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Monthly Archives: October 2020

APNU+AFC warns Minister Oneidge Walrond of legal action over American citizenship

Last Updated on Saturday, 24 October 2020, 17:03 by Denis Chabrol The opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) Saturday afternoon called on Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Oneidge Walrond to release her loss of American citizenship certificate to prove  that when she became a parliamentarian she was not a dual citizen. “Even if she is in ...

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West Berbice residents block public road again with burning tyres

Last Updated on Saturday, 24 October 2020, 15:05 by Denis Chabrol For the second time this month residents of Number 5 Village West Coast Berbice have set fires across the public road, apparently as a constant reminder that no one has been arrested for the killing and mutilation of cousins Joel and Isaiah Henry. Residents burned old tyres and other ...

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Minister Walrond’s citizenship explanation raises unanswered questions

Last Updated on Saturday, 24 October 2020, 15:30 by Denis Chabrol Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Oneidge Walrond’s explanation about steps she took to give up her citizenship has triggered more questions that were up to mid Saturday afternoon unanswered. She said President Irfaan Ali asked her on August 5 to serve in his Cabinet and 13 days later ...

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Big tree falls on eight female Success cane field squatters

Last Updated on Friday, 23 October 2020, 21:15 by Denis Chabrol Eight women were Friday injured when a big tree fell on them on a makeshift structure n which they were sitting on a dam on sugar cane field lands aback Success, East Coast Demerara. “Injuries received included serious and minor injuries to the head, feet, arm and other parts ...

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Continental Group’s Marketing Manager allegedly robbed

Last Updated on Friday, 23 October 2020, 20:58 by Denis Chabrol The Marketing Manager of Continental Group of Companies was Friday robbed of GYD$244,000 by a man who opened fire on her as she was driving through West Ruimveldt, Georgetown on her way to work, police said. Romona Spencer, 41, of Buddy’s Scheme, West Bank Demerara, said she was on ...

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Tourism Minister gave up American citizenship before becoming parliamentarian- Teixeira

Last Updated on Friday, 23 October 2020, 20:39 by Denis Chabrol Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce Oneidge Walrond is not squatting in the National Assembly as she had renounced her United States (US) citizenship before she was selected to become a parliamentarian, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance Gail Teixeira said Friday night. “She is a technocrat minister and ...

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DPP withdraws private criminal charges against Lowenfield, Mingo, Lawrence; concerns raised about govt MP as prosecutor

Last Updated on Friday, 23 October 2020, 15:18 by Denis Chabrol The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Shalimar Hack has withdrawn the private criminal charges against Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield, Region Four Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo and Chairman of the People’s National Congress Reform, Volda Lawrence. Defence Counsel Nigel Hughes confirmed that the DPP’s decision is based on the ...

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Thieves steal GYD$600,000 in stocks from West Demerara grocery

Last Updated on Thursday, 22 October 2020, 9:01 by Denis Chabrol A grocery and snackette at Anna Catherina Public Road, West Coast Demerara was raided of more than GYD$633,000 worth of items, but so far no one has been arrested, police said. The shopkeeper, 57-year old Nafiza Samtani of Hague Public Road, West Coast Demerara, believed that the break and ...

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No data plan needed for several educational websites- GTT

Last Updated on Thursday, 22 October 2020, 7:23 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GTT) on Thursday announced that it has inked a deal with the Ministry of Education that would see Guyanese paying nothing to visit several educational websites. “By zero-rating the websites, those visiting the websites would be able to browse – and learn-without an internet ...

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