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Facing a backlog of matters and financial reports to scrutinize, the Public Accounts Committee of the National Assembly has agreed to meet twice per week instead of the once per week meeting that was customary. The Committee held its first full meeting on Wednesday under new Chairman, Opposition Member of Parliament Jermaine Figueira. Its next […]
US Ambassador to Guyana, Sarah-Ann Lynch has indicated the US government’s readiness to assist Guyana in its climate change fight as the international community gears up for the International Climate Change Conference later this year. The US itself only rejoined the Paris Climate Change Accord recently following the change of government there. During a dinner […]
The decomposed body of a Berbice tailor was found this morning in the #43 village Backdam in Corentyne, four days’ after he went missing. The dead man was identified as 57-year-old Floyd Austin of Empson village, Corentyne. Austin was last seen alive on Sunday when he left his home for the Backdam where he farms. […]
The Government of Guyana has benefitted from US$1.8M in additional financial assistance, as part of the Global Fund’s COVID-19 Response Mechanism (C19RM). The funds will go toward further boosting the Ministry of Health’s ongoing COVID-19 emergency response, according to Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony. Guyana recently submitted a request to the Global Fund asking […]
A row between a 51-year-old Leguan farmer and his nephew ended tragically on Wednesday as the farmer was beaten to death by the nephew. The entire incident was caught on camera by another relative. Dead is Aubrey Jonas called “Badja”. According to a Police statement, the man and his 23-year-old nephew got into a heated […]
Describing the recently filed Opposition no-confidence motions against two of his Ministers as being without structure and lacking thought, President Irfaan Ali described the move as nothing more than political drama. Speaking to reporters this afternoon on the East Coast of Demerara, the President appeared unimpressed by the Opposition’s move to get his Health and […]
The legal team representing the Chairman of the Police Service Commission has started preparations to begin Court action against Acting Police Commissioner Nigel Hoppie over his decision to ignore the Police promotions list that was sent to him by the Police Service Commission. The Police Service Commission last week issued its list of 135 police […]
While 90% of the persons who contracted the deadly Covid-19 virus in Guyana have recovered, Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony today admitted there is still lots of work to be done to improve the recovery rate. During his daily Covid-19 update, the Health Minister explained that since the pandemic was first detected in Guyana, the […]
Two men appeared in Court today and were remanded to jail for the murder of taxi driver Kenrick Trim, whose body was discovered dumped at the side of a roadway in Ogle on the 30th June. The two accused were identified as Kenty Bacchus aka “Trini” and Seyon James aka “Lil Alfey”. They were not […]
Two weeks after an early morning fire gutted two buildings in George Street leaving over 20 persons homeless, a Leopold Street Man was today slapped with three arson charges and remanded to jail. The accused, 22-year-old Calvin Lawrence appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan and denied setting fire to the buildings. According to the charge, […]
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