Former government minister Annette Ferguson has won a libel suit she had brought against Minister of Labour Joseph Hamilton; and was awarded $6,000,000 in damages for certain statements he had made about her during a televised programme.
After more than two decades of waiting, the first 48 residents of Lima Sands, on the Essequibo Coast were presented with their Certificate of Title, during an outreach led by Susan Rodrigues, Minister within the Ministry of Housing and Water and Chief Executive Officer of the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA), Sherwyn Greaves.
Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir says that on Wednesday he disallowed a request for urgent consideration of a motion on oil spill insurance from APNU+AFC’s Member of Parliament, Ganesh Mahipaul as the request was sub judice.
Police in Region Seven are investigating the death of a 54-year-old pitman, who allegedly suffered a seizure at 147 km Sands Landings, Buck Hall, Cuyuni River, on Thursday.
The Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) is inviting potential bidders to harvest pine trees with a specification of 35cm Diameter at Breast Height (dbh) and above from its Ebini River pine tree plantation.
Senior Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh, on behalf of the Guyana Government, and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Saudi Fund for Development Sultan A.
Maintaining that at all material times it acted in accordance with the law, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said yesterday that during the hearing into the lawsuit which sought to have it enforce the liability clause in the permits issued to ExxonMobil Guyana for its offshore oil operations, it was still negotiating with the company.
As the Guyana Press Association (GPA) prepares for elections on Sunday, presidential contender Neil Marks is disappointed that it has not made the list of eligible voters available.
Going forward, the Trafficking in Persons Bill 2023, will require the same energy and unanimous support it received during its passage in Parliament if it is to succeed, Minister of Human Services and Social Security Dr Vindhya Persaud has said.
The Guyana Bar Association has flagged the advertising of legal services which is prohibited by law, pointing out that some notices are being published by people who are not authorized to practice law in Guyana.
The Office of the Leader of the Opposition yesterday welcomed the presence of the European Union’s (EU) 2020 election observer mission (EOM) follow-up team to Guyana “to assess whether progress has been made on electoral reforms in line with the recommendations of the EOM’s Final Report on the 2020 Guyana elections.”
With its eyes on winning Georgetown at the upcoming Local Government Elections, the PPP/C has promised that road vending will continue, but must be structured, complemented by rehabilitated municipal markets and other facilities.
The Ministry of Public Works is exploring measures to improve the condition of the Kwebanna road, as well as develop a long-term comprehensive maintenance plan.
US Department of State Bureau of Energy Resources (ENR) Assistant Secretary Geoffrey R Pyatt was in Guyana on Wednesday and discussed a range of issues, among them investment opportunities in clean energy and advancing clean energy resources sustainably, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said yesterday.
Underscoring, among other things, the loss of human resources, particularly university graduates through migration, and the impact this has had on national development and transformation, the recently concluded Diaspora Conference called for the establishment of an international institute for the study of diasporas and migration at the University of Guyana.
Guyana’s Foreign Secretary, Robert Persaud yesterday met with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Head of National Office for Guyana, Henri-Sylvain Yakara, and other representatives of the UN agency to discuss ways of enhancing cooperation and coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation towards shared goals and priorities.
The Guyana Police Force (GPF) has launched an investigation to identify the perpetrator who circulated the photograph of an individual as being wanted for Kirwyn Mars murder, wrongfully labelled as the suspect.