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With a parade and the inspection of the Guard of Honour, the Georgetown City Council officially kicked off the city’s 184th anniversary on Friday. On Sunday morning, the celebration will continue with an anniversary service at the St. George’s Cathedral. The historic milestone is being observed under the theme “Georgetown 184: Rooted In Heritage, Growing […]
Guyana’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett is now leading the race for the Secretary General position, according to the second straw poll conducted by the UN Security Council. Ambassador Rodrigues-Birkett is among eight candidates vying for the position of Secretary General. According to the results from today’s informal poll, eight council […]
Chairman of the opposition, A Partnership for National Unity and Leader of the People’s National Congress, Aubrey Norton, has blasted Opposition and WIN Party Leader, Azruddin Mohamed, over his decision to ignore the nominees of the APNU to the Local Government Commission after seeking the party’s input. In a letter to the Opposition Leader on […]
Citing recent concerns from The Carter Center over the current impasse at the Guyana Elections Commission, the Leader of the Opposition, Azruddin Mohamed has penned another letter to President Irfaan Ali requesting the appointment of his three nominees to the Guyana Elections Commission. Mohamed wants his three private Attorneys, Roysdale Forde, Siand Dhurjon and Damien […]
President Irfaan Ali has admitted that despite measures implemented by his Government to address the rise in the cost of living, food prices continue to climb. He said the climb is linked to external shocks, changing shopping and eating patterns, and inflated prices on the local market. At a press conference on Tuesday, the President […]
The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has announced that with immediate effect, it has implemented revised arrangements governing the assignment of Judges to panels of the Court. Under the revised arrangements, all Judges of the Court will sit on all panels, except where a Judge is formally excused from sitting for a legitimate reason. The […]
Today marks one month since the MV Barima sank off the Essequibo Coast, claiming the lives of more than 100 persons. With the ongoing calls for the subject Ministers to be removed from office over the tragedy, President Irfaan Ali today made it clear that he will await the completion of the Commission of Inquiry […]
Hours after a 23-year-old Lance Corporal of the Guyana Defence Force, who was shot while on duty near the Venezuelan border, complained to Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed about not receiving sufficient support from the GDF, he was taken into custody by the GDF and admitted to the Force’s Medical Center at Camp Ayanganna for “medical […]
Prime Minister Mark Phillips has indicated that Expressions of Interest (EOI) submitted by salvage companies for the salvaging of the MV Barima ferry must first be processed and evaluated before a determination is made. Marine salvage contractors have until the end of today to submit their Expressions of Interest (EOI) to the Government. At a […]
President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Justice Winston Anderson today said the allegations of panel fixing and judicial inference directed at him are “untrue”, as he broke his silence on the issue that has ignited concerns in the management of the regional judicial tribunal. In a nine-page long press statement, Justice Anderson condemned […]
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