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Opposition Leader and former President, Bharrat Jagdeo, invoked Presidential Immunity on Monday as he appeared before the Special Organised Crime Unit. Mr. Jagdeo was at SOCU to answer questions related to his former Government’s decision to transfer and sell state property to some of its own members at below market value prices. As Mr. Jagdeo […]
-by Dennis Glasgow- Guyana’s Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan has expressed concern about the country’s alcohol consumption problem and he believes it has become more serious alcohol because young young people are being introduced to alcohol at an early stage in their lives. Some surveys have indicated that the age of alcohol initiation in […]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, will lead a delegation on a visit to Guyana on Friday 21 and Saturday 22 September. The Chinese Foreign Minister will meet with President David Granger, and Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge during his visit. Those meetings will […]
Retired Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Cecil Kennard, will be sworn in this afternoon as the Chairman and lone member of a Commission of Inquiry that will be examining the Georgetown City Council and its operations. The Commission is being set up by the Local Government Commission and comes on the heels of several complaints […]
Guyana’s top drug enforcement agency, the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit, is raising alarm over the increase in the demand for ecstasy in local schools. The agency has been making moves to address the problem. Speaking at the opening of the annual CANU training programme this morning, Deputy Director of CANU, Lesley Ramlall, explained that the […]
Ranks of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) are being encouraged to ensure they remain professional and showcase integrity at all times. CANU’s annual training conference opened this morning in Georgetown with the Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan, reminding the agents of the importance of their job and the need for more professionalism and integrity. […]
The Public Utilities Commission is reporting that over the past three years, it has successfully addressed complaints that have seen $74 Million being returned to consumers who filed complaints against the various utility companies. At an Open House Day which was hosted at the PUC headquarters today, Complaints Manager, Destra Bourne reveled that just this […]
-by Dennis Glasgow- A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) officially launched its Local Government Elections (LGE) Campaign at the Headquarters of the People’s National Congress today. The PNC is the largest party in the six-party partnership. The APNU will be heading into the elections separately from its national coalition partner, the Alliance For Change. President […]
In wake of some of his former cabinet members being grilled by the Special Organised Crime Unit over the sale of seaside land to former PPP Government officials, including himself, Opposition Leader and former President, Bharrat Jagdeo is brushing aside the latest move. At his press conference today he said the issue is now like […]
One day after President David Granger stated that the Opposition Leader should indicate the process he used for rejecting the nominees for Chancellor and Chief Justice, the Opposition Leader has stated that the President has never made such a request of him. At his weekly press conference this afternoon, Jagdeo said the President never asked […]
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