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As fierce protests continue in neighbouring Venezuela following Sunday’s disputed elections, the Government of Guyana today called for a transparent process of the verification of the elections results. Incumbent Venezuelan President, Nicolas Maduro, has been declared the winner of the elections, but the Opposition has strongly objected to the declaration and has pointed out that […]
40-year-old GDF Corporal, Edward McCalmont and 24-year-old Lance Corporal John Johnson, were marched before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court this afternoon to face drug trafficking charges. The two were charged in connection with the discovery of 316 pounds of marijuana in a mini-bus that is owned by Corporal McCalmont. The two GDF ranks were nabbed by […]
The Caribbean Court of Justice today began hearing an appeal case filed by the Guyana Government through the Attorney General over the local Courts quashing of the appointments of two PPP Candidates at the last elections as Parliamentary Secretaries. Through their Attorneys, led by Senior Counsel Douglas Mendes, the Government and the two candidates, Sarah […]
Acting Chief Justice Roxane George, has ordered the Guyana Revenue Authority to take the excise rate on vehicles for re-migrants with engines larger than 3000cc back to 10% after declaring the implementation of a new 30% rate as illegal. The Chief Justice also ordered the GRA to pay refunds to all those re-migrants who might […]
By Svetlana Marshall The Electoral Fraud trial opened today with State Prosecutor, Darshan Ramdhani, telling the Court that the Prosecution will prove that former Chief Elections Officer (CEO), Keith Lowenfield; former Deputy Chief Elections Officer (DCEO), Roxanne Myers and Region 4 Returning Officer (RO), Clairmont Mingo conspired with others, in an attempt to defraud the […]
President Irfaan Ali has made a call on his fellow CARICOM colleagues to step up their investment in border security, in order to reduce and root out drug trafficking, gun running and other forms of transnational crimes that continue to plague the region. Speaking during the Opening of the CARICOM Heads of Government meeting on […]
Declaring CARICOM as the longest thriving integration movement in the developing world, new Chairman of CARICOM, Prime Minister of Grenada, Dickon Mitchell, told other Heads of Government that the movement is still relevant today, as it was when it was founded. Speaking during the opening of the 47th Regular Meeting of CARICOM on Sunday in […]
Ghanaian Company, CONTRACTA, on Friday presented a feasibility study to the Georgetown Mayor and City Council on a project that could see the iconic Stabroek Market being transformed into a state-of-the-art facility featuring more than 1000 additional stalls, a fish market, a food court, more than 300 parking spaces for visitors and two docks to […]
With the construction of the Bamia Primary School, and the extension of Cemetery Road dragging pass their completion dates by more than a year, Chairman of the Alliance For Change (AFC), David Patterson today said the contractors for the two multi-million projects should have been fired by now. One year after its deadline, the Bamia […]
The Opposition has scoffed at Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo’s plan to crack down on Government officials using their influence to land Government contracts for their friends and families. Yesterday, Mr. Jagdeo stated that the Government has observed that public officials, especially at the Regional level have been influencing the award of contracts for their families […]
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