SOME 150 licences will soon be distributed to Guyanese fisherfolk who have been subjected to exorbitant prices for the rental of licences to ply their trade in Suriname’s waters for the past decade. The licences will be given to boat owners at a cost of 500 Suriname Guilders (SG) annually. In the past, the fishers…
By Vishani Ragobeer vishani@newsroom.gy Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall SC says that Guyana runs the risk of losing investors without a sound business environment and that is why efforts are being made to update many of the country’s laws or introduce legislation. The AG said this on Wednesday during a virtual…
The APNU+AFC Opposition has issued a call on the Guyana Police Force to come clean on the police shooting death of Grove resident, Kevin Andries. The 34-year-old man was shot dead by the police early on Monday morning. In a statement, the Police claimed that its ranks returned fire as Andries and another man ran…
— Prime Minister tells investment conference in New York PRIME Minister, Brigadier (ret’d) Mark Phillips has assured Guyanese living in New York that there are endless business opportunities available due to the country’s rapidly growing economy. “The opportunities for investment in Guyana are boundless… you can be assured of an ever-improving business environment and a…
Just after 19:00hrs on Tuesday police arrested a 24-year-old male nurse along Woolford Avenue, Georgetown for possession of an unlicensed firearm. Police on motorcycle patrol were on Woolford Avenue proceeding east when the nurse, who was driving a gold and black XR motorcycle, was stopped by the ranks. Police said he suddenly dismounted the motorcycle,…
A nail technician’s career switch has landed her in the custody of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit after she was busted at the Cheddi Jagan Airport with a quantity of cocaine in frozen curry and frozen pepperpot. 33-year-old Malika Lambert was preparing to board a flight to Panama with connections to New York when CANU…
— Vice-President Jagdeo CORRECTING what he called an “unconscionable” wrong, Vice-President Bharat Jagdeo in a video interview published on Facebook stoutly defended the announced distribution of $250,000 each to thousands of sugar workers who were severed during the tenure of the A Partnership for National Unity+ Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) government. Acknowledging the APNU+AFC’s claim…
Police are on the hunt for seven bandits who tied up two security guards and invaded Cevon’s Waste Management Company on Mandela Avenue in Georgetown in the wee hours of Tuesday. According to a police report, the armed bandits escaped with the company’s vault which contained an undisclosed amount of cash along with a Samsung…
The High Court today ruled that the Government’s amendments to the Fiscal Management and Accountability Act were unconstitutional. Additionally, the Court also ruled that the insertion of the Constitutional agencies as budget agencies under the act was unconstitutional. Earlier this year, the Government used its majority in the National Assembly to pass the amendments, ridding…
AS the novel coronavirus continues its global rampage claiming millions of lives, the Government of Guyana has insisted that it will continue to invest whatever is necessary to safeguard the lives of all Guyanese. Already, during the first half of the year, more than $2 billion has been spent on expanding the National Vaccination Programme…
