By News Source Guyana on December 1, 2022
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Businesses offering hire purchase services will now have to approach the Magistrate’s Court in order to repossess an item for which 70% of the hire purchase price has been paid. The new rule follows the passage of the Hire Purchase Bill by the National Assembly. The Bill, which was tabled by Minister of Tourism, Industry […]
By News Source Guyana on December 1, 2022
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APNU+AFC Region 10 Councillor, Mark Goring was today elected as the new Regional Vice Chairman of Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice). Goring, who is a member of the AFC, was not the choice of the AFC leadership for the position, but when the regional councilors met this morning and the election of a Regional Vice Chairperson […]
By News Source Guyana on November 30, 2022
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A small house was completely destroyed this morning as excavation works in Poker Street in Wismar Linden, led to a landslide. A private contractor was reportedly clearly an area for a drain to ease flooding in the area, when the soil got loose and came thumbling down, taking the small house and a number of […]
By News Source Guyana on November 30, 2022
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Mobile telecommunications company, DIGICEL has announced the launch of Electronic Sims in Guyana. The move is to support E-sim enabled devices like the new Iphone 14. An eSIM is a digital version of the physical SIM card that customers now use to connect to the Digicel network via smartphones, tablets, or other IoT devices. With […]
By News Source Guyana on November 30, 2022
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The PPP Civic Administration, through Finance Minister, Dr Ashni Singh, today approached the National Assembly for another $44.443B in supplementary funding, and clearance for some $2.9B in advances taken from the Contingency Fund. The request comes approximately three months after the National Assembly approved an additional $44.8 Billion for ‘major transformational’ work in the housing, […]
By News Source Guyana on November 30, 2022
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Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson Jr. took the stand today at the Elections Commission of Inquiry hearing and testified that the Police blocked him from submitting his request for a recount of the votes cast in Region Four. Ramson said another attempt to submit his request was met with threats including death […]
By News Source Guyana on November 29, 2022
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The Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the 2020 Elections was today shown video and audio evidence depicting heavily armed TSU ranks clearing the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Command Centre, as well as clips of party agents and local observers objecting to the insertion of “fictious numbers” while the Statements of Poll (SOPs) for Region Four […]
By News Source Guyana on November 29, 2022
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Longtime Guyanese Diplomat, Ambassador Keith George, has been formally accredited as Guyana’s new High Commissioner to Canada. He presented his Letters of Credence to Canada’s Governor General, Mary J. May Simon, last week in Quebec City. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said High Commissioner George has an extensive foreign service career spanning […]
By News Source Guyana on November 29, 2022
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The Government of Guyana has initiated discussions with the diplomatic representatives of Canada and Italy for visa free travel for holders of a Guyana passport to those two countries. On the sidelines of a reception on Monday evening, Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana, Mark Berman confirmed that the Guyana Government has reached out to the […]
By News Source Guyana on November 28, 2022
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After a two-week hiatus, the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the 2020 Elections recommenced today with key witnesses pointing the Commission to various rooms within the Ashmins Building where the Region 4 Statements of Poll (SOPs) were tabulated. It was in the Ashmins Building that the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM’s) Command Centre and Office of […]