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Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nanlall has defended the President’s decision to move ahead with the appointment of Assistant Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken to act as Police Commissioner in the absence of consultation with the Opposition Leader and the Police Service Commission. Appearing on his weekly tv show, Issues in the News, […]
While the oil and gas sector in Guyana continues to do well, many of the other extractive sectors are still facing struggles of their own. It is an issue the Government intends to tackle to ensure the economy is balanced as there are drastic changes in many sectors. Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat told […]
Longtime political activist Akanni Blair has resigned as an Executive member of A New and United Guyana for a return to his old political party, the People’s Progressive Party. In a Facebook post, Mr. Blair shared his resignation letter which was addressed to ANUG Chairman, Timothy Jonas. In the resignation letter, he said his decision […]
The Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) and United Kingdom-based organisation, The Human Dignity Trust (HDT) have teamed up to embark on a process to examine the occurrence of hate crimes in Guyana. Last year, the two organisations commissioned “A Situational Analysis on Hate Crimes in Guyana” which was conducted by Guyanese researcher Pere DeRoy, a social […]
Moments after the Guyana Police Force announced that Assistant Commissioner Clifton Hicken has been appointed to act as Police Commissioner, the Opposition People’s National Congress Reform called the move “illegal”. “The Party, therefore, would like to use this opportunity to remind the government of Article 211 (1) of the Constitution of the Co-operative Republic of […]
In a very short statement, the Guyana Police Force this afternoon announced that Acting Police Commissioner Nigel Hoppie has proceeded on pre-retirement leave and Assistant Commissioner of Police Clifton Hicken who has been performing the functions of Deputy Commissioner will now be performing the functions of Police Commissioner. The move to appoint Hicken to perform […]
With the relaxation of the COVID-19 restrictions, the Ministry of Health has seen a drop in the number of persons seeking vaccines and booster shots. But now with another variant of COVID-19 surfacing in some western countries, the Ministry of Health is worried that the new variant could soon reach local shores and start to […]
Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform, Aubrey Norton wants to see major reforms at the Guyana Elections Commission and believes that it’s time for the current Chairman of the Commission, retired Judge Claudette Singh to go. Speaking at his party’s General Council meeting over the weekend, Mr. Norton said while the Chairman of the […]
Vice President Bharat on Friday said that the People’s Progressive Party government will not remove the residency requirement from the election laws, noting that the High Court has already pronounced on the matter. As the Opposition continues to hammer on the issue of a new and clean voters list and for some changes to be […]
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo who has come under fire in Trinidad and Tobago for saying the country is falling apart economically has defended his comments and told a press conference that there is nothing new about what he said about the neighbouring oil-producing country. During a recent visit to the County of Essequibo, the Vice […]
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