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The Guyana Prison Service has launched a search for convicted prisoner, Jose Awad, who escaped from the Lusignan Prison while labouring at the snackette in the compound of the Cecil Kilkenny training school. The prisoner made his escape at around 1pm today. He was serving a two-year sentence for break and enter, and simple larceny. […]
Opposition Spokesperson on Foreign Relations, Member of Parliament Amanza Walton-Desir has issued a call for the Government of Guyana to counter the disinformation that has been coming out of Venezuela in recent days. In a statement, MP Walton-Desir highlighted recent video of a bridge being built by Venezuelan troops, with the claim by Caracas that […]
After meeting for more than six hours, the first day of concilliation talks between the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) and the Ministry of Education ended in gridlock this afternoon, with the two sides failing to meet a compromise on the particulars to be discussed, including the timeline for the wage talks. The meeting will continue […]
Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum has confirmed that the Guyana Police Force is in receipt of a criminal complaint alleging rape and sexual assault that was filed against former Minister of Local Government, Nigel Dharamlall. After refusing to answer questions on the allegations for the past three days, the Guyana Police Force broke its silence this […]
Former Minister of Finance under the APNU+AFC Government, Winston Jordan, is suing the State for more than $1.2 Billion over his wrongful prosecution back in 2021 and the breach of his Constitutional rights. Through his Attorney, Senior Counsel Roysdale Forde, the former Minister filed two applications in the High Court seeking hundreds of millions of […]
The Opposition APNU+AFC believes the Government is still ignoring the impact that the rise in the cost of living is having on citizens. At a press conference today, the Economic Adviser to the Leader of the Opposition, Elson Lowe, said more than three months since the passage of Budget 2024, there is still no word […]
A former official of the current Government is facing allegations of rape and sexual assault by a woman, who said she worked at the Government agency he was in charge of. At a virtual press conference today, a former employee of the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development chronicled details of an alleged rape […]
The Government, through the Ministry of Labour, is in talks with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) about a possible training programme that would see Venezuelan migrants here undergoing skills training and certification. Minister of Labour, Joseph Hamilton, made the disclosure in the National Assembly on Thursday as he responded to a question […]
The Government used its majority in the National Assembly today to vote against an Opposition Motion, which sought to introduce a Local Government Commission (Amendment) Bill to allow for greater involvement in the decision making process by Local Government Authorities in the country. Opposition Member of Parliament, Ganesh Mahipaul, who presented the Motion to the […]
Hours after two US fighter jets conducted a flyover of Georgetown, with support of the Government of Guyana and the Guyana Defence Force, the Venezuelan Government objected to exercise, describing it as a provocation. In a statement, the Minister of Defense of Venezuela, Vladimir Padrino López, described the US military exercise in Guyana as “repeated […]
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