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The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), has once again reaffirmed its support for Guyana in the ongoing border controversy with neighbouring Venezuela. At the end of the Forty-Fourth regular meeting of CARICOM, which was held The Bahamas last week, CARICOM in its Communiqué said Heads of Government were updated on the case currently before the International Court […]
Guyana has been suspended from Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) for failing to submit its 4th report on the extractive industry and transparency in Guyana, News Source has confirmed. EITI Members are required to disclose information along the extractive industry value chain – from how extraction rights are awarded, to how revenues make their way […]
High Court Judge Gino Persaud today described the case filed by Mohammed’s Sons and Daughters Trading in the controversial B eterverwaghting land case as “rubbish” and “bogus. The company was seeking to take possession of 143 acres of land that had been ‘sold’ by the Beterverwagting/Triumph Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) to John Fernandes Limited, and […]
The Ministry of Housing and Water, through its Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA), has commenced the distribution of vouchers for the Steel and Cement Housing Subsidy, with 30 persons making up the first group to benefit from the government initiative. Successful applicants, who are constructing homes valued at $6 million or less will receive […]
With no-response from Government following the issuance of their seven-day ultimatum, the displaced Cane View, Mocha squatters have instructed their lawyers to initial legal action over the demolition of their homes. The residents – Lashonda Ellis, Joyann Ellis, Roxanne Allen, Mark Gordon, and Candacie Williams – were among seven families whose homes were bulldozed by […]
Former Miss Guyana World, who is also a former Miss Guyana Universe Ruqayyah Boyer has gone missing in the United States. The 33-year-old woman, according to a missing person’s bulletin, was last seen on the 16th February at the Chicago Union Station in Chicago, Illinois. Relatives of the model and former beauty queen are concerned […]
Guyana scored zero in the areas of Education and Personal Safety and Violence in the latest LGBT Inclusion Index to be done in the country. In the ranking, zero indicates that there is either no inclusion for LGBT persons or the existing laws have the possibility of harming persons who identify as being from the […]
The Ministry of Home Affairs has condemned the racial attack on several students at the Woodley Park Secondary School in West Coast Berbice. The incident reportedly took place last Friday. In was Opposition Parliamentarians Vinceroy Jordan and Natasha Singh-Lewis who issued a statement detailing what transpired at the school. In the statement, the Opposition MPs […]
In a scorching review of Guyana’s Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) 2030, local non-governmental group, Policy Forum Guyana, believes that in rolling out the strategy, the Government appears more concerned with making money, than reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In a statement, the group made known its concerns in wake of recent statements from the Vice […]
Nine families, who are currently squatting on the Sea Defence Reserve at Annandale on the East Coast of Demerara, were today presented with keys to their new homes by Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal. The new low-income, two-bedroom houses, valued at $5M each, are located in Annandale New Housing Scheme, and according to […]
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