Last Updated on Monday, 30 August 2021, 17:08 by Denis Chabrol Guyana’s private sector is being integrated into the fight against corruption, but the enforcement of international conventions and domestic laws will depend on solid evidence and strong prosecution, officials said Monday. Minister of Governance, Gail Teixeira told the opening of an anti-corruption workshop being held by her ministry in ...

Last Updated on Monday, 30 August 2021, 16:12 by Denis Chabrol High Court Judge, Gino Persaud on Monday hinted that he  might strike out President Irfaan Ali as a respondent in a case brought by the Police Service Commission (PSC) in a case that challenges the Guyanese leader’s suspension of that body. “There is no private act in the performance ...

Last Updated on Monday, 30 August 2021, 14:53 by Denis Chabrol Guyana, France and Suriname have agreed to improve cross-border security and combat climate change, but so far the Guyana government has been mum on the accord. Guyana’s Prime Minister Mark Phillips attended the Strategic Dialogue in Cayenne, French Guiana from August 25 to 27, 2021, and signed the cooperation ...

Last Updated on Monday, 30 August 2021, 12:18 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) will this week file court action against the locking out of nurses and other government employees because they are not vaccinated or refuse to take a PCR test, a top union official said Monday. GPSU Vice President Dawn Gardner made the announcement during ...

Last Updated on Monday, 30 August 2021, 9:02 by Denis Chabrol Suriname’s former President Desi Bouterse’s 20-year jail sentence for the murder of 15 persons while he had been a military ruler in 1982 was Monday morning confirmed. Starnieuws reports that Bouterse was not in court, saying he was sick and no arrest has been ordered. The session lasted a ...