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Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo has declared that he is unbothered by the 2025 US State Department Report which highlighted corruption and money laundering as significant problems that continue to affect Guyana. At a press conference on Thursday, Mr. Jagdeo said he believes that many of the issues raised by the U.S State Department were contained […]
By Svetlana Marshall The President of the Amerindian Peoples Association (APA), Mario Hastings, slammed the Government of Guyana and its respect for the rights of Indigenous people as he addressed the United Nations (UN) Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. He told the Forum on Wednesday that the actions of the Government of Guyana directly violate […]
Fourteen hours after it told the nation that 11-year-old Adrianna Younge was abducted with surveillance footage showing her leaving the Double Day Hotel in a red and black car Wednesday afternoon, the Guyana Police Force has admitted that its own statement contained multiple inaccuracies. In a statement issued four hours after Younge’s body was found […]
The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) are calling for a thorough and independent probe into the death of 11-year-old Adrianna Younge, as well as the immediate removal of Police Commissioner, Clifton Hicken over the Force’s shoddy probe into the initial missing person’s report that was filed. The 11-year-old was […]
The search for 11-year-old Adrianna Younge ended sadly this morning when her lifeless body was found in the pool of the Double Day Hotel at Tuschen on the East Bank of Essequibo. The discovery triggered widespread protests and the storming of the hotel by angry residents. The building was then set on fire. The family […]
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is working with Guyana with the hope of having Guyana ratify the UNESCO 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. Guyana’s ratification of the Living Heritage Convention would mark an important step forward in the safeguarding of the country’s cultural heritage, and that […]
Chartered Accountant and Attorney-at-Law Christopher Ram has issued a pre-action notice to the Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat and the Commissioner of Information retired Justice of Appeal, Charles Ramson regarding their failure to comply with requests made under the Access to Information Act (2011). In a statement today, Ram said his requests date back […]
Two weeks after declaring that the US Government has full confidence in Guyana’s leadership with the visit of three Secretaries of State in four years, Guyana’s Attorney General Anil Nandlall is now firing off at the US Government over its latest International Drug Control Strategy Report, which was released by its State Department on Monday. […]
The rights of Indigenous Women in Guyana are a priority, Minister of Amerindian Affairs, Pauline Sukhai said as she addressed the 24th Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues on at the UN Headquarters in New York on Monday. Speaking at the UN Forum on Inter-regional, inter-generational and global dialogue on the Rights of […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected that global oil prices will decline by 15.5% this year. It in latest World Economic Outlook Report, which was published today, the IMF said that the prices of fuel commodities are projected to decrease in 2025 by 7.9%, with a 15.5% decline in oil prices. IMF’s Chief Economist […]
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