Last Updated on Tuesday, 27 June 2023, 22:51 by Denis Chabrol Several protesters in Plaisance, East Coast Demerara on Tuesday greeted Vice President Jagdeo to vent their anger against the widening of the Railway Embankment Road because they would lose their properties and livelihoods as vendors and other businesspeople. After waving placards and chanting slogans , most of them failed ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 27 June 2023, 18:37 by Denis Chabrol Guyana is borrowing Trinidad and Tobago’s plea bargaining legislation, aimed at facilitating discussions between prosecutors and offenders to ease the backlog of criminal cases and reduce the prison population, authorities said. “Its primary intent is to provide the opportunity for prosecutors and accused persons to meet under specific circumstances ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 27 June 2023, 14:18 by Denis Chabrol The Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) leader responsible for food security, Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali on Tuesday lamented the absence of health, education and technology from the region’s mission to increase food production and eat healthy. Overall, he said studies show that the cost of a healthy diet is very expensive ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 27 June 2023, 12:31 by Denis Chabrol President Irfaan Ali on Tuesday hesitated to talk about the political future of Local Government Minister Nigel Dharamlall if he is charged with rape of a 16-year old teenage girl last December. “As President, I have to deal fairly with what is before me. What is before me is ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 27 June 2023, 11:24 by Denis Chabrol President Irfaan Ali on Tuesday said preparations were being finalised to hold a  Commission of Inquiry into the fire at the Mahdia Secondary School dormitory that claimed the lives of 20 children. “We are finalising the TOR (Terms of Reference) right now,” he told reporters. He plans to meet ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 27 June 2023, 7:04 by Denis Chabrol The Childcare and Protection Agency (CPA) on Monday denied that the 16-year old girl, who has complained that Local Government Minister Nigel Dharamlall allegedly raped her, was prevented from having a private lawyer. “At no time was the child denied additional or private legal representation,” the agency said days after ...