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As Guyanese were Friday celebrating African Emancipation Day, at least one Black-centric organisation has been preparing for a series of activities to examine the conditions of Africans since slavery was abolished 176 years ago. The activities are being organized by Cuffy250 Committee, a non-governmental organisation that encourages socio-economic and cultural revitalization within the African Guyanese community and fosters ethnic and ...

Transferring money and selling products and services via mobile phones will soon be included in laws governing financial institutions to protect providers and users, Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh announced Thursday night. “It’s an issue that the rest of the world is confronting too as mobile money takes hold…how do we ensure that a suitable regulatory environment is in place ...

The man , who allegedly fired a gunshot at the headquarters of the Peoples National Congress Reform (PNCR) earlier this week, was Thursday charged with threatening behavior where a breach of the peace may be occasioned. Linden Primo, who is a security guard at Mahdia Gold Corporation, was released on his own recognizance and ordered to return to court on ...

Roman Catholic Jesuit Priest, Malcolm Rodrigues on Thursday said there was a contradiction between an official media report and the state of Walter Rodney’s body as a result of a bomb-in-walkie-talkie explosion 34 years ago. He told the Rodney Commission of Inquiry that a radio station had reported at 6 AM on June 14, 1980 that Rodney’s face was disfigured ...

The man, who fired the gunshot during the biennial congress of the People’s National Congress Reform’s (PNCR) headquarters, is not a licensed firearm holder, a senior police officer said Friday. Head of the Criminal Investigations Department, Senior Superintendent Leslie James said investigators were focusing on whether Linden Primo’s discharge of the firearm on Sunday, July 27 at 12:11 PM was ...

President Donald Ramotar has approved the appointment of a legal advisor for the Guyana Police Force (GPF) in the person of former Justice of Appeal, Claudette Singh. The announcement was made on Wednesday by Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon. Justice Singh, a distinguished jurist, headed the recently concluded Justice Sector Modernisation Programme and served as Commissioner on ...

A United States (US) diplomat, with considerable experience in fighting narco-trafficking in Latin America, is tipped to be his country’s next Ambassador to Guyana. Perry L. Holloway who most recently served as Political-Military Counselor at the US Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan from 2013 to 2014, has been nominated to the US Senate for approval. The White House quoted US President, ...

The Guyana government on Wednesday scrapped its decision altogether for passport applicants to have new birth certificates but cautioned that getting a new travel document will now take much longer because authorities first have to verify identities. “The Guyana Police Force through its Immigration Department will make all reasonable efforts to expedite the processing of the applications but the five ...

Guyana has formally agreed to share bank account information about Americans and American companies in Guyana to help the United States (US) catch tax evaders in foreign jurisdictions, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported on Wednesday.   The agency noted that if Guyana did not conclude an Inter Governmental Agreement (IGA) with the US’ Internal Revenue Service (IRS), banks and ...

Two  young men were Wednesday convicted for being in possession of arms and ammunition and they were fined and jailed. Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine-Beharry fined Kevin George,18, of 99 Haley Street, Wortmanville and Dapper Johnson, 18,  of  158 Curtis Street, Albouystown, Georgetown GUY$100,000 each on the two charges and sentenced them to three years on each offence. However, they will ...