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The APNU Members of Parliament used loud noise and banging on their desks to shut down Minister of Education Priya Manickchand when she attempted to make her budget presentation on Friday night in the National Assembly. Manickchand has refused to apologise for a remark she directed at APNU Member Jaipaul Sharma during the budget debates […]
A young technical producer attached to the state-owned National Communications Network has been suspended over the airing of the budget speech by Alliance For Change Member of Parliament, Cathy Hughes. News Source understands that the young man, Trevor Persaud, received a letter on Thursday indicating to him that he has been “interdicted from duty” pending […]
A fuel tanker belonging to a private company burst into flames and exploded on Friday morning at the water front in Port Kaituma, Region One. The boat eventually sank as the fire hopscotched its way to other boats and quickly caught on to two nearby buildings. The fire started just after 9 o’ clock on […]
APNU Member of Parliament and Shadow Minister of Works, Joe Harmon on Thursday pleaded with Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh to “give it up Ashni” when it comes to his budget presentations. Harmon said the 2014 budget is uninspiring and is the Minister’s worst budget to date. He said the Minister and his team must […]
APNU Member of Parliament Jaipaul Sharma on Thursday submitted his resignation from the National Assembly to the Speaker Raphael Trotman. Mr. Sharma said his resignation comes in wake of the attack on him by Minister of Education Priya Manickchand who on Tuesday shouted in the National Assembly that the APNU should ask its member Sharma […]
Speaker of the National Assembly, Raphael Trotman on Thursday said having reviewed tapes of the interruption by Education Priya Manickchand and her later statement, he has decided that he will no longer block the Minister from making her presentation during the Budget debates. Manickchand was banned by the Speaker on Tuesday after she shouted from […]
(Jamaican Gleaner) Dancehall artiste, Vybz Kartel, has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Clive ‘Lizard’ Williams. Kartel, whose real name is Adidja Palmer, is to serve 35 years before he becomes eligible for parole. He and the three other men convicted for Lizard’s murder were each given life sentences a short […]
The issue of mental health in Guyana and the worrying suicide rate came up for discussion on Wednesday in the National Assembly as the Budget Debates continued. APNU Member of Parliament and Shadow Minister of Health, Dr. George Norton called for the Government to recognise that Guyana has a serious mental health issue that must […]
Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand on Wednesday told the National Assembly that her statement made on Tuesday in the House about asking APNU Member of Parliament Jaipaul Sharma about statutory rape, was not meant to offend anyone, but she continued her refusal to apologise for the remark. In a brief statement before the start of […]
Members of Parliament from both sides of the National Assembly and some Ministers of Government have expressed shock and disgust at the decision by online news Inews which is owned by Government Minister Robert Persaud to publish a graphic photo of a 13-year-old boy who committed suicide. Minister of Human Services Jennifer Webster told News […]
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