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President David Granger today said he intends to stick with his two nominees for the position of Chancellor and Chief Justice. He told reporters just after the swearing in of the new Police Complaints Authority Chairman, that he had a process that was transparent to arrive at his nominees. He said the Opposition Leader has […]
The new Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority, retired Justice, William Ramlall took his oath of office today. In an address at the ceremony, President David Granger reminded that the appointment of a Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority is in compliant with the provisions of the laws of Guyana He also said the appointment is […]
All members of the former PPP Civic cabinet who served during the sale and transfer of lands in Sparendaam area known as Pradoville Two, have been summoned to face new questioning by the Special Organised Crime Unit. This morning, former Minister of Works, Robeson Benn and former Minister of Tourism, Manzoor Nadir, found themselves before […]
The Board of Directors of the Guyana Chronicle has now sent recently hired General Manager, Sherod Duncan on administrative leave. He will remain on leave pending the outcome of an investigation into alleged mismanagement of funds and his spending at the company since landing the job there, three months ago. That probe is also looking […]
On the same day that the recently appointed General Manager of the Guyana Chronicle fired the company’s Finance Controller without documenting a reason, he has been forced to rescind that resignation letter. The Finance Controller turned up to work this morning to be greeted with a letter of dismissal signed by General Manager, Sherod Duncan. […]
Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge confirmed today that a Framework Agreement and Memorandum of Understanding are to be signed between the Governments of Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago. The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry has called on the Government to put off the signing of the bilateral agreement documents until Guyana puts […]
-by Dennis Glasgow- The Guyana/Venezuela border controversy, which is currently before the International Court, is expected to be part of the discussions when Foreign Minister, Carl Greenidge, meets with the UN Secretary General in New York during the annual UN General Assembly later this month. It was the UN Secretary General, who earlier this year […]
Guyana joined the rest of the world today in observing World Suicide prevention Day. In a message, Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence, said although the suicide rate in Guyana remains high, it has reduced over the years. She explained that four years ago, Guyana’s suicide rate stood at 44.2 for every 100,000 people. That […]
-by Dennis Glasgow- The Council for Legal Education (CLE) opened its Annual General Meeting at the Guyana Marriott Hotel this morning with a charge from President David Granger for the Council to improve its work to reach all corners of the Caribbean. In delivering the feature address at the opening of the CLE Meeting, the […]
The Guyana Teachers Union this afternoon announced that the nationwide strike by teachers has been called off following an agreement with the Education Ministry for the teachers’ salary issue to be sent to arbitration. The two sides met for over two hours at the Department of Labour this afternoon for the final conciliation session and […]
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