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Former Chairman of the People’s National Congress Volda Lawrence will make a return to the National Assembly along with Party Leader Aubrey Norton as replacements for former Opposition Members of Parliament Joe Harmon and Nicolette Henry, APNU+AFC sources have confirmed. PNC Leader Aubrey Norton, who is also the Chairman of the APNU, held discussions today […]
President Irfaan Ali has indicated that while he is not fully informed of all the details surrounding the accusations of improper conduct and indecent proposals by his Minister of Local Government Nigel Dharamlall, he believes that the young woman who has made the allegations, should file a Police complaint so that the claims could be […]
The Executive Committee of the People’s National Congress Reform will meet on Friday to decide on the candidate who will take up the second vacant seat for the APNU+AFC in the National Assembly. The resignation of Nicolette Henry as a Member of Parliament took effect today. A few weeks ago, former Opposition Leader Joe Harmon […]
The Education Ministry is looking to step up its Operation Recovery initiative which is aimed at locating children who have dropped out of school with the hope of having them return to the classroom. The Ministry of Education intends to partner with a number of civil society groups to facilitate the expansion of the initiative. […]
The Women’s Arm of the Alliance for Change party has written an open letter to President Irfaan Ali calling for an immediate probe of allegations of predatory and improper behaviour of Local Government Minister Nigel Dharamlall. In a social media post, a young woman who lives in the United States released several screen grab images […]
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 […]
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