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Guyana’s Attorney General Basil Williams is disturbed by the recent judgment of outgoing Chief Justice (ag.) Ian Chang and the manner in which it was made. Justice Chang who proceeded on retirement leave earlier this year, came off of that leave to rule that two Government Ministers, Winston Felix and Keith Scott could not sit as technocrat […]
Outgoing Chief Justice Ian Chang has ruled that Minister of Citizenship, Winston Felix and Minister within the Ministry of Social Protection, Keith Scott, ought not to sit in the National Assembly as technocrats because their names were on the list of candidates for a political party. The two were selected as Technocrat Ministers and became […]
People’s Progressive Party member and former Office of the President staffer under the PPP, Jason Abdulla was on Thursday Afternoon taken to two city hospitals after claiming that he was beaten by police investigators while in custody. Abdulla claimed that he was beaten on his feet by the police while being held and questioned about […]
The Government of Venezuela on Wednesday accepted the credentials of Guyana’s new Ambassador to Venezuela, Ms. Cheryl Miles. Guyana has been waiting several months for the acceptance. The acceptance came on the same day of the 50th Anniversary of the conclusion of the Geneva Agreement Britain and Venezuela as Guyana was moving towards becoming an […]
A total of $200 million has been set aside in the 2016 budget to retain legal consultants to help the government in its resistance to Venezuela’s claim to Guyana’s Essequibo Region and its oil rich maritime space. Foreign Affairs Minister Carl Greenidge made the clarification during the consideration of the 2016 estimates of expenditure for […]
by Kurt Campbell Competing protests were launched this morning outside City Hall. The Guyana Labour Union was protesting against City Hall while the City Council workers who are represented by the union launched their own protest against the union for not representing them enough. The workers are calling for the removal of GLU’s General Secretary Carvil […]
Former President of Guyana, Donald Ramotar has expressed his extreme disappointment “at the way the APNU+AFC regime has treated the Commission of Inquiry into the circumstances that led to the assassination of Walter Rodney”. The Commission was set up by Mr. Ramotar while he served as President back in 2014. By the time he was […]
Former Press Officer at the Office of the President under the PPP government, Kwame McKoy, was taken into custody by the Criminal Investigations Department on Wednesday afternoon and remains in custody as the Police continue their probe into the murder of political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing. Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum confirmed McKoy’s arrest to News Source […]
The Government of Guyana has signed a US$3M grant agreement with the World Bank to improve drainage in the agricultural areas of Kuru Kururu, Coverden, Pearl and Sarah Johana, better manage water levels and increase the capacity of channels draining the EDWC. The East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) is also to be strengthened through the […]
The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has expressed worry over the establishment of a Department of Defense at the Ministry of Presidency. The opposition party said it is dismayed by these developments in the Security Sector which have come to light during the course of the consideration of the estimates of the 2016 budget. The PPP […]
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