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The National Assembly saw consensus yesterday on the passage of a bill that government says will ensure that the abuse of the remigrant scheme, particularly the granting of duty-free concessions, is brought to an end.
Rape accused Linden Isaacs yesterday walked out of the High Court a free man after a jury unanimously found him not guilty of raping an eight-year-old girl.
The Guyana National Youth Council (GNYC) and Youth Challenge Guyana yesterday launched their ‘Vote Like a Boss’ campaign to rejuvenate the energy surrounding the upcoming Local Government Elections (LGE) and increase the number of youth, women, and special interest voters.
Team Benschop for Mayor yesterday outlined five pillars for the restoration of the city with emphasis on transparency at every level as it launched its manifesto ahead of next month’s local government elections.
Route 40 (Kitty/Campbell-ville) minibus operators yesterday held a mini-protest at their bus park as they claim “hotplaters” continue to break the turn system rules.
While former presidential press officer Kwame McCoy is claiming that he is the victim of efforts to assassinate his character, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum on Thursday said that he and others were detained in connection with the Courtney Crum-Ewing murder investigation as a result of new information received by police.
As police look to enhance their capacity to tackle crime and violence, this year will see the introduction of bicycle patrols, the establishment of two new police locations in the interior and the creation of a serial crime investigations section at CID Headquarters, Eve Leary, according to Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud.
Local police are seeking the help of their overseas counterparts to arrest and extradite former Deputy CEO of the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) Aeshwar Deonarine, who was charged as party to a multi-million theft from the company last month.
A man was arrested yesterday after a failed bid to smuggle suspected marijuana to a prisoner in a holding cell at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts complex.
A Leguan woman was yesterday charged for the alleged cultivation of cannabis and possession of the drug, for which her lawyer said both she and her two children, ages two and two months, had been held in lock-ups.
Marcia Andrews and Mark Williams, the two Grove residents who were charged separately on Monday with cultivating ganja, were yesterday each granted their release on $100,000 bail.
Sheila Veerasammy yesterday took the oath of office as the newest People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Member of Parliament.
Renuka Anandjit and Travis Spellin are the newest civil society representatives of the Global Fund Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM), which provides grants to aid in the fight against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculo-sis (TB) and Malaria.
Jovanka Williams, Hanani Ben Lewi and the Fantastic Six B were among the winners on Thursday evening, when Pan-O-Rama kicked off at the Theatre Guild in Kingston.
A family is now pleading with the public and authorities to assist in locating a 13-year-old girl, who has not been seen since Wednesday.
GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Guyana Jaguars, replying to Windward Islands Volcanoes’ 216, were 44 for two at the close on the opening day of their eighth round game in the Regional Four-Day Championship at the Beausejour Cricket Stadium here today.
ZURICH, (Reuters) – Selected quotes from Swiss Gianni Infantino’s first news conference after the former UEFA general secretary was elected president of scandal-hit world soccer’s governing body FIFA on Friday: “I will work tirelessly to bring football back to FIFA and FIFA back to football, this is what we have to do.
APNU+AFC ministers Winston Felix and Keith Scott can once more sit in the National Assembly, according to Attorney-General Basil Williams, who has secured an interim stay of execution on a recent ruling that they could not hold seats as non-elected members.
The Justice for Walter Rodney Committee yesterday said that now that President David Granger has commented on the findings of the report into the death of Walter Rodney it was incumbent upon him to release it to the public.
A bandit was shot dead last night by his accomplice during a robbery at a gas station on the West Coast of Berbice.
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