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President Irfaan Ali today defended the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and his own handling of the Charrandass Persaud issue and his decision to recall him as High Commissioner to India. Speaking to reporters this morning, the President said he acted once he saw the video evidence of Persaud cursing out a female Indian professor outside […]
Describing the arrest of Attorney Tamieka Clarke by the Special Organised Crime Unit as an “unfortunate” incident, Attorney General Anil Nandlall today said once he became aware of the situation, he contacted the Head of SOCU and the investigating officer and made it clear to them that the Attorney ought to be released. “I made […]
The Bar Association of Guyana and the Guyana Women Lawyers Association have expressed their shock and disgust over the actions of the Special Ogranized Crime Unit (SOCU) in the arrest of Attorney-at-Law Tamieka Clarke. The Attorney was arrested and detained after she advised her client who was being questioned by SOCU to remain silent. In […]
Attorney-at-law and former Prosecutor Tamieka Clarke was arrested and detained by the Special Organised Crime Unit after she advised a client of hers who was being questioned by SOCU not to sign a prepared statement and to exercise their right to silence. The incident took place this morning at the SOCU headquarters and it has […]
The President’s 1000-man initiative will be launched tomorrow as part of a push to address issues facing men across the country. A national committee has been established to spearhead the effort and that committee is headed by the Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Brigadier Godfrey Bess. “The mission of the one thousand […]
Guyana has been named among the Top 35 places to visit in 2023 by National Geographic UK. The popular international travel magazine noted that the decision of British Airways to begin flights to Guyana from the UK in 2023 has thrown light on Guyana. According to National Geographic, while Guyana may be one of South […]
The Guyana government is celebrating the recent release of the Global Gender Gap report, boasting that several measures which were put in place by the PPP administration are responsible for the significant progress recorded in relation to women’s rights. Governance Minister, Gail Teixeira said the country has made major progress over the last year to […]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is being accused of covering up acts of violence against women, over its inaction for over a year in dealing with the verbal assault committed on a woman in India by Guyana’s now former High Commissioner to the country. President Irfaan Ali announced on Wednesday that Charrandas Persaud has been […]
The Government of Guyana is proposing several sweeping changes to the country’s electoral laws. According to Attorney General Anil Nandlall, the proposed changes are as a direct result of the situation that took place at the last general elections, which saw the final results being delayed for months, as allegations of fraud were being hurled […]
One day after a video surfaced on social media of Guyana’s High Commissioner to India, Charandass Persaud verbally abusing a female Indian Professor outside his official residence in India, President Irfaan Ali has announced his recall from the diplomatic post. In an announcement this morning, President Ali said he had a chance to review the […]
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