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Commonwealth Secretary General Baronness Patricia Scotland is in Guyana and on Saturday said she intended to hold talks with officials on the sustainable development goals. Speaking with Demerara Waves Online News just after shopping fruits and coconut water on at Bourda Market, North Road, she said, “I’m in Guyana to talk about regenerative development and to help the Guyanese government ...

Leader of the Alliance For Khemraj Ramjattan on Friday slammed efforts by the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) to replace Joseph Harmon with Aubrey Norton as Opposition Leader, saying that he does not care if sticking with the rule of law results in a schism between the PNCR and AFC. “Whatever the law is and constitutional regime is, if that  ...

Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon on Friday afternoon strongly indicated that if the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) wants its leader, Aubrey Norton, to replace him and also become the Representative of the List of Candidates, that party would have to take its concerns to A Partnership for National Unity (APNU). “The APNU Partnership has an established structure and if the ...

Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Aubrey Norton on Friday said his party has decided that he should enter the National Assembly as Opposition Leader, and that he should also be the Representative of the List. “The party Central Executive has decided that the Leader of the Opposition and the leader of the party should be one person ...

The Ministry of Health says there are now 967 new COVID cases, amid informed speculation that the highly contagious Omicron variant is in Guyana, a situation that has prompted an appeal for isolated persons to stay home. Official statistics also show that 3,374 persons have now been told to isolate themselves at home to prevent the virus from spreading further. ...

A woman and her six-year old daughter have died after their house collapsed on them Wednesday afternoon, the Guyana Police Force said. The incident occurred at about 4 PM at Lower Bonasika Creek, Essequibo River. Dead are 35-year-old female farmer Seematie Chandra and her 6-year-old daughter Christine Sookdeo. The Guyana Police Force says the mother and her daughter were under ...

The opposition People’s National Congress Reform’s (PNCR) new General Secretary is Attorney-at-Law, Geeta Chandan-Edmond, and the party stressed that is receiving the full backing of its membership. “Ms. Chandan-Edmond is a Member of Parliament and enjoys the support of the membership of the PNCR as manifest in the election to the Central Executive Committee of the Party,” the PNCR said. ...

Georgetown Mayor Ubraj Narine wants approval for City Police to fine litterbugs between GY$10,000 and $500,000 because he says enforcing the Environmental Protection Act (EPA) in the town makes no financial sense. “I will spend money and I will not get money…If I bring in fifty people a day, that’s $50,000. How much government is giving me back. Give me ...

The opposition People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) on Wednesday raised a range of concerns including a lack of information about the variants of the coronavirus, COVID-19, in Guyana, but the Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony said all the available evidence points to the presence of the highly contagious Omicron variant. While the PNCR has said that a number of the ...

Georgetown Mayor Ubraj Narine on Wednesday announced a 10 percent increase in wages and salaries. He explained that 5 percent would be retroactive to January 2021 and 5 percent would be paid from January 2022. The Mayor said he was relying on revenues coming in from amnesty being granted for rates and taxes.  He declined to say whether rates and ...