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Even as the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) reacted to Opposition Leader Aubrey N0rton’s guarded view of its Executive Member Tacuma Ogunseye’s appeal to racial sympathy by the predominantly Afro-Guyanese security forces, Prime Minister Mark Phillips on Wednesday hinted that stern action would be taken against those who are bent on stirring racial tensions. “Our democratically-elected government is committed to the ...

Three Venezuelans on Wednesday pleaded guilty to armed robbery under the Hijacking and Piracy Act and were remanded to prison until next week when they would be sentenced, police said. Those charged are 23-year old Jose Beria, 21-year old Aleyandio Valenzuela and 23-year old Renial Valenzuela all of Capio, Venezuela. They pleaded guilty to stealing one white fibre glass boat ...

Guyana’s Ministry of Finance on Wednesday rubbished claims by the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) that the US$34.5 million contract awarded to a German company to implement high-tech Residency and Work Permit cards flouted this country’s procurement laws. In a statement that questioned overwhelmingly the GHRA’s credibility, the Finance Ministry said the contract to VERIDOS was in keeping with Guyana’s ...

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) on Tuesday scolded four People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) members for publicly criticising Tacuma Ogunseye and Rhonda Layne, effectively encouraging the governing People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) to prosecute them for crimes. “What our sister and brothers on the other side did was to deliver two prisoners to the PPP,” WPA Executive Member David Hinds ...

Government will pass new legislation over the next eight months to protect personal data and govern the registration of Guyanese and foreign workers before they are issued Guyana Resident and Work Permit cards, Attorney General Anil Nandlall said Tuesday. He also said that in addition to Data Protection legislation that has been already drafted, the US$34 million contract between government ...

The Amalgamated Transport & General Cooperative Credit Union (AT&GC) appeared to have invested GY$40 million in 50 acres of land for housing but Labour Minister Joseph Hamilton said the purportedly leased land could not be found. The leased land, he said, is presumably located somewhere in Diamond but the coordinates are “blind”. “Long and short of it! No one knows ...

Three days after a bulldozer toppled into a bauxite mining pit at BOSAI’s East Montgomery Mine in Linden, the body of the operator was Tuesday afternoon retrieved, Minister of Labour Joseph Hamilton said. Missing was 59-year old Neptrid Hercules. The Minister told Demerara Waves Online News that the bulldozer was first located and then Hercules’ body was found. “At least, ...

Numerous teachers of Fort Wellington Secondary School, backed by the Guyana Teachers Union, on Tuesday protested the assault of one of their colleagues by several students and a guardian,  union President Mark Lyte said. “We need justice”, “We need justice”, “I need justice”, Enough is enough” were among the chants by the incensed teachers. They also held placards that read, ...

Several elected officials from the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR)-dominated A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) on Saturday said they did not endorse offensive remarks about Indo-Guyanese at a Working People’s Alliance (WPA) public meeting. And a former PNCR General Secretary, Geeta Chandan-Edmond distanced herself from statements by WPA Executive Member Tacuma Ogunseye that Afro-Guyanese should expect support from the ...

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) on Saturday, in a defiant stance, said the government was planning to arrest its executive member Tacuma Ogunseye for expecting the predominantly Afro-Guyanese security forces would dislodge the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) if there is a wave of protests. “The AG’s implicit and explicit threat to take away Ogunseye’s liberty is in keeping with ...