emergency assessment team led by President Irfaan Ali hurried out to the Essequibo region this afternoon following heavy winds and torrential rainfall moved through a number of communities, ripping roofs off a number of buildings, including the recently constructed Anna Regina Stadium. Many residents across Anna Regina and surrounding communities said they have never […]
Four years after the passage of the Condominium Act, several agencies and other stakeholders are still finding it difficult to operationalize the legislation, Attorney General Anil Nandlall has said. Mr. Nandlall on Tuesday met with the Guyana Association of Bankers, Registrars of Lands, Commerce and Deeds and Commercial registry and other stakeholders to address concerns […]
A Guyanese-led Research firm, Abrams and Associates Research, in offering an assessment on a proposal by the Government to establish a Child Online Safety and Ethical Technology Framework, is warning against a mandatory identity-linked age verification regime. The authors of the assessment Dr Karen Abrams and Salima Bacchus-Hinds said protecting children online is an important […]
Weeks after entering a guilty plea in the murder of school principal, Kirwyn Mars, the High Court today ordered that the accused, Brian Richards face a full trial. Back in May, Richards pleaded guilty to the murder charge and arrived at Court this morning to face sentencing. However, he maintained his innocence and told the […]
The trial into the alleged attempted fraud during the 2020 Elections faced a further delay today due to the unavailability of a number of witnesses. The trial was expected to continue this morning in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. However, presiding Magistrate Faith Mc Gusty took a decision to adjourn the case to September 15, 2026 […]
Attorney General Anil Nandlall has confirmed that the Government has written to the social media site, Facebook, seeking to establish a formal relationship, as it is moving to clamp down on unregulated social media use for children. Speaking during his weekly “Issues in the News” programme, Mr. Nandlall said, there is no ulterior motive behind […]
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