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The Caribbean Court of Justice today heard arguments in a case filed by a supporter of the Forward Guyana Movement (FGM) challenging the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) over its decision to exclude the party from the national ballot in three Administrative Regions during the September 1, 2025 General and Regional Elections. The High Court and the Court of Appeal in Guyana […]
Over 2,000 people from across 80 communities were empowered through Justice Education Society Guyana Justice Project, according to Country Representative, Lisa Thompson. The four-year project has come to an end. The CAN$2 million Global Affairs Canada funded project – Strengthening Justice for Women, Girls and Indigenous Peoples in Guyana – was designed to deliver greater […]
School of the Nations has congratulated one its students, Emmanuel Perreira on being selected to attend the TED Summer School in London after his impressive performance in the Learning to Be Heard – Global Public Speaking Challenge. The international competition was organised by Immerse Education in partnership with TED Summer School. Emmanuel was chosen from […]
Almost four years since he was charged, one of the men who was charged in a multi-million dollar gold heist has been freed, while three others have been found guilty and jailed. Principal Magistrate Allan Wilson earlier this week freed Andray Duncan of the simple larceny of g0ld charge. Back in September 2022, Duncan along […]
International healthcare infrastructure provider, VAMED Engineering of Austria, has announced that it will be initiating arbitration proceedings at the level of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) against the Government of Guyana over its failure to pay some €45.53 million for works done on two public health infrastructure projects – the Guyana Pediatric and Maternal […]
President Irfaan Ali today said there is still a significant housing deficit, although the Government has allocated more than 50,000 house lots in the last five years. In a recorded statement, the President said even as the Government continues to distribute house lots and houses through its housing programme, the backlog has increased to between […]
Less than 24 hours after the Police issued a wanted bulletin for his arrest as part of the ongoing probe into the 2021 murder of gold dealer, Ricardo Fagundes aka “Paper Shorts”, mechanic Satrohan Rajkumar turned himself over to the police today in the presence of his attorney, Damien DaSilva. The Friendship Housing Scheme mechanic […]
Minister of Local Government, Priya Manickchand, other officials and vendors, today turned the sod for the construction of the new $388 million market at Buxton on the East Coast of Demerara. The sod turning marked the beginning of the major investment that is expected to modernise the community’s infrastructure and create new opportunities for vendors […]
As Guyana takes steps to strengthen the local judiciary, and fill gaps within the system, five new Commissioners of Titles, and six new Magistrates were sworn in today before Prime Minister, Mark Phillips at the Arthur Chung Conference Center (ACCC). The new Commissioners of Title are former Deputy Registar, Alicia Lowenfield, former Magistrates Annette Singh; […]
Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh has reported that both the unemployment rate and youth unemployment rate have been reduced by more than half, owing to the massive expansion in various sectors, especially the construction and services sector. Speaking at the opening of the National Skills Forum this morning, the Dr. Singh said more than 104,000 […]
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