United Kingdom (UK) High Commissioner Gregory Quinn says the passage of amendments to 2009 Anti-Money Laundering Countering the Financing of Terrorism Act was the main discussion when he paid a courtesy call on Legal Affairs Minister and Attorney General (AGC) Basil Williams on Monday.    Contentions on the details of the bill led to several failed attempts to pass the ...

Two air conditioning technicians, contracted to work at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport,  and a passenger were Monday arraigned on charges of being in possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. The passenger, 21 year old Keon Brewster of ‘B’ Field, Sophia and air condition technicians- Lorrick Williams of 51 Prospect, East Bank Demerara and Chris Douglas of Timehri- ...

The duration of the International Commission of Inquiry (ICoI) into the death Dr. Walter Rodney is uncertain as Legal Affairs Minister, Basil Williams, says the inquiry has cost Guyanese taxpayers GUY$325,194,226 to date, GUY$16 million of which was paid to a state-media operative for his coverage of sittings. Williams, who made the disclosure to reporters during an interview today, said ...

The Guyana Power and Light said there was a shutdown in the Demerara and Berbice grids following loud explosions aback of Sophia. Following is the power company’s statement: At 15:49 hrs today, following sounds of an explosion aback of Sophia, there was a disruption in the supply of electricity to the Demerara Berbice Grids. Emergency crews are currently investigating the ...

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will decide on Tuesday whether it will publish the results of Elections 2015 without the Peoples Progressive Party Civic’s (PPP/C’s) list of Members of the Parliament for the 11th Parliament, says GECOM Chief Elections Officer (CEO), Keith Lowenfield. Section 99 of the Representation of the People Act requires that the results be publicly declared and ...

by Zena Henry The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has been able to avert what seemed to be total shut down of the industry after it reported last week that it had no money to pay junior and senior staffers as at Sunday May 31. This is according to Minister of Agriculture, Noel Holder and Guyana Agriculture Worker’s Union (GAWU) President ...

by Zena Henry For more than a year, four of the six major pumps needed to drain Georgetown during time of heavy rainfall have not been operational, but after this long period, the Ministry of Infrastructure has noted that these mechanical devices will be up and running in 24 hours. During an update on ongoing work to alleviate the current ...

(Georgetown, June 1, 2015) The Ministry of Education wishes to advise parents and guardians that some schools will remain closed on Tuesday, June 2, 2015. The following schools are expected to be closed: Georgetown: 1. South Road Nursery 2. Headstart Nursery 3. Albouystown Nursery 4. St. Agnes Primary 5. *Gacestock Primary 6. *Queenstown Secondary 7. *Sophia PIC East Coast Demerara: ...

Approximately eight hundred customers in the lower East Coast Demerara area are currently without telephone service as a result of extensive damage done to GT&T’s cabinet facility at the junction of the University Of Guyana Road and the Railway embankment. “GT&T has been unable to ascertain the details of the cause of the damage to the cabinet which houses telephone ...

People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) activists protesting outside the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) were Monday ruffled by a one-man protest staged nearby by a young lawyer. Gino Persaud, who is a founding director of Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc (TIGI), emerged from his office with a huge placard stating “The back of PPP Corruption is broken.” “I think that is ...