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Minister of Education, Sonia Parag, has made it clear that she will not condone students hitting and attacking their teachers, and those caught on camera attacking a teacher recently in a classroom will face suspension and possible expulsion. The Minister said an investigation of the incident has been launched and the students have been suspended […]
At the request of one of the members of the Diplomatic Corps, Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir today met with foreign diplomats in Guyana, two days after he lashed out at some of them while announcing a date for the election of the Opposition Leader. The meeting went on for over an hour, […]
The Guyana Police Force today confirmed that investigators found human remains and a number of firearms and toy guns during their search of a hideout area at Three Miles, Wisroc in Linden, where it is believed wanted man, Jamal Bourne, fatally shot himself while playing around with a gun. The Police said it conducted further […]
The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission has shut down a mining operation in the Essequibo river that it has found to be illegal. The GGMC has been working along with the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Guyana Police Force to intensify efforts to ensure strict compliance with the Guyana Mining Act and Regulations. In […]
Region 10-Upper Demerara/Berbice continues to be the only Administrative Region without a Regional Chairman and Vice Chair as the Regional Executive Officer, Dwight John, continues to refuse to call another meeting of the Councilors to elect a Chairman and Vice Chairman. The first and only meeting for Chairman was held more than 3 months ago, […]
Member of Parliament for A Partnership for National Unity, Attorney-at-Law Dr. Dexter Todd, has expressed his displeasure with the Speaker’s reprimand of Western Diplomats, who in recent weeks added their voice of concern over delay in the election of an Opposition Leader. In a broadcast statement last evening, Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir, […]
Twenty-seven-year-old terrorism accused, Jhonny Boodram, who is one of the taxi drivers charged in connection with the deadly gas station bombing has informed the Court, through his Attorney Mikel Puran, that he intends to challenge the admissibility of any confession statement. Boodram together with Daniel Alexander Ramirez Poedemo, Alexander Bettencourt and Kystal LaCruz have been […]
Attempts to have a united opposition in the National Assembly to hold the Government’s feet to the fire appear to be drifting away, and Member of Parliament for the APNU, Ganesh Mahipaul, is laying the blame at the feet of the WIN party. In a statement on Tuesday, MP Mahipaul said the APNU has made […]
Attorney General Anil Nandlall has made it clear that the governing People’s Progressive Party does not support WIN party leader Azruddin Mohamed being elected as the country’s Leader of the Opposition. On his “Issues in the News” programme on Tuesday night, Mr. Nandlall said Mohamed’s elevation to that post with pending legal troubles would be […]
Police investigators from Georgetown have traveled to Linden to assist crime scene investigators there following the discovery of burnt remains that are suspected to be those of wanted man, Jamal Bourne, who shot himself to the head on Sunday live on Facebook while playing around with a gun. In a statement this morning, the Guyana […]
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