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Opposition member Vindya Persaud has advised the government to set up a fund to help the survivors of violent crimes committed against their families. Persaud, during her budget debate presentation Thursday August 20 told the government that from their hefty budget, they have $800million to spend for the remainder of the year and urged them to set some aside for ...

Social Cohesion Minister, Amna Ally, says the holding of Local Government Elections (LGE) is instrumental toward fostering social cohesion and national unity in Guyana. She made this assertion during her contributory presentation to the 2015 Budget Debates on Thursday. In her presentation, Ally said that while a policy position for social cohesion and national unity has been formulated by central ...

People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) parliamentarians Thursday afternoon walked out of the National Assembly’s Chamber immediately after Minister of Social Protection, Volda Lawrence rose to contribute to the 2015 National Debate. The reason for the PPPC’s decision was not immediately known, but they exited the Chamber shortly after veteran women’s rights activist Indra Chandrapal completed her 30-minute presentation. Moments after ...

Former Minister of Home Affairs and opposition member Clement Rohee has warned the government that they are slowing up the economy with probes, investigations and “witch hunts.” He said that the government is yet to fulfill their 100 day plan as promised on the campaign trail but have engaged in, “nine audits, two probes, 12 investigations and four reviews,” in ...

Government on Friday cut the time for the National Assembly to cut the time for the thorough examination of monies allocated in the 2015 National Budget and the reasons for doing so. The consideration of the estimates set to commence on August 24th.  The PPP criticised government for breaking parliamentary tradition  after government successfully moved and passed the motion limiting ...

Hundreds of passengers travelling aboard Dynamic Airways on the Guyana-New York route in recent days have had to endure hours of putrid smell of urine. Local representative of the United States-headquartered carrier, Gerry Gouveia told Demerara Waves Online News that he was aware of the issue but the airline could not have grounded the plane because flights would have been ...

Reproduced from New York Post Diplomats from Third World countries say the area around the United Nations is crawling with more vagrants than their impoverished homelands. “America is the one of the richest countries in the world, and New York is one of the richest cities. But there are more homeless people here than there are in Gambia,” said that ...

President David Granger on Wednesday accredited Chile’s first ever resident Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Guyana, Claudio Rachel Rojas at the Ministry of the Presidency. The new embassy is located at 66 Brummel Place, Stabroek Georgetown. In presenting his Letters of Credence to the President, Ambassador Rojas said that the establishment of a permanent mission in Georgetown is testimony of ...

New Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana, Pierre Giroux lauded the Government’s commitment to the hold local government elections by year end and its efforts at ensuring transparency and accountability. “Canada believes that the holding if these elections will promote shared community values, freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law by strengthening the professionalism and capability of public institutions ...

Former Permanent Secretary of the Public Service Ministry, Hydar Ally has been honoured for his outstanding service and he could soon return as a trainer at the proposed Public Service Staff College, according to the Ministry of the Presidency. Minister of State, Joseph Harmon was quoted in a statement as saying that he believes that Ally was clearly “very heavy on ...