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House Speaker Manzoor Nadir on Monday scuttled a plan by the opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) to send 22 government parliamentarians to a parliamentary disciplinary committee for the raucous behavior in the National Assembly’s chamber. “The motion will not proceed because a prima facie case was not established ,” he told the Assembly moments before day ...

The People’s National Congress Reform’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) on Sunday, by a majority, refused to consider a motion for the removal of Mr. Joseph Harmon from the National Assembly to make way for party leader Aubrey Norton to become Guyana’s Opposition Leader, despite a stout official denial by that party. The sources said 31 of the 35 CEC members ...

Police say they have detained several persons in connection with the social media character, ‘Mudwata’. Guyana Police Force Crime Chief, Wendell Blanhum says that Keron Bruce, suspected to be Mudwata, was arrested. Mr. Blanhum says several pieces of electronic equipment were seized. The Police Force did not respond to questions about whether a search warrant was obtained. He adds that ...

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) stayed clear of saying whether it believed it could secure the Alliance For Change’s (AFC) support to back PNCR Leader Aubrey Norton to enter the National Assembly and be elected opposition leader. Ahead of a meeting Friday afternoon with the AFC on parliamentary matters, PNCR General Secretary Geeta Chandan-Edmond declined to commit herself when ...

Guyanese will soon have a $2,000 bill to spend, Governor of the Bank of Guyana Dr. Gobind Ganga confirmed on Friday. He said the new currency note would go into circulation in few weeks after all of the administrative procedures such as publication in the Official Gazette, alerting the public about the security features and presenting one of the notes ...

A New York man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for his role in an illegal pump-and-dump stock manipulation scheme. Acting U.S. Attorney Charles J. Kovats made the announcement after Senior U.S. District Judge David S. Doty sentenced the defendant, the United States Department of Justice said Thursday night. According to court documents, Christopher James Rajkaran, 36, of ...

A 19-year-old man, who was allegedly stabbed by his stepfather during a domestic altercation with his mother,  died on Thursday at the Infectious Disease ‘COVID’ Hospital, police said. He has been identified as Isaiah Edwards of East La Penitence Squatting Area, Georgetown. Police said that the man was stabbed to his right hip by his stepfather at about 6:30 Wednesday ...

A woman was Thursday afternoon stabbed to death by her ex-partner at her mother’s home in ‘C’ Field, Sophia, Greater Georgetown, the Guyana Police Force said. Dead is 28-year-old Loretta Simon of Cooper Street, Albouystown, Georgetown. The woman was stabbed at about 1 pm. Police say that the woman allegedly met her demise at the hands of her ex-partner who ...

Guyanese who earn $75,000 per month or less will no longer have to pay income tax. Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh made the announcement in his 2022 National Budget speech. “In this regard, we are proposing to increase the monthly income tax threshold from $65,000 to $75,000 monthly, thereby releasing a total of $1.3 billion into the hands of current ...

The opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) has asked for time to deliberate about who should emerge as Guyana’s new opposition leader following Mr. Joseph Harmon’s resignation from that post earlier Wednesday. “The Chief Whip of the APNU+AFC has said that they will indicate to me at a later time their availability for me to convene a ...