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The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) plans to refund the salary increases that have been approved for the Opposition Leader and parliamentarians in keeping with its position that the pay-hikes are astronomical. Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo made the announcement at a news conference held at his party’s headquarters, Freedom House, saying the ministerial and parliamentary pay hikes could not be justified. ...

The way has been cleared for Local Government Elections to be held on any date between mid March and the end of May, 2016, according to thr Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM). The elections management authority said it was now up to Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan to set the date within that time-frame. Following is a statement by GECOM. The ...

The son of former Prime Minister Samuel Hinds was Friday sentenced to two months imprisonment after he was convicted on a charge of assault causing actual bodily harm. Samuel Hinds Jr was, however, granted GUY$50,000 bail by Magistrate Annette Singh pending an appeal. He was found guilty for assaulting his sister-in-law Tenza Layne, causing her actual bodily harm on February ...

The Hindu Festival of Lights – Diwali- is turning out to be a political football, with the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) saying that government’s decision to name November 10 as the date has put it at odds with a large section of the East Indian community. Trinidad and Tobago will be celebrating Diwali on the same day as Guyana. ...

Police said atapproximately 2030h. on Thursday October 22, 2015, five men, one of whom was armed with a handgun and the others with cutlasses entered the home of Andy Sookram, 54 years of 82 Samaroo Dam, Pouderoyen, EBD. There, they tied up Andy Sookram and occupants Andrew Sookram, 18 years and Esardai Sookram 47 years. The men then took away ...

Guyana Goldfields has dismissed Venezuela’s claim of illegal operations at the Aurora gold mine as “unfounded” in a move aimed at quelling possible fears by investors. The Toronto, Canada-headquartered company said “it recently received an unfounded notification of a possible legal claim from Venezuela.” Word of the October 13, 2015 letter by Venezuela’s Ambassador to Canada surfaced Thursday in President David ...

Director of Prisons, Welton Trotz was Thursday arraigned on a charge of sexual assault and granted GUY$100,000 bail. Trotz, who is a former Assistant Police Commissioner, pleaded not guilty when he appeared before City Magistrate, Fabayo Azore. He is due to return to court on October 27 before Chief Magistrate, Ann Mc Lennan. Trotz has since announced his resignation from the ...

As relatives prepare to return the body of a New York policeman to his native Guyana for burial, the Guyana Ex-Police Association of America condemned the shooting death of Randolph Holder. “We openly condemn this vicious wanton act against yet another member of the New York City Police Department,” said the organisation. The association of former Guyanese policemen and women ...

Guyana’s President, David Granger on Thursday laid down conditions for discussing the territorial dispute with Suriname over the New River Triangle including access to documents and no use of force. “Guyana, in view of the fact that there is at present a mechanism for addressing this matter, is willing to continue a bilateral discourse with the Government of Suriname on ...

President David Granger on Thursday said Venezuela has objected to the mining of a gold by a Canadian gold mining company, but he insisted that his country has a legal right to all of the Essequibo Region onshore and offshore. Rejecting claims by Venezuela that it was violating the Geneva Agreement by seeking to have the controversy over the 1899 ...