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Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire on Friday ruled that the constitutional rights of then Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield and his Deputy Roxanne Myers to a fair trial would not be violated because the Representation of the People Act prohibits disclosure of meetings of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM). As a result of the dismissal of the case, according to Attorney ...

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Friday said there was insufficient evidence to charge People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) executive member, Nigel Dharamlall with a sexual offence. A woman, Sarah Hakh, earlier this month alleged publicly that she was raped about four years ago at the Region 2 State House, Anna Regina. Mr Dharamlall had already publicly denied the allegations, ...

As the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP)-led administration prepares Saturday to hold Guyana’s 58th Independence Anniversary flag raising ceremony in the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) stronghold of Linden, Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on Friday said the APNU+AFC coalition would boycott the event. Among the reasons he cited were the government’s “blatant disregard” for locally elected representatives in the community ...

Concerns were Friday raised about People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Leader, Aubrey Norton being Congress Director for next month’s party congress which would elect a leader and other officers for the next two years. Congress is scheduled for June 28 to 30. Meanwhile, concerns have been raised about the disbanding of the North American Region (NAR) of the PNCR because ...

Two trade unionists from affiliates of the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) are asking the High Court to stop the Constitutional Reform Commission (CRC) from carrying out its functions because the labour movement was not consulted about who should be the workers’ representative. Filed through their lawyer, Roysdale Forde, 2nd Vice President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), Julian Cambridge ...

In the wake of persistent concerns about government’s questionable award of contracts and the shoddy treatment of contractors, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday announced that steps were being taken to review the entire process. “Let me put on notice all of those people who are responsible for procurement in public corporations, statutory bodies, the Ministries, Regions, everywhere, all the ...

The Guyana government on Wednesday asked the Court of Appeal to throw out High Court Judge, Sandil Kissoon’s entire decision that the teachers’ strike to demand collective bargaining was lawful and legitimate and so monies from their salaries must not be deducted for day off the jog. Attorney General Anil Nandlall also applied to the Guyana Court of Appeal for ...

Guyana intends to produce more than 60 percent of its onion needs, in addition to corn, soya, feed, black-eyed peas and red beans and so save the country more than US$150 million annually in foreign exchange, President Irfaan Ali said Wednesday. “We have experimented with onion production. We have proven, now, that we have the right mix of soil,” he ...

The Parika Stelling is undergoing an assessment to ascertain the extent of the upgrade that is required for an intra-Caribbean ferry to dock there, but there would be a wider assessment that would include the other destination countries, President Irfaan Ali said Wednesday. “That assessment is now in its final stages. We are waiting now on the full assessment because ...

Three Venezuelans and one Guyanese have been arrested at two separate locations in connection with the discoveries of a total of six kilogrammes of cocaine, the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) said Wednesday. The anti-drug agency said two Venezuelans and one Guyanese were intercepted in Cummings Lodge, Greater Georgetown on Sunday, May 19, 2024. CANU said a subsequent search revealed one ...