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One day after Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan, muttered “haul ya ass” to a journalist as he dodged an interview, the Guyana Press Association is calling for him to apologise. In a statement, The Guyana Press Association said it condemns “in the strongest possible terms the verbal attacks on its Executive Member Mr Denis […]
Outgoing Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud today defended his decision to grant himself a firearm license, pointing out that there is precedence and he is not the first outgoing Commissioner to grant himself a firearm license. “What is it about this Commissioner”, he asked, when questioned about the issue just after his farewell parade. Persaud said […]
Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan, has revoked the gun dealership license that outgoing Commissioner of Police, Seelall Persaud gave to himself. State Minister Joe Harmon, who is on travel duty abroad, when contacted today confirmed that the revocation has been dealt with already by the Public Security Minister. That is all he would say […]
The ExxonMobil company has expressed its satisfaction with the latest oil discovery in Guyana in the Pacora Well. The discovery was announced yesterday by the Government and in a release today, Exxon explained that it encountered approximately 65 feet (20 meters) of high-quality, oil-bearing sandstone reservoir in the new discovery. According to the company, the […]
President David Granger will be continuing his trips to the bordering regions with Venezuela as the government remains concerned about the instability in the neighbouring country. That concern is being shared by Brazil and Colombia, which also share borders with Venezuela. In a release from the Ministry of the Presidency yesterday, the President said that […]
Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman today announced to the Cabinet that the ExxonMobil oil company has made yet another major oil find in Guyana. This time, the discovery has been made in the Pukura well. In a brief statement, the Government also announced this afternoon that in the coming months, it will establish the Department […]
Minister within the Ministry of Natural Resources, Simona Broomes on Tuesday told mining stakeholders that Guyana’s interior regions and mining districts should no longer be seen as the “wild, wild west or the bush” as she urged full support for soon to be published codes of practice. In an effort to improve environmental management and compliance, the […]
Georgetown Town Clerk Royston King on Tuesday said he is unbothered by an existing no-confidence motion that has been filed against him, making it clear that he continues to enjoy the confidence of the majority of Councillors and the citizens of Georgetown. The Town Clerk’s comments came less than 24 hours after Councillor Sherod Duncan filed a […]
Georgetown City Councillor Sherod Duncan has filed a motion of no confidence against Town Clerk Royston King. The motion has been seconded by Deputy Mayor Lionel Jaikarran. It is likely to be debated in the coming month. King has been coming under widespread criticism in and out of the Council over his management of the […]
To the beat of dynamic African drumming, members of the local Rastafarian community and supporters chanted and marched from the East Coast Demerara community of Buxton through the streets of Georgetown in a move to pressure the government into decriminalizing marijuana use here. The march, which started early Monday morning and ended just after noon at the Square of […]
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