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Government discontinued use of US lobbying firm after confirming Mohameds family was using same firm -VP Jagdeo

While brushing aside reports of the President and the PPP’s closeness to the Mohameds family, that is reportedly under investigation for gold and drug smuggling by the US Authorities, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has revealed that the Government of Guyana discontinued the use of a US lobbying firm after it found out that the Mohameds […]

Mahaica man busted with over 2lbs cocaine

CANU agents have arrested a 52-year-old man from Mahaica, East Coast Demerara after 2.7 pounds of cocaine was discovered at his house. Acting on information received, CANU agents carried out an operation in the Belmont Squatting area in Mahaica on Thursday, and during the operation, the agents searched the premises owned and occupied by Suresh […]

$31 Billion supplementary budget approved by National Assembly

Five months after the government got approval for its $781.9 Billion budget, the Minister of Finance returned to the National Assembly on Thursday seeking additional money to support some more of the government’s projects. The National Assembly has now approved $31 billion in supplementary funding for the Government. Approximately $4.7B is intended to facilitate village-led […]

Supernatural forces and strange illnesses being blamed for delay in Cemetery Road expansion project

Minister of Public Works, Bishop Juan Edghill told the National Assembly today that a number of workers attached to the Cemetery Road Expansion Project in Georgetown have fallen ill mysteriously, while others have refused to show up for work, complaining of “supernatural forces” in the burial ground. Minister Edghill said the situation has led to […]

Government uses majority to elect TNM’s Dr. Asha Kissoon as Deputy Speaker of National Assembly

Backed by the People’s Progressive Party/Civic Government, Joinder List Member of Parliament, Dr Ashna Kissoon from The New Movement party secured a majority vote on this afternoon to be elected Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly. Dr Kissoon replaced Leader of the Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) Lenox Shuman, who had served as the Deputy […]

Confessed Drug Trafficker appeals 4 year jail sentence

Four months after she was sentenced to four years in jail after pleading guilty to drug trafficking, former media worker Zaneel Williams is appealing the jail sentence, which she considers to be too harsh. The sentence was handed down in February, but Williams is now hoping for a lighter sentence. While her appeal is being […]