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The Criminal Law (Procedure) Amendment Bill was unanimously passed by the National Assembly on Monday. The updated legislation strips the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) of the power to direct a Magistrate to reopen a case after that case might have been dismissed. The DPP had the powers to direct a Magistrate to have an […]
Less than three months after the National Assembly approved the country’s $781.9 billion budget, the Government has returned to the House for an additional $31 billion in supplementary funding to facilitate payments to Indigenous communities from the sale of carbon credits. The Supplementary Bill was presented to the National Assembly on Tuesday by Minister […]
The Natural Resource Fund (NRF) has a balance of more than US$1.4 billion, the Ministry of Finance, has disclosed. The disclosure came hours after the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance Gail Teixeira, tabled the notification of receipts of all petroleum revenues paid into the Natural Resource Fund during the period January 1 to March […]
The Planning and Development Single Window System Bill has been sent to a Special Select Committee for further review. Though presenting the Bill for a second reading in National Assembly on Monday, Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal, said based on consultations with the Opposition, it was recommended that the Bill be sent to […]
The new ferry that will be plying the Georgetown to Region One route will also be used to ferry fresh produce and goods to Trinidad and Tobago and other Caribbean islands, the Government has announced. The new ferry, M.V Ma Lisha, which was built in India, was commissioned on Sunday in the presence of the […]
The Sheriff Group of Companies, which is preparing to open the largest private hospital on the West Coast of Demerara later this week, also has its eyes set on the Berbice region. In a statement on Sunday, the company announced its plan construct a US$100 million hotel and casino complex at Palmyra in Berbice. The […]
Declaring that the United States “is not heaven and earth”, Guyana’s Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn threw his full support behind his Permanent Secretary on Monday after her mobile phone was seized by US authorities and she was handcuffed and interrogated at the Miami International Airport. “The US is not heaven and earth, Guyana […]
The chickens have come home to roost for a 33-year-old Enmore, East Coast Demerara man, who admitted in Court to two counts of larceny related to the theft of a quantity of chickens. The man, Bhoula Persaud aka “Daniel” was accused of breaking into various fowl pens and not a lion’s den at Enmore on […]
A Guyanese man who has been living in the United States for the past six years is calling on the People’s Progressive Party to remove his name as a nominator for one of its candidates in the upcoming local elections, since he never nominated anyone and never signed any document related to the elections. 25-year-old […]
Following closely behind the formation of American, British and Canadian Chambers of Commerce in Guyana, an India-Guyana Chamber of Commerce has now been formed, with Guyanese businessman and retired international cricketer Ramnaresh Sarwan as its head. Another businessman and retired cricketer, Steven Jacobs will serve as Vice Chairman of the business group. The new business […]
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