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A Region Four man in his mid-50’s with no recent travel history has been diagnosed with the country’s first case of monkey pox. The diagnosis was confirmed today after the man showed up at a hospital with all of the signs and symptoms of the disease which was recently declared a world health emergency. Minister […]
Chairman of the Coordinating Council of the International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly – Guyana (IDPADA-G), Vincent Alexander said though the Afrocentric not-for-profit company is not a grant agency, but it has disbursed more than $10M in grants, and in keeping with its mandate, it has funded a number of educational, social and […]
Days after the family of murdered biker Ricardo Fagundes aka “Paper Shorts” picketed the Criminal Investigations Department over the sloth of the Police investigations, President Irfaan Ali confirmed today that Guyana will seek regional assistance to solve the crime. The Government is to reach out to the Regional Security System to probe the brazen execution […]
The Guyana Human Rights AssociAtion believes that the current approach adopted by the Government and the National Toshaos Council (NTC) in the case of Chinese Landing in Region One and mining concerns is unacceptable, and continues to lend to the violation of the rights of the Indigenous residents there by miners. In a strongly worded […]
The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in a majority decision today, freed Jarvis Small of the 2010 murder of his 16-year-old stepdaughter Neesa Gopaul, while upholding mother Bibi Shareema-Gopaul’s conviction but reducing her prison time to 30 years. The Court in allowing Small’s appeal ruled that the he was gravely prejudiced by a joint trial. […]
With President Irfaan Ali still to respond to the request by Attorney Nigel Hughes for his client, Police Sergeant Dion Bascom to be granted witness protection, the Attorney said other avenues of protection will have to be examined since threats remain over the life of the Police Sergeant who has made startling allegations of corruption […]
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo today declared that the Government will not be involved in any process to remove the names of persons from the current List of Electors since it believes such a move is unconstitutional. The statement by Mr. Jagdeo was in direct response to Opposition Leader, Aubrey Norton’s position that there should no […]
Region 10 APNU Chairman Jermaine Figueira is adamant that while the APNU has agreed to have an Alliance For Change (AFC) councillor elected to the vacant position of Vice Chairman for the Region 10 Regional Democratic Council (RDC), that election should be based on consensus among local leaders and not directives from national leaders. It […]
The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) has recorded an increase of 84% in its after tax profit totaling $1.163 Billion for the first six months of 2022. The bank, in its mid-year report, said its total Assets also grew by 14% to $159B with deposits reaching a record of $135 Billion. The bank […]
Retired Assistant Commissioner of Police and former Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Paul Slowe believes that the Government needs to put together a Commission of Inquiry to look into the claims of a Police cover-up in a murder investigation, as made by Police Sergeant Dion Bascom. During an appearance on the Mark Benschop show […]
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