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The government is looking to have a single prison in the country based at Lusignan on the East Coast of Demerara, removing the traditional holding centers at Brickdam and New Amsterdam. Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo made the announcement during a Department of Public Information interview. Speaking ahead of today’s budget presentation, Vice President Jagdeo said […]
When the 2023 national budget is presented later today, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said it will build on the foundation set by the government over the past two years and give effect to several major plans of the administration. In a budget preview over the weekend, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said while economic empowerment will […]
Republic Bank has started the new year right for a Georgetown husband and his wife after the husband won the bank’s latest mortgage promotion. The bank has paid off the man’s 25-year mortgage worth $15 million as the grand prize. The winner, Sian James showered the bank and the almighty for the win. He said […]
Acting Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Yonette Cummings has announced that the Supreme Court of Guyana is moving to establish a mobile court to better serve persons residing in riverine and other far-flung communities, even as it continues to embrace technological and innovative Solutions to enhance the country’s Justice System. Speaking at the opening of […]
The Christ Church Secondary School on Middle Street was gutted by fire this afternoon, days after there was a small fire in one of school’s science laboratories. Just after 5:30 this afternoon, the Fire Service was summoned to the school after heavy smoke was seen billowing from a section of the bottom flat of the […]
Less than one week after she watched the Government bulldoze her home at Cane View, Mocha Arcadia, single mother, Lashonda Ellis, has now found herself jobless after being fired by the Home Affairs Ministry. Speaking with News Source today, Ms Ellis, who served as a Data Entry Clerk at the Providence Police Station, said she […]
One day after the Education Ministry denounced the physical attack on a Graham’s Hall Primary School teacher by a parent, another teacher has been physically attacked by a parent. The latest incident took place this morning at the St Angela’s Primary School. According to the President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), Mark Lyte, the […]
Over three hundred squatters living along the sea defence reserves on the East Bank of Demerara (EBD) have been told they will all relocated within the next six months. According to the Housing Ministry, 317 structures, including 57 owned by Venezuelan immigrants, are on the reserves at Little Diamond, Great Diamond, Grove, Herstelling Sea Dam, […]
The Acting Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Yonette Cummings has indicated that the shortage of Judges within the Judicial System has resulted in the remaining judges being overworked, as she made a strong case for the swift establishment of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). “We need more judges; we need the Judicial Service Commission […]
The Opposition’s lead attorney, Senior Counsel Roysdale Forde, has asked the High Court to order President Irfaan Ali to initiate consultation with the Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton on the appointments of the Chancellor and Chief Justice within two months. However, Guyana’s Attorney General, Senior Counsel Anil Nandall has objected to request, stating that […]
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