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The National Assembly Wednesday evening unanimously passed the four local government bills ending a 12-year reformation process.  The four bills were seen as essential to the holding of local government elections last held in 1994 but officials from GECOM have said that they would need at least six months from the assent of the legislation to prepare for the polls. ...

The Peoples National Congress Reform is moving ahead with plans to establish a Forbes Burnham Research Institute (FBRI) to promote the work and philosophy of Guyana’s first Executive President. PNCR Leader, David Granger made the announcement Tuesday evening at a commemorative event for Burnham who died on August 6, 1985 at the age of 62 while undergoing surgery at the ...

(TRINIDAD EXPRESS.-) DETECTIVES are investigating the death of a female detainee at the Immigration Detention Centre yesterday. According to police reports, 42-year-old Indira Joseph, of Guyana, was found hanging inside a cell at the centre, located along the Eastern Main Road in Aripo, Arima, around 4.30 a.m. yesterday. PC Modeste of the Arima Police Station is continuing investigations. The centre ...

As Guyana’s National Assembly prepares to Wednesday finally debate long-awaited draft laws that are key to liberalizing the telecommunications sector, Digicel said it was looking forward  to the early passage and with it, the ending of the telephone monopoly. The mobile phone company said Prime Minister Samuel Hinds informed that the Telecommunications and Public Utilities Commission (PUC) bills would be ...

The Alliance For Change has rejected the resignation of Chairman Nigel Hughes who earlier Tuesday tendered it in the wake of a newspaper article which reported his connection to the Amaila project. Tuesday’s edition of the Kaieteur News reported that Hughes was the Company Secretary for the operators of the firm that would eventually run the hydropower facility, a project ...

Digicel (Guyana) has announced that the company has introduced a special roaming rate of only GUY$30 to its subscribers.  This special rate is available to customers roaming in the USA, Canada and the Caribbean. In order to access this GUY$30 roaming rate, customers must subscribe to this service by dialing *130#. Subscription fee costs two thousand dollars (GUY$2000) for a ...

Guyana Power & Light Inc. last week signed on to GT&T Mobile Money service paving the way for customers’ payments of electricity bills using their cellular phones, the phone company said in a statement. GT&T says it is pleased that it can offer this easy payment alternative to its customers.   Mobile Money registered customers can now pay their post paid ...

The Ministry of Education on Tuesday announced that Mrs. Doodmattie Singh is has been appointed Deputy Chief Education Officer with responsibility for Development. Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand extends her congratulations and wishes Mrs. Singh success in all her endeavors. Mrs. Singh has an extensive background in Education having spent 34 years of her life as an educator and having ...

A Guyanese policeman, who allegedly withdrew a large quantity of cash from a teacher’s bank account after he forgot his card in the ATM machine, was Tuesday arrested, according to police sources. Constable Gordon Andrews, who is based at the Tactical Services Unit (TSU), was taken into custody and placed under close arrest to assist with the probe that has ...

Chairman of the Alliance For Change (AFC) and attorney –at-law Nigel Hughes has tendered his resignation in the wake of a newspaper article which reports that he is the Company Secretary of the entity that will operate the opposition-maligned Amaila Hydropower station. AFC Leader, Khemraj Ramjattan declined to immediately comment on Hughes’ move. “Can you kindly stop this. You can ...