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Churches, bars, restaurants can open until 12:45 AM/ 00:45 hours on Jan 1- COVID Task Force
The National COVID Task Force has decided to allow churches, bars and restaurants to open until 12:45 AM/ 00:45 hours...
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Harmon dubs replica Parliament mace a ‘fake’, insists ‘oil money’ law wasn’t passed; Teixeira says Court has no role
House Speaker Manzoor Nadir holding what he termed a replica mace while putting the Natural Resource Fund Bill to the...
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House Speaker says opposition parliamentarians involved in removal of mace will be punished; Harmon says action will be taken against passage of Bill
House Speaker Manzoor Nadir and Clerk of the National Assembly Sherlock Isaacs. House Speaker Manzoor Nadir says the opposition parliamentarians,...
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Suriname hands over Guyanese murder accused to local police; Blanhum hails cooperation
Ezekiel Hawker called ‘Alpha’ Surinamese police have handed over a Guyanese man, who was wanted for murder, to Guyanese police,...
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Opposition parliamentarians remove House Speaker’s mace; claim new ‘oil money’ law not passed but Teixeira says that’s “utter nonsense”
The mace was back before the Speaker Manzoor Nadir before Governance Minister Gail Teixeira put the question for the National...
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Amid opposition disruption, defiant House Speaker proceeds with debate on ‘oil money’ legislation; Bill passed after Finance Minister’s presentation
Under the constant din of whistling and chanting oppo0sition parliamentarians directly in front of his face, Finance Minister Dr Ashni...
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Opposition parliamentarians force suspension of debate on ‘oil money’ law
Opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) supporters on Wednesday evening forced House Speaker Manzoor Nadir to suspend...
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Private sector organisation calls for more time for public input in new ‘oil money’ law
Pressure early Wednesday after continued to intensify on government to put a brake on debate and passage of the controversial...
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Civil Society groups, PNCR, ANUG worried about planned withdrawal of oil revenues
Oil discoveries so far in the Stabroek Block (Picture from Hess) Four civil society organisations, People's National Congress Reform (PNCR)...
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President, civil society in tussle over new Natural Resource Fund legislation
President Irfaan Ali and at least three civil society organisations are at odds over provisions of the new Natural Resources...
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