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Noting former President Bharrat Jagdeo’s recent invoking of presidential immunity, the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) on Friday reiterated its historical opposition to the inclusion of Presidential Immunity in the Constitution.
“Men must provide for their children, they must become the cornerstones of happy homes.
Declaring that the application before it was hopeless, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has rejected a bid by a sister to appeal a case against her brother pertaining to a property, citing delays.
Contending that the revised draft code of conduct for ministers and others in public life is “too bland and generalized”, the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) last Friday said it finds that no reference is made about the declaration of assets.
Three months after Banks DIH employee Matthew Scott was shot and killed in front of his home while running to the aid of his sister and a neighbour, the family still remains uncertain as to the progress of the case.
Work on the Liliendaal Bridge, Turkeyen is moving apace and contractors are expected to complete reconstruction by July.
The City Engineer’s Department is currently looking at an application made by call centre Teleperformance to operate a parking lot for employees, a source has told Stabroek News.
A warning was sounded on Friday that Tuberculosis (TB) remains a key “public health concern” in Guyana.
The Office of Climate Change (OCC) of the Ministry of the Presidency (MoTP) on Friday visited three schools in East Berbice-Corentyne (Region Six) to continue its countrywide Climate Change sessions.
President David Granger on Friday evening attended a memorial service held in celebration of the life of Noel Gordon Sinclair who once served as Guyana’s Ambassador to the United Nations.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers from both parties said today they had seen no proof to support the claim by Republican President Donald Trump that his predecessor Barack Obama had wiretapped him last year, adding pressure on Trump to explain or back off his repeated assertion.
The police say that an unidentified male suspect was mortally wounded this morning during an alleged exchange of gunfire with three occupants of a motor car, one of whom is a licensed firearm holder.
With Communities Minister Ronald Bulkan having issued an order to suspend the Georgetown metered parking by-laws, city councillors will be called on to make a decision on the way forward for the project at an extraordinary statutory meeting on Monday.
(Continued from last week) In a yard filled with colourful flowers neatly displayed in pots lives Carlton Dornick and his wife.
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday confirmed that President David Granger has written to him clarifying his criteria for nominees eligible to be appointed as the Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) and disclosed that the information will be discussed with civil society members in the coming days before a new slate is submitted for consideration.
Two months after important documents were discovered missing in the Nezaam Ali rape case, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum has signalled the police’s intention to reinstitute the nine charges; a move which will result in a fresh Preliminary Inquiry (PI) being conducted.
The police in ‘F’ Division have launched an investigation into the murder of a labourer whose body was found on Friday afternoon with an arrow in his chest at Kumu Village, Central Rupununi.
The appalling failure rate at the 2016 Professional Nurses State Final Examination is a reflection of poor teaching methodology rather than any deficiency the students may have.
Acting Chief Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards last week granted provisional orders quashing the government’s decision to revoke an investment agreement with a Berbice businessman and the demand made by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) for him to pay $212M in customs duties and taxes that were not applied due to concessions that he was granted with the expectation that he would engage in mining.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned reports carried in Venezuelan press regarding the approval of a new resolution approved by the Energy and Petroleum Commission of the Venezuelan National Assembly.
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