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The Government has announced that with effect from the month of July, National Insurance Scheme pension payment and the old age pension payment will be paid on the same day, further reducing the burdens of the country’s senior citizens. Previously, NIS pension payments were made on the first Monday of every month. President Irfaan Ali […]
Declaring that the People’s Progressive Party Government has no place for child molesters and sexual predators, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, has broken his silence on the allegations of sexual assault and rape against Minister of Local Government, Nigel Dharamlall. The allegations were made by a 16- year old indigenous girl, and the Police have since […]
With reports surfacing today that the 16-year-old girl who made the rape and sexual assault allegations against Government Minister Nigel Dharamall, was taken back to the place of the alleged crime while the accused Minister was there, protests continued outside the office of the president with mounting calls for a thorough probe. Opposition Member of […]
A Venezuelan woman who is already behind bars serving a six-month sentence for operating a brothel, has landed in more hot water, and is now facing nine counts of trafficking in persons. The accused, Mayelin Cordova, operated a business in the town of Bartica. According to a Police statement, she is accused of trafficking nine […]
The Acting Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Yonette Cummings and Acting Chief Justice Roxanne George, today hailed the work of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in advancing jurisprudence in the Caribbean region, noting that in Guyana alone, the CCJ has delivered several ground breaking judgements. The Caribbean Court of Justice is currently hosting sittings […]
With mounting calls for the Minister at the centre of rape allegations to be removed from office and not just proceed on leave, a number of civil society groups are joining the chorus of calls for a fair, thorough and detailed probe of the rape and sexual assault against the Minister of Local Government, Nigel […]
The main opposition APNU+AFC today stepped up its call for the Minister of Local Government Nigel Dharamlall to be completely removed from office, now that he has been arrested on rape and sexual assault allegations. With other representatives from non-governmental organisations, the APNU+AFC picketed the President’s office this midday, echoing earlier calls for a complete […]
Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand today said the Education Ministry followed established protocols in responding to the reports of the alleged sexual assault of a schoolgirl by a Government Minister. The teenage girl is currently in the care of the Child Care and Protection Agency. In responding to a series of questions from reporters […]
After more than two decades of operations in Guyana, Esso Exploration company (EEPGL), which is a subsidiary of ExxonMobil, has accumulated G$2.3 trillion in assets, its Vice President, Phillip Rietema has reported. He explained that should the company require additional financing to respond to adverse events such as an oil spill, it has access to […]
The Ministry of Education today signed six contracts totaling $560.7M for the construction of a new secondary school in the capital city of Georgetown. The new St. Mary’s Secondary School, which will be built where the old school once stood at the junction of Brickdam and Camp Street, is designed to accommodate 600 students. The […]
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