Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nanlall has defended the President’s decision to move ahead with the appointment of Assistant Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken to act as Police Commissioner in the absence of consultation with the Opposition Leader and the Police Service Commission. Appearing on his weekly tv show, Issues in the News,…
A child playing with a lighter, which accidentally ignited a mattress, caused a house at Lot 135 Blairmont Number 4 Settlement, West Bank Berbice, to go up in flames on Wednesday. According to the Guyana Fire Service (GFS), the structure involved was a one-flat wooden building owned and occupied by Heeralall Bishunlall, 64, and his…
Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo says that much-needed rehabilitation works for the Linden/Soesdyke highway are planned for this year but the country is awaiting a loan from the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB). This highway is a vital road link that connects Guyana’s coast to the mining town of Linden and the country’s interior regions. The…
The Women’s Arm of the Alliance for Change party has written an open letter to President Irfaan Ali calling for an immediate probe of allegations of predatory and improper behaviour of Local Government Minister Nigel Dharamlall. In a social media post, a young woman who lives in the United States released several screen grab images…
–submits revised project summary for US$93M Wei-1 well to EPA for approval HAVING submitted its revised project summary for review by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), CGX Resources Inc. (CRI), a wholly owned subsidiary of CGX Energy Inc., plans to commence operations at the Wei-1 well- the company’s latest project in the Corentyne Block offshore…
More than two months after Joseph Harmon officially resigned as the Leader of the Opposition and subsequently as a Member of Parliament (MP), former President David Granger has made no efforts to replace him or Nicolette Henry who also resigned as an MP. Henry’s resignation takes effect today, March 31, which means that there are…
The Education Ministry is looking to step up its Operation Recovery initiative which is aimed at locating children who have dropped out of school with the hope of having them return to the classroom. The Ministry of Education intends to partner with a number of civil society groups to facilitate the expansion of the initiative.…
A TEAM of doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has successfully performed the country’s first-ever laparoscopic bariatric surgery on a 32-year-old man. Teekah Singh underwent the groundbreaking weight loss procedure about six weeks ago and is doing well. Singh said that when he went to the hospital in 2021, he agreed to go…
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) says it has registered well over 10, 000 persons who will be eligible to vote in Local Government Elections (LGE) expected at the end of 2022. The new registrants were captured during the ongoing cycle of continuous registration which commenced on March 16 and runs until May 29, 2022. But…
Popular cosmetologist Onika Pompey has found herself before the Court again and this time she is facing charges related to derogatory statements she allegedly made about local singer and former soca monarch, Kwasi Ace Edmondson. The 32-year-old woman appeared before the Chief Magistrate this morning where the charge was read to her. It is alleged…
