Last Updated on Tuesday, 4 July 2023, 22:06 by Denis Chabrol Hours after Guyana’s Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) advised police to drop a rape case against Local Government Minister Nigel Dharamlall, President Irfaan Ali announced that the accused has decided to resign as a minister and a parliamentarian. “Now that we have received the advice of the DPP, the ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 4 July 2023, 21:09 by Denis Chabrol The Norway-headquartered Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), a global watchdog against corruption in Guyana’s oil and gas, mining and quarrying, forestry, and fisheries sectors, has lifted its suspension this country after Guyana met the deadline to submit its 2020 report. “The Secretariat can confirm that Guyana published its 2020 ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 4 July 2023, 17:36 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Tuesday indicated it had halted all investigations into a 16-year old girl’s allegation that Local Government Minister Nigel Dharamlall raped her at his residence last December. According to the law enforcement agency, that decision was based on advice by the Director of Public ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 4 July 2023, 14:34 by Denis Chabrol Thirty-four persons of Amerindian descent as well as several activists of the women’s rights organisation, Red Thread, on Tuesday demanded broad-based health, legal and financial support for the 16-year old girl who alleged that she was raped by Local Government Minister Nigel Dharamlall. “Apolitical coordination of support for the ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 4 July 2023, 13:29 by Denis Chabrol Maninder Sidhu, Canada’s Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, is due to visit Guyana from July 5 to 7 to discuss energy, food and business, according to that country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mélanie Joly. “I also look forward to strengthening our bilateral relationship with Guyana, as ...