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As the Government continues with its housing development plan across the country, Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal, made a commitment today for infrastructural works to be completed in new housing areas before the end of this year. He said once the works are completed, persons who were allocated house lots and commercial lots […]
Days after the Region Nine Chairman, Bryan Allicock and interest groups voiced their concern and objected to the granting of a license for mining to be done in the North Rupununi village of Aranaputa, the Ministry of Natural Resources has suspended the license which had been granted to a foreign company. Minister of Natural Resources, […]
Non-profit group, Visit Rupununi, has joined the Region Nine Chairman, Bryan Allicock in objecting to plans by Sol Nascente Incorporated to do mining in Aranaputa, a village in North Rupununi. Allicock is objecting to the project on the grounds that no Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) or Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) was done ahead […]
President Irfaan Ali this morning scolded contractors executing several projects on the East Bank of Demerara for not having a 24-hour work schedule in place to meet their deadlines. He noted that there will be no extensions on the projects. Just before the break of dawn, the President visited the project which is expected to […]
Acting Chief Justice Roxane George has ruled that the former Chief Executive Officer of the Central Housing and Planning Authority, Lelon Saul was wrongfully terminated by Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal in August 2020, weeks after the People’s Progressive Party Civic government took office. Saul who had a three-year contract with the Central […]
The Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines has announced that its Prime Minister and Interlocutor of the Argyle Declaration between Guyana and Venezuela, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has traveled to Venezuela to meet with Venezuelan President, Nicolas Maduro, on the tensions with Guyana over the border controversy. In a statement this morning, the St. Vincent […]
Acting Chief Justice, Roxane George is set to deliver her ruling in the house-to-house verification case. This will occur on Friday, March 28. On Monday, Justice George grilled Attorney-at-Law Dexter Todd on the declarations sought in the case brought by his client, People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Chief Election Scrutineer, Carol Smith-Joseph. Smith-Joseph wants the […]
During a recent engagement with a visiting team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Private Sector Commission of Guyana drummed up the country’s economic growth and told the visiting team that unemployment in Guyana “is largely voluntary”. Guyana’s unemployment rate hovers around 12%, and with the growth of the economy and the oil and […]
Family and friends of outspoken activist, Melissa Atwell aka “Melly Mel” have launched a GoFundMe account as she remains in US Custody following her arrest last Thursday. According to one family member, the account (https://gofund.me/ffbcee8d) was set up to assist in costs that the activist might incur for legal support. Atwell was taken into custody […]
US Ambassador to Guyana, Nicole Theriot, on Thursday reaffirmed her country’s longstanding support of Guyana against Venezuela’s claims of Guyana’s Essequibo region and the neighbouring country’s continuing aggression. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the launch of a Greater Guyana Initiative project, the Ambassador said the US is also extremely concerned about Venezuela’s latest […]
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