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Mr. Joseph Harmon on Wednesday resigned as Guyana’s Opposition Leader, a day after he stepped down from the post of General Secretary of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR)-led A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), sources said. This now paves the way for someone else to be sworn in to take up that constitutional post. But, there is no clear ...

A Jamaican man was Wednesday in custody after  he was allegedly caught on a half-acre marijuana farm at Nabaclis, East Coast Demerara. The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) said that during the operation on Tuesday, a shotgun, several types of ammunition, a crossbow and several arrows were also seized at the location. He has been identified as 46-year old Winston Thompson. ...

President Irfaan Ali on Tuesday , one day ahead of the 2022 National Budget presentation, announced that government  has set aside money to cushion the impact of  rising cost of living but indicated that it would not be unconditional cash grants. “A specific sizeable allocation will be made to address the issue of cost of living,” he said, adding that ...

The leader of the People’s National Congress Reform, Aubrey Norton was Tuesday elected Chairman of the umbrella A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), after Mr. David Granger stepped down. APNU General Secretary, Joseph Harmon also stepped down as General Secretary of that loosely-knit coalition of the PNCR, the major party, and several small and little known parties. “The substantive agenda ...

Guyana now has law that governs human organ transplantation and provides for stiff penalties to punish anyone engaged in the trade in organs. “This Bill makes it compulsory for anyone who would be donating must give consent. Consent is a fundamental component of this Bill,” Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony said in his contribution to the Human Organ and Tissue ...

Former leader of the People’s National Congress Reform,  David Granger will be resigning as Chairman of A Partnership for National Unity before this weekend, sources said Monday. He, however, wants to remain as Representative of the List of candidates for APNU+Alliance For Change in keeping with the revised Cummingsburg Accord that he would be the Representative and AFC Leader Khemraj ...

Minister of Governance and Parliamentary Affairs, Gail Teixeira on Monday secured House Speaker Manzoor Nadir’s approval to refer eight opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) parliamentarians to a committee to face possible disciplinary action. “Be it resolved that this National Assembly expresses the unwavering abhorrence of such gross disorderly conduct, contempt and breaches of privilege which took ...

The Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand and the President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), Mark Lyte on Monday – International Education Day- said that teachers should be allowed to evaluate the performance of education officers. Appearing on News-Talk Radio Guyana- Demerara Waves Online News, Ms. Manickchand was asked about the prospects of education officers being anonymously evaluated against the ...

Amid fears that House Speaker Manzoor Nadir might impose serious sanctions  on opposition parliamentarian Annette Ferguson and others over the chaos that erupted in the Chamber late last month to block debate and passage of wealth fund legislation, the opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) has filed a no-confidence motion against him. “The Speaker has demonstrated partiality ...

A national of the Dominican Republic was Friday jailed for four years and fined GY$14.4 million after he pleaded guilty to being in possession of 16 kilogrammes of marijuana aboard the Panamanian-registered cement vessel, Diego, the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) said Saturday. He is 56-year-old Fredy Diaz Cabrera, a Dominican Republic Engineer of Lot 151, Third Street Street, Montrose, East ...