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The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on Tuesday signaled that the country was once again moving closer towards the holding of Local Government Elections (LGE) after the March 13, 2023 date was aborted, but the opposition abstained from voting on the workplan. A highly placed source said LGE could be held during the second quarter – April to June- of this ...

The opposition People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR)-led coalition of A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) wants government to prove that monies being allocated to the gas-to-energy project are properly spent. In a motion sponsored by coalition parliamentarian Ganesh Mahipaul and Jermaine Figueira, they are asking Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat to provide the National Assembly with all ...

The International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly- Guyana (IDPADA-G) on Monday formally asked government to hold talks on the withdrawal of a multi-million dollar annual  subsidy which was scrapped last year. Chairman of IDPADA-G, Vincent Alexander said his organisation dispatched a letter to Attorney General Anil Nandlall, as the government representative, asking for dialogue with the aim of ...

The High Court has blocked a mining company and the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) from mining or permitting mining respectively in village lands at Jawalla, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) and awarded damages for trespass against the mining company and the regulatory agency. The Jawalla Village Council said Justice Sandil Kissoon awarded the Jawalla Village Council GY$10 million for trespass ...

Three persons- who won a High Court case that blocks Slumberger Guyana Inc (SGI) from carrying on radioactive work at its Houston, East Bank Demerara location-have reminded an environmental consultancy that the company could not restart operations unless it is legally permitted to do so by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The caution was issued through their lawyer,  Jamaican Maylene ...

President Irfaan Ali  on Saturday evening announced that his administration would soon set up a National Medical Scientific Council to harness Guyana’s best experts in the field of human medicine. He said that proposed body would be tasked with bringing Guyana’s “best talent” to investigate the best in medical science development that could be applied to the country. “This is ...

Persons suffering from  cancers, diabetes, heart and other non-communicable diseases will now able to receive life-saving immuno-therapy and stem cell treatment in Guyana for the first time, officials said on Saturday. Those types of regenerative medical treatment, which are now being offered by Woodland’s Hospital in association with the Trinidad-headquartered Fidelity Healthcare Ltd, were launched on Saturday evening at Woodland’s ...

The Eugene F’ Correia ‘Ogle’ International Airport (EFCIA) has formally asked the Cheddi Jagan ‘Timehri’ International Airport to lend it a baggage scanner, according to Public Works Minister Juan Edghill. “We are not sitting on our hands. There is correspondence from the Eugene F. Correia International Airport to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport of which this minister would have seen, ...

Guyanese drug trafficking convict Barry Dataram, who was nabbed in New York on arrival, is facing five counts related to his role in allegedly smuggling more than 150 kilogrammes of cocaine into that North American country. “The offenses involved at least one hundred and fifty kilograms of a substance containing cocaine,” the indictment states. The indictment states that he and ...

The old Georgetown train station would not be demolished but would be rehabilitated into a multi-purpose spot where Guyanese and tourists could go to savour local cuisine, according to Public Works Minister Juan Edghill. Mr Edghill said tourists staying at nearby major hotels as well as workers in the area would be able to dine at the Old Georgetown train ...