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Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall has filed a more than $100M lawsuit against senior PNCR member James Bond and former APNU+AFC minister Jaipaul Sharma over what he said are libelous statements they made against him in relation to allegations over state land matters.
Declaring the move as unconstitutional, the GPSU yesterday upbraided Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Gail Teixeira over the dismissal of Samantha Fedee as Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs and says it expects that she will retain her status.
Following an allegation that the Village Council of Campbelltown has been preventing residents from mining, Minister of Amerindian Affairs (MoAA) Pauline Sukhai has taken the decision to suspend Toshao Marbel Thomas until an investigation into the matter is completed.
Two of the suspects in the murder of a La Grange grandmother were yesterday handed over to local police by Surinamese authorities.
The trial of the young man accused of the 2016 killing of Mahaicony businesswoman Bibi Shairoon Nesha Ali heard yesterday that his fingerprints had been found on a wardrobe in a bedroom of the woman’s home where her partially decomposed body was found.
Repairs on the collapsed Tiger Creek Bridge in Region Eight have been delayed.
By Dr Compton Bourne Professor Emeritus in Economics, The University of the West Indies and former President, Caribbean Development Bank Guyana is on the cusp of an economic boom based on the commercial production and marketing of its petroleum energy resources.
The U.S. Embassy in Georgetown, Guyana continues to prioritize American Citizen Services (ACS) as we follow the Department of State’s “Diplomacy Strong” phased approach to resuming operations.
Mahaica, East Coast Demerara businessman Harrylall Motilall and another suspect have been released on bail as the police continue to investigate a shoot-out which occurred last weekend as law enforcement officers were attempting to seize a quantity of smuggled items.
The Ministry of Health yesterday said that one more person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has died.
Bids were yesterday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the supply and delivery of medical items specifically for COVID-19.
Fuel smuggling remains a threat to legitimate dealers, Guyana Energy Agency Head, Mahender Sharma said yesterday as he emphasized the need for marking fuel imported into the country.
The principals of accused Ponzi business, Accelerated Capital Firm Inc (ACFI) are expected to meet with representatives of the various agencies involved in the investigation early next week with the hope of clearing the way for the repayment of clients.
A post-mortem examination conducted on Errol Ramitt, a pork-knocker who died in a mining pit accident on Sunday at Arena Backdam, revealed his cause of death as suffocation and blunt trauma to the head.
Local timber processing company Royal Timbers Inc has applied to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for authorization to conduct logging and sawmilling operations in the Puruni-Mazaruni Triangle, Mazaruni Potaro District 7.
Some 40 households in an unregularised area in Lancaster, East Berbice/Corentyne now have access to potable water via two standpipes in the community.
The Department of Education Georgetown led by the Principal Education Officer, Immanuel Bridgewater distributed worksheets and other learning materials to parents and children of Sophia in Georgetown yesterday.
The Opposition APNU+AFC today filed an action in the High Court against Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce Oneidge Walrond seeking a declaration that she was illegally sworn in as a MP.
The Ministry of Public Works is advising the general public that Conversation Tree Road, between Rupert Craig Highway and the Railway Embankment Road will be closed to vehicular traffic from today until further notice to conduct emergency rehabilitation works.
The Ministry of Health today said that one more person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has died.
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