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The main opposition, A Partnership for National Unity is looking into claims that the 16-year-old school girl who filed a rape and sexual assault complaint against the Local Government Minister is being denied independent legal representation. APNU+AFC Member of Parliament and former Magistrate Geeta Chandan-Edmond said the rights of the child to proper legal counsel […]
Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand has promised that secondary schools across the country will benefit from upgraded classrooms, laboratories, libraries and other facilities, as the government aims to achieve universal secondary education by the end of 2025. In the last few weeks, the Education Minister has been crisscrossing the country opening a number of new […]
The Government intends to move to correct the salary disparities which exist among some categories of the nation’s teachers, according to President Irfaan Ali. While he did not touch specifically on the subject of salary increases for teachers, the President said the government is pushing to ensure that there is equality in the system. The […]
The bidding period for the 14 oil blocks offshore Guyana is being further extended, as the Government works to modernize the legal framework that governs the local oil and gas industry, and simultaneously finalize the model Production Sharing Agreements (PSAs), that will guide the operation of the new blocks. According to Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, […]
The Government’s holding company, NICIL, has been given the green light by the administration to begin the negotiations for the sale of the Marriott Guyana hotel to American company, X-LLC, that had submitted a bid of US$90 million for the hotel. Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo announced today that NICIL determined that the US$90 million bid […]
-by Svetlana Marshall- A number of non-governmental groups are making known their demand for a proper investigation to be completed into the allegations of rape against a Government Minister and the need for the 16-year-old who filed the complaint to receive proper legal representation. The Guyana Police Force has denied reports that the teen has […]
The Government has announced that with effect from the month of July, National Insurance Scheme pension payment and the old age pension payment will be paid on the same day, further reducing the burdens of the country’s senior citizens. Previously, NIS pension payments were made on the first Monday of every month. President Irfaan Ali […]
Declaring that the People’s Progressive Party Government has no place for child molesters and sexual predators, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, has broken his silence on the allegations of sexual assault and rape against Minister of Local Government, Nigel Dharamlall. The allegations were made by a 16- year old indigenous girl, and the Police have since […]
With reports surfacing today that the 16-year-old girl who made the rape and sexual assault allegations against Government Minister Nigel Dharamall, was taken back to the place of the alleged crime while the accused Minister was there, protests continued outside the office of the president with mounting calls for a thorough probe. Opposition Member of […]
The Acting Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Yonette Cummings and Acting Chief Justice Roxanne George, today hailed the work of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in advancing jurisprudence in the Caribbean region, noting that in Guyana alone, the CCJ has delivered several ground breaking judgements. The Caribbean Court of Justice is currently hosting sittings […]
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