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Yearly Archives: 2021

Building housing DPP Chambers, Office of Professional Responsibility on fire

Last Updated on Saturday, 20 November 2021, 14:41 by Denis Chabrol The building housing the Office of Professional Responsibility and the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Chambers is burning Saturday afternoon. Already the OPR offices haven’t destroyed. Police, lawyers and other personnel are rescuing vital case files from the DPP Chambers. Attorney General Anil Nandlall and Home Affairs Minister Robeson ...

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Amerindians hit by starvation in Region One

Last Updated on Saturday, 20 November 2021, 12:55 by Denis Chabrol More than three dozen starved and emaciated Amerindian children have been found at Anabisi, Port Kaituma, North West District, officials said Saturday. The non-governmental organisation, Blossom, saw the children and so far two have been flown to the city for emergency medical care and one is receiving care at ...

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Electoral Reform Group says Guyanese need more time for reform process

Last Updated on Saturday, 20 November 2021, 11:29 by Denis Chabrol The non-governmental Electoral Reform Group (ERG) has refused to comment on the proposed amendments to the Representation of the People Act (RoPA) but has instead publicly called for more time to for consultations and generate inclusive consensus. “We would really call on the government to give serious consideration to ...

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Six arrested for firearm, 104 rounds of ammo- police

Last Updated on Saturday, 20 November 2021, 9:58 by Denis Chabrol Six persons have been arrested in connection with the alleged discovery of a firearm and 104 rounds of ammunition in a house on Bourda Street, Lacytown, Georgetown, police said Saturday. They were held in connection with the Friday evening discovery of one air pistol, ten 12 gauge cartridges, thirty-one ...

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Surinamese, Guyanese companies team up for lighting to embellish wood products

Last Updated on Saturday, 20 November 2021, 8:30 by Denis Chabrol The Suriname-headquartered SEOS Solutions has teamed up with the Guyanese-owned value-added wood products company, Floor-It, in a US$1 million investment in Guyana that will focus on improved lighting and energy efficiency. Chief Executive Officer of Floor-It, Andre Cummings said SEOS International would be providing the “missing link” for his ...

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Colombian, Venezuelan jailed for offences linked to foreign aircraft in Guyana

Last Updated on Friday, 19 November 2021, 22:44 by Denis Chabrol A Colombian and Venezuelan  were Friday jailed for a string of violations of Guyana’s aviation law, police said. Colombian Juan David Caricedo Villa, and Venezuelan Gustavo Adolfo Riascos Gomez pleaded guilty to the four offences and were ordered to pay a total of GY$7 million fine or serve nine ...

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GPSU calls on public servants to stage industrial action against pay-hike; Teachers Union demands tax-free increase, other benefits

Last Updated on Friday, 19 November 2021, 6:26 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) on Thursday called on public servants to start industrial action against the 7 percent pay increase that government announced. “The GPSU calls on all Public Servants to work to rule and to effectively convey to the Government their rejection with the way they ...

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BREAKING: Government workers to get 7 percent pay increase

Last Updated on Thursday, 18 November 2021, 16:23 by Denis Chabrol Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh on Thursday announced a 7 percent increase in salaries for all government workers, plus a $400 million “special payout” to frontline workers. He also announced that government would next year seek to close the gap in public salary scales. He made the following announcements ...

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Greenidge insists that Foreign Ministry officials were fully involved in ICJ case

Last Updated on Thursday, 18 November 2021, 14:18 by Denis Chabrol Guyana’s Agent in the World Court case concerning the border controversy with Venezuela, Carl Greenidge on Thursday disputed claims by the Foreign Affairs Ministry that representatives of the Legal and Frontiers Departments were “not fully involved in the matter.” He was reacting to the Foreign Ministry’s claim in a ...

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OPINION: Aubrey Norton must be even more vigilant now, bring on his best game; it is his testing hour

Last Updated on Wednesday, 17 November 2021, 20:25 by Denis Chabrol by GHK Lall My earlier position that Mr. Aubrey Norton is in front in the, sometimes, tense PNC leadership horserace is now confirmed.  Things will only get tenser and more testing for him from here.  December 11th could be both a long road to travel and a high mountain ...

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