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The Ministry of Housing has launched a probe into allegations that a number of its staff members have been involved in a “bribe for house lot” scam. Over the past number of days, several allegations have been leveled by persons on social media against Ministry of Housing staffers. In some of the claims, persons alleged […]
Prime Minister of Guyana, retired Brigadier Mark Phillips, has informed South American leaders that Venezuela’s planned referendum could jeopardise the stability in the region. Venezuela is moving ahead with its planned referendum on the 3rd December, seeking to boost its claims of Guyana’s Essequibo region. While addressing the inaugural South American Dialogue Meeting between Defence […]
Senior military officials from the Guyana Defence Force and the Brazil Armed Forces are meeting in Guyana for their 26th Regional Meeting of Military Exchange. The meeting is being hosted at a time when there is heightened tension at Guyana’s border with Venezuela, owing to a build-up of Venezuelan troops and a planned referendum by […]
Attorney General Anil Nandlall is pleading with Guyanese at home and abroad to be mindful of the posts they are sharing and making on social media regarding the ongoing border controversy between Guyana and Venezuela. He has explained that some social media posts could lead to unnecessary confrontations and stir up people’s emotions. On his […]
Guyana has seen a reduction in the importation of mercury for mining purposes, according to the Head of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) Department of Environment and Guyana Focal Point for Minamata Convention, Darcy Waldron. While speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the Gold Mining in Guyana Environmental and Human Health Considerations […]
More than five months after Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George found that Attorney Tamieka Clarke’s fundamental rights to personal liberty were breached by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) when she was arrested while advising her client to remain silent, SOCU has apologized to the Attorney. “Pursuant to a directive contained in the Order of […]
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the National Assembly continues to find it challenging to get some former Public Officers to appear before the Committee to account for their spending of government funds under their watch. The Committee has announced that it is now in the process of drafting legislation that it hopes will […]
The General Council Meeting of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) ended on Sunday with no clear indication of a timeline or date for the party’s Biennial Delegates Congress. This December will mark two years since the last Delegates Congress and Elections took place. In September, the Leader of the PNCR, Aubrey Norton assured that […]
The Parliamentary Sectoral Committee on Natural Resources will be conducting a ‘fact-finding mission’ to Chinese Landing to gain better insight into the aged-old mining controversy that has been plaguing the village. Chinese Landing is an indigenous community located in Region One. In 2017, the Caribbean Court of Justice ruled that the Guyana Geology and Mines […]
Guyana’s Agent for the current border case before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and former Foreign Minister Carl Greenidge, has called out Venezuela for using sections of the Geneva Agreement to suit its own narrative, while still laying claim to Guyana’s territory. Declaring Venezuela’s continued posture as problematic for Guyana and the Caribbean region. […]
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