The Beterverwagting -Triumph Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) on Friday vowed to ensure that 143. 10 acres of lands aback the East Coast Demerara village of Beterverwagting (BV) are not lost to a private company they believe is fronting for John Fernandes Limited (JFL) that has since publicly abandoned interest in the acreage. The NDC Chairman, Jummaul Bagot said the council ...
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High Court orders Guyana Public Service Cooperative Credit Union to hold Special Members meeting
High Court Judge Navindra Singh on Friday ordered the Guyana Public Service Cooperative Credit Union Limited to hold a special members meeting by October 24, 2022 and pay GY$100,000 in cost. Justice Singh granted the orders that were sought by Mehalai Mc Almont, Keith Marks and Natasha Duran. Attorney-at-Law Roysdale Forde, who represented the applicants, said the judge found that ...
Read More »FAO PERSPECTIVE: Spoiler alert: Minimizing food loss is easier than you think
by the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Food. It is grown, harvested, processed, packaged, transported, distributed, traded, bought, prepared and then… thrown out. Each year, approximately 14 percent of the food we produce is lost between when it is harvested and before it reaches the shops. A further 17 percent of our food ends up being wasted by ...
Read More »Rickford Burke wanted for extortion; accused releases explanation, recording of conversation with businessman
Well-known New York-based Guyanese political activist, Rickford Burke is wanted by Guyanese police for questioning about his alleged role in the publication of defamatory libel in order to extort money, according to a bulletin issued late Thursday hours after he released a statement and a recording of part of a conversation purportedly with a businessman. Police said Mr Burke allegedly ...
Read More »GECOM yields to APNU+AFC request for more info on absent voters to be sent for verification
Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Retired Justice Claudette Singh on Wednesday told Election Commissioners that she has handed over more names of persons who the opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) said were either dead or absent from Guyana on voting day- March 2, 2020. “Please be advised that I have dispatched the documents in ...
Read More »IMF recommends consumers pay real prices for commodities; urges social safety system
As Guyanese continue to be faced with high prices of goods and services, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday recommended that the Guyana government gradually reverse tax reductions and allow Guyanese to pay the real prices for goods and services. “Since tax measures are poorly targeted tools, staff recommended a gradual unwinding of the general subsidies provided through the ...
Read More »Media workers plead not guilty to extortion charges
Two media workers, who police have accused of defamatory libel, were Tuesday charged and and granted GY$100,000 bail each, police said. Alex Wayne,49, of Huntley village, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara and 41-year old Marlon Gary Eleazar of 159 Da Silva Street, Newtown, Georgetown were charged jointly on September 27, 2022 with two counts of conspiracy to commit a felony contrary ...
Read More »Updated: Murder accused juveniles escape from Sophia Holding Centre; teacher fired; Home Affairs Ministry silent
Three juveniles, who are accused of murder, have escaped from the Sophia Holding Centre and are yet to be recaptured but a teacher at that facility has been fired in connection with that occurrence, sources said Tuesday. The Guyana Police Force late Monday afternoon confirmed that on September 21, 2022 at about 1:20 PM, a 17-year old female who is on ...
Read More »Guyana-backed Republican nominee for IDB Presidency fired
The then United States (US) Republican-led administration nominee for the Presidency of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Mauricio Claver-Carone, who had been unequivocally supported by Guyana, has been removed from office, the hemispheric financial institution announced Monday. “The Board of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), following the unanimous recommendation by the Board of Executive Directors, has resolved that ...
Read More »Linden resident shot several times during argument
A resident of Wismar Housing Scheme, Linden, who is known to the police, was Monday still nursing gunshot wounds he sustained after a man fired several r0unds at him last Friday, the Guyana Police Force said. The victim has been identified as 53-year old Nigel Somersall. Police said he was hospitalised in a stable condition, having undergone emergency surgery for ...
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