UN Human Rights Committee tells Guyana to address “root causes of corruption”
The United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) on Thursday asked Guyana to take steps to stamp out corruption especially in ...
UN Human Rights Committee “concerned” about 2002-2006 extrajudicial killings; calls for investigations, compensation to families
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance, Gail Teixeira, flanked by support staff, responded to questions by the United Nations Human ...
Struck down GDF soldiers weren’t easily visible on dark Linden-Soesdyke Highway- truck driver
Sergeant Deslyn Nicholson The three Guyana Defence Force (GDF) soldiers, who were struck down by a truck on the Linden-Soesdyke ...
‘Gun butt’ shot while enquiring about incident involving stepson
A man was shot and injured Wednesday night in Warlock, East Ruimveldt after he went to enquire from five youths ...
Truck kills GDF soldier while on annual walk
Sergeant Deslyn Nicholson A truck Wednesday afternoon struck down three soldiers who were on annual walk on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway, ...
OPINION: Guyana’s human rights record is stronger now than at any time in our history
By Dr. Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus Human rights are central not only to quality of life, but to the core ...
Multimillion dollar abattoir being built in West Berbice
The Guyana government is constructing a GY$600 million abattoir at Onverwagt, West Coast Berbice, and that facility is expected to ...
Three juveniles charged with murder
Three juveniles were Wednesday charged with the murder of a teenaged boy at Patentia, West Bank Demerara, police said. The ...
No new chickenpox cases at Lusignan Prison; everyone being vaccinated
A nurse vaccinating someone against chickenpox at the Lusignan Prison. Even as the Ministry of Health continued its chicken pox ...
Guyana asks Inter-Parliamentary Union to condemn Venezuela’s annexation of Essequibo
IPU President, Tulia Ackson (centre) flanked by APNU+AFC parliamentarian Dawn Hastings-Williams, House Speaker Manzoor Nadir, Attorney General Anil Nandlall and ...
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