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The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Friday afternoon protested the appointment of government ministers to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and several sectoral oversight committees but Government Chief Whip, Amna Ally rejected the opposition’s claims of a conflict of interest. “These steps are more evidence of the APNU+AFC Coalition Government’s attacks on parliamentary democracy overthrowing the laws, rules, standing orders and ...

The government has decided to rush through a key piece of legislation,  one day before the National Assembly goes into a one-month recess, to facilitate the extraction of the voters list for Local Government Elections from the National Register of Registrants. The sitting is scheduled for September 9 at 2 PM. The rules governing the House are to be suspended ...

Ashmins Fun Park and Resorts (Splashmins and Madewini Villas) on Friday became the first Guyanese company to get money from the Guyana Wastewater Revolving Fund (GWRF)  to build a wastewater treatment facility. “Ashmins Fun Park and Resorts is the first private sector company to access financing from the GWRF for a wastewater treatment facility and it is expected that treated ...

Digicel on Friday announced that it has committed over US$500,000 in support of the relief efforts in Dominica following the devastation that was left behind when Tropical Storm Erika hit the island last week. Having confirmed the safety of all staff, Digicel’s immediate focus moved towards ensuring its networks were restored and operational as quickly as possible, enabling customers to ...

A Brazilian man accused of stealing money from the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) with a fake Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) card was Friday granted GUY$100,000 bail. His Ramon Xavier Moreira. City Magistrate Ann Mc Lennan granted him his pretrial liberty despite objections by  Police Prosecutor, Deniro James on the basis that he is not a Guyanese, has ...

One person was shot dead and three others injured at Albouystown, Georgetown during the pre-dawn hours of Friday, according to a senior police officer. The dead man has been identified as 22-year old Senasie Lewis of East Ruimveldt. Investigators said he was struck by at least nine bullets. The officer said  two men walked up and discharged several rounds in ...

The search operation to locate the female passenger who was reported missing at Kaieteur National on Tuesday August 1, 2015, was Thursday enhanced with the arrival of a Special Forces team from the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), the Ministry of the Presidency said in a statement. As of 17:00 hrs this evening (Thursday September 3, 2015) the missing passenger had ...

Former Commonwealth Secretary General, Sir Shridath Ramphal’s recommendation that a book on civics be published and the subject compulsorily taught in primary schools already appears to be gaining support by participants at the inaugural Social Cohesion Roundtable. Addressing the opening of the two-day event at the Arthur Chung International Conference Centre (ACICC), Sir Shridath singled out the teaching of civics ...

Labour authorities have intervened in the immediate closure of a call centre in Linden and the dismissal of more than 90 persons without paying them off. Junior Minister of Social Protection Simona Broomes said Toucan Connections Incorporated, the only Call Centre in the mining town in Region 10, violated labour laws when it closed operations recently and sent home the ...

The preliminary inquiry into the murder of a nine-year old boy was adjourned again Thursday to facilitate the submission of a psychiatric report. Ryan Bobb-Semple is accused of the murder of Gittens between April 1 and 4 at Cane View Avenue, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown. The prosecution on Thursday asked the court to set another date for the report to be ...