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The Guyana Defence Force Sergeant who was arrested in connection with last week’s Kitty gold heist after a bucket of money was found buried in his backyard appeared in Court this morning with two other accused and pleaded guilty to the $58 million robbery. The two other accused pleaded not guilty and have been remanded […]
The Government and the Opposition clashed on Monday night over the Government’s motion to adopt and implement recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry into the 1980 death of Dr. Walter Rodney. The APNU+AFC Opposition described the Government’s move as opportunistic, and not one which honors the life of Dr. Rodney. Opposition Member of Parliament, Ganesh […]
The National Assembly early this morning passed an Amendment Bill which clears the way for the decriminalization of ‘cross-dressing’ The Bill amends the Summary Jurisdiction (Offences) Act of Guyana by deleting a section of the Act which makes it an offence for any person to dress as the opposite gender, in a public place, for […]
President Irfaan Ali has given instructions for more reliefs to be granted to cushion the effects that Guyanese are facing in the marketplace because of increased international shipping and freight costs. The new measures which will be enforced by the Guyana Revenue Authority will see import charges being reduced to the pre-pandemic level in the […]
One week after the gunning down of Campbellville mechanic, 21-year-old Jaleel Leow, the Guyana Police Force today issued a wanted bulletin for the man identified as his killer. 38-year-old John Kennedy AKA “Big John” is wanted for the murder of the youth. A Police statement said Kennedy’s last known address is 751 Field 8, Section […]
Even as the government faces pushback for its much-touted gas-to-shore project, the administration is moving full speed ahead with the project which it has dubbed the single most important project to Guyana’s development. During his contribution to the Petroleum Exploration and Production (Amendment) Bill in the National Assembly today, Natural Resources Minister, Vickram Bharrat said […]
Several unvaccinated Guyanese nationals who are returning home from vacation in the United States and other places are being denied boarding on flights to Guyana. Some local travel agencies have been bombarded with complaints from their Guyanese customers after they were told they could not board their flight to Guyana because they are unvaccinated. While […]
The Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir this morning disallowed an Opposition request to move a motion to discuss citizens who are unvaccinated against COVID-19 being denied access to government services. Opposition Leader Joe Harmon wanted to raise the issue as a matter of urgent public importance. The Speaker said it was not an […]
Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield through his Attorney Nigel Hughes today withdrew his application to the Court, which was seeking to block his dismissal from the Elections Commission. Justice Jo-ann Barlow was expected to hand down her decision in the matter this morning, but Lowenfield’s Attorney Nigel Hughes informed the Court that his client no […]
A West Demerara man who is a serving member of the Guyana Defence Force has been arrested as part of last week’s gold heist and robbery at a Kitty gold trader. The man’s wife who is also a member of the GDF has also been taken into custody. The Guyana Police Force has confirmed that […]
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