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APNU Member of Parliament, Dr. Dexter Todd, believes that the 2026 national budget has fallen short in a number of areas that require urgent attention. Todd, said where the budget has measures to support the people, the APNU will support such measures, but he said the Government’s failure to consult widely with the Guyanese society […]
Minister of Home Affairs, Oneidge Walrond today told the National Assembly that there has been a decline in domestic violence reports, while prosecution and convictions have increased, as she rebutted We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) MP, Toshana Famey-Corlette. MP Famey-Corlette, who opened today’s debate, told the House that in 2025, the Ministry of Home Affairs […]
The Mohameds’ extradition case ongoing in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court took an unexpected turn today when Attorney for Nazar and Azruddin Mohamed imputed that both the US and Guyana Governments have a political interest in wanting the father and son extradited under the pretext that they were allegedly involved in mail and wire fraud, money […]
Parliamentary lead of A Partnership for National Unity, Dr. Terrence Campbell, called out the Government on Thursday evening for what he sees as a deliberate attempt to undermine the country’s healthcare workers, pointing to reports of plans to hire foreign nurses from Bangladesh. Beyond that specific issue, Dr. Campbell said the importation of labour also […]
Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Priya Manickchand has announced that the Government intends to boost the capacity of the 90 Local Government organs in the country this year, even as it pours billions of dollars into the rehabilitation and or construction of markets, roads, bridges, and landfill sites and other critical facilities. In […]
More than two years after a deadly Guyana Defence Force helicopter crash claimed the lives of five servicemen, the Government of Guyana appears set to keep the findings of the investigations top secret. There have been continuous and growing calls for the report into the deadly crash to be made public. Just this week in […]
While on the witness stand in the Mohameds’ extradition hearing, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sharon Roopchand admitted that the extradition request for the Mohameds may not be the only extradition request that the Government of Guyana has received in recent months. The Permanent Secretary spoke of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs […]
By Svetlana Marshall In a presentation that grabbed the attention of the National Assembly this afternoon, We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) Member of Parliament, Odessa Primus hauled the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson Jr. over the coals over the lack of policies and concrete initiatives to guide development in the sectors under […]
President Irfaan Ali today urged Officers of the Guyana Defence Force and the wider Joint Services to urgently address issues of capacity and capability, explaining that the nature of the country’s defence mandate and architecture is changing. Addressing the opening of the GDF Officers’ Conference this morning, the President said the National Defence mandate is […]
After a failed attempt by one of the Attorneys for Nazar and Azruddin Mohamed to get an adjournment in their extradition matter before the Court, the case continued before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman this morning at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sharon Roopchand, returned to the witness box […]
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