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Residents of Cuyuni-Mazaruni (Region Seven), on Saturday, braved the rain to witness Bartica’s inaugural township celebration, a historic event for the 185-year-old community. President David Granger, First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, Minister of Social Cohesion, Ms. Amna Ally, Minister of Public Health, Dr. George Norton, Minister of Communities, Mr. […]
Social Activist, Mark Benschop, who served five years in the Camp Street jail on a trumped-up treason charge under the PPP government, on Friday refused to testify at the ongoing Prison Unrest Commission of Inquiry after he was told that his testimony would not be taken in the presence of members of the public and press. […]
by Kurt Campbell The delayed relocation of scores of vendors from outside the Stabroek Market and it’s environs will begin tomorrow Saturday. Officials from the Georgetown Mayor and City Council met with the disgruntled vendors on Friday where the information was communicated. The City Council had begun cleaning the area last weekend but it’s plan […]
At least one Water Street Vendor has moved to the Court and is suing the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) over its decision to relocate him. The action is between vendor, Peter Warner and is directly addressed to Town Clerk Royston King. Though one vendor is named as the Plaintiff, many other persons who […]
Just one day after vendors who were removed from outside the Stabroek Market staged a loud protest outside the President’s Office, the Government has asked the Georgetown City Council to be sensitive to the plight of the vendors as the relocation plan is put into place. Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan and Minister of Social […]
Speaker of the National Assembly, Dr. Barton Scotland on Wednesday said he is in possession of several complaints of breaches of privileges submitted to him by Members of Parliament against their fellow Parliamentarians. At the start of the sitting, Dr. Scotland thanked MPs for their submissions and said that the complaints may or may not […]
Facing a backlash over not finalizing all arrangements for the relocation of Stabroek square vendors before moving them, the Georgetown City Council is now in a rush to have the large plot of land on Hadfield Street properly prepared within the next 24hrs. The vendors have been protesting against the council’s failure to have the […]
The Guyana Government intends to push ahead with its support for the renaming of the Ogle International Airport despite the ongoing controversy with the move to name the facility after Guyana’s first Minister responsible for Aviation, Eugene F. Correia. On Wednesday, Public Infrastructure Minister David Patterson told media operatives, while at the airport, that the […]
The Commission of Inquiry into the Camp Street disturbances and the subsequent deaths has until May 31st, 2016 to submit its findings. The COI which was authorized by President David Granger commenced its work on March 8, 2016 – four days after the deadly unrest inside the jailhouse. At that time, it was gazetted to […]
The Linden Mayor and Town Council currently owes the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) in excess of $70 million and has entered into an agreement which will see the Council paying the Scheme $200,000 per month in order to clear its debt. When contacted on Tuesday, Chairman of the Finance Committee Waneka Arrindell confirmed the monies […]
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