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As Guyana joined the rest of the world today in observing International Day for Persons Living with Disabilities, President Irfaan Ali announced a one-off $50,000 cash grant for persons living with disabilities. The grant is to be paid before the end of this month. The President told an event to mark the day that his […]
Attorney General Anil Nandlall is assuring citizens that when the Government’s Electronic Identification (E-ID) programme is fully rolled-out, there will be legislative cover to ensure data privacy. Appearing on his Issues in the News television programme, Mr. Nandlall said citizens have nothing to fear when the programme is fully rolled out, even though some personal […]
Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Priya Manickchand today reassured that vendors plying their trade at the Stabroek Market Square will not be removed, at least not now. She signaled the Government’s intention to bring structure to the country’s primary commercial zone, as part of its Beautification Project for the capital city of Georgetown. […]
Supporters of We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) mounted another protest action outside Parliament on Friday demanding that the Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir, convenes a meeting with the Members of the Parliamentary Opposition to elect the Leader of the Opposition. The Speaker has not called a meeting for the election of the Opposition […]
Senior Magistrate Judy Latchman, has set December 10 as the date when she will rule on Constitutional issues raised in the extradition case against Billionaire businessmen Nazar Mohamed and Azruddin Mohamed, now that the Prosecution has completed its disclosures. When the case was called today in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, the Prosecution led by Special […]
The 24 year political dynasty of Dr. Ralph Gonsalves as Prime Minister came to a crushing end on Thursday in the small Caribbean territory of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, as he was trounced by Dr. Godwin Friday and his New Democratic Party at the national elections. The NDP has won 14 of the 15 […]
President Irfaan Ali on Thursday called for greater collaboration between the Government and the Regional Democratic Councils as the Chairs and Vice Chairs of 9 of the 10 Regional Democratic Councils took their oath before him at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre. The President said the people of the Administrative Regions demand better services, and […]
Sterling Products Limited, the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (Pathology Laboratory) and the Guyana Sugar Corporation are among 35 companies, businesses and organizations that were presented with National Quality Awards at the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) 5th National Quality Awards Ceremony. The event took place on Wednesday night at the Guyana Marriott. The awards […]
As Guyana observes 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based violence, the Managing Director of ChildLink, Omattie Madray, who is also a member of the Civil Society National Reference Group, has noted that 2025 has marked another violent year for women and girls in Guyana. At the launch of a “Red Shoe” event hosted by UN-Guyana […]
Member of Parliament for the WIN party and former Executive Manager of GuySuCo, Vishnu Panday, has slammed the government over what he sees as the continued mismanagement of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GUYSUCO). He wants the Government to come clean on how money allocated to the entity has been spent. In a letter to the […]
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