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Staff members of the Housing Department may not have been expecting the large number of people who have been converging at the Brickdam office to take advantage of the 50 on 50 Independence land discount offer. On Monday, Minister responsible for Housing, Valerie Patterson announced that the Department is offering a 50% discount on the balance […]
Brazil’s Minister of External Affairs, Mauro Vieira, has been conferred with Guyana’s second highest national award, The Order of Roraima. At a simple ceremony at the President’s Office, the Brazilian Minister received the award from President David Granger for his long and outstanding service to international diplomacy. President Granger in brief remarks, praised the Brazilian diplomat […]
President David Granger is asking Guyanese to exercise patience as his Cabinet reviews the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry report before it is made public. He told reporters on Wednesday that he has every intention to make the report public but that will only be done after the Cabinet would have had a chance to […]
The opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) on Wednesday lamented its disgust with the attitude of House Speaker, Dr. Barton Scotland to its Members of Parliament and expressed little confidence in his ability to uphold the constitution and parliamentary democracy. Opposition Chief Whip Gail Teixeira said the Speaker’s attitude towards PPP Members, including Opposition Leader Dr. […]
Recently appointed Chief Justice (ag) Yonnette Cummings-Edwards was on Wednesday morning sworn in as the newest member of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). She took her Oath of Office before President Granger, Chancellor of the Judiciary Carl Singh, other members of the JSC and government ministers at the President’s office. The simple ceremony ended within five […]
by Kurt Campbell Following the allegations made by self-confessed Guyanese drug lord, Barry Dataram earlier this week, that Agents of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit were involved in drug trafficking, the National Security Committee, headed by President David Granger is taking steps to launch an investigation. The President told reporters at his office on Wednesday morning […]
The Guyana Police Force has been plunged into mourning once again, following the stabbing death of 52-year-old Police Sergeant Leonard LaRose, by a rape suspect at Matthews Ridge in the North West District. The incident took place on Tuesday just after 5:30pm. Two other police ranks were also stabbed and are nursing injuries this morning. […]
Senior officials at the Lands Commission are coming under fire for what may have been a deliberate attempt to stall and deny Guyanese miners available land that they have applied for over the years. One miner, Wallace Daniels, engaged Junior Natural Resources Minister Simona Broomes at a recent ‘Open Day’ to raise the issue which […]
On March 10, the relatives of murdered political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing will observe his first death anniversary even as they continue their search for justice. Crum-Ewing’s mother, Donna Harcourt told News Source that it is a pity that one year later the family is still seeking answers despite their own convictions of who are the persons responsible […]
The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) on Monday denied allegations that three of its ranks raped a-16-year old Amerindian girl in Lethem, Region Nine. Following the rape claim by the female and the arrest of the three soldiers on duty in the border location, the GDF said it deployed a Board of Investigation (BOI) to Lethem […]
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