By News Source Guyana on July 5, 2023
Crime, News, Politics
Women’s Rights organisation, Red Thread is calling for an independent investigation into the circumstances that resulted in a 16-year-old girl issuing a “no further action’ statement to the police, after initially accusing the now former Local Government Minister, Nigel Dharamlall of rape and sodomy. The disgraced Minister tendered his resignation on Tuesday, according to the […]
By News Source Guyana on July 5, 2023
News, Politics
Guyana’s temporary suspension from the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) has been lifted, and the Government has welcomed the move. The country was suspended over its failure to submit its 4th report on the extractive industries in a timely manner. In accordance with the EITI Standard, it was agreed that the suspension would be lifted […]
By News Source Guyana on July 5, 2023
News, Politics
The main parliamentary opposition party, the APNU, has hammered President Irfaan Ali’s statement accepting the resignation of his embattled Minister of Local Government Nigel Dharamlall, stating that the President never expressed any concern for the child, who made the rape allegations against his Minister. In a statement this morning, the APNU said the President expressed […]
By News Source Guyana on July 4, 2023
Crime, News, Politics
President Irfaan Ali has announced that his embattled Minister of Local Government, Nigel Dharamlall has tendered his resignation as a Minister and a Member of Parliament, and he has accepted the resignation. Dharamlall had been accused of sexually assaulting a teenage schoolgirl. He had denied the allegation. The announcement of Dharamlall’s resignation came hours after […]
By News Source Guyana on July 4, 2023
Crime, News, Politics
Days after the 16-year-old school girl who filed a rape complaint against Minister of Local Government Nigel Dharamlall asked the Police to no longer proceed with the matter, the Director of Public Prosecutions has advised the police that in the absence of the victim’s complaint, there is no legal provision for the Police to continue […]
By News Source Guyana on July 4, 2023
Elections, News, Politics
Less than 35% of the more than 540,000 registered voters went to the polls during the just concluded Local Government Elections – resulting in the country experiencing its lowest voter turnout rate this year of the last three local elections. The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) disclosed that only 188,856 persons or 34.97% of the registered […]
By News Source Guyana on July 4, 2023
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, plans to continue his push for a robust international security force in Haiti. He made his position known as he addressed the 45th Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM in Trinidad and Tobago. Arriving in the Twin Island Republic from Haiti, the UN […]
By News Source Guyana on July 4, 2023
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Keith Rowley has sounded the alarm over the many challenges facing regional governments and the countries of the region themselves. At the opening of the CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting in Port of Spain, Dr. Rowley said “never before, have small states faced the broad and deep range […]
By News Source Guyana on July 4, 2023
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is celebrating its 50th anniversary, and though satisfied with the progress made by the Community over the last 50 years, CARICOM Secretary General, Dr. Carla Barnett, believes the time is now to confront those challenges. The Secretary General made the comments while addressing the opening of the 45th Regular Meeting of […]
By News Source Guyana on July 3, 2023
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
Declaring that transformation is not about a nice building or a new road, President Irfaan Ali told a gathering of Guyanese in Canada on Saturday that he firmly believes that prosperity can only come to the country if it is united. He explained that with its existing challenges, Guyana cannot afford to be divided, even […]
