Government unaware if implementation of LEAD project has halted; meeting set for next week...
By Kurt Campbell
– Presidential Advisor on Governance Gail Teixeira announced on Thursday (February 13) that a meeting will be held within the coming...
Police, Customs already have power to arrest citizens, seize cash – Ramjattan
By Fareeza Haniff
– Attorney – at – Law and Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Khemraj Ramjattan has explained that Guyana’s laws...
Gov’t admits to gambit in OAS, CARICOM pleas for speedy passage of AML Bill
By Kurt Campbell
–Government’s Chief Whip Gail Teixeira has admitted that there was some overture on the Administration’s part at the level of the...
Narco – Trafficking is scaring away foreign investors, driving up Money – Laundering rate...
By Fareeza Haniff
– Leader of the main opposition – A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), David Granger has expressed the Party’s alarm at...
Harmon defends Opposition’s move to empower police in Anti – Money Laundering fight
By Kurt Campbell
– Opposition Member of Parliament Joseph Harmon on Wednesday (February 12) defended their position to empower members of the Guyana Police...
Caricom urges speedy enactment of Anti-Money Laundering Bill
- The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has joined other key stakeholders in expressing concern over the continuing delay in Guyana’s progress towards implementing recommendations...
Gov’t is not “pampazetting” on AML Bill; Rohee questions Opposition’s motive
By Fareeza Haniff
– General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Civic, Clement Rohee has debunked claims that the government does not want...
OAS Secretary General calls on political parties to pass Anti-Money Laundering Legislation
- Secretary General of the Organisation of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, on Monday (February 10) called on political parties and other...
Ramjattan not worried about Hughes’ involvement in land dispute
By Kurt Campbell
– Leader of the Alliance for Change (AFC), Khemraj Ramjattan has disregarded the Party’s Chairman Nigel Hughes’ involvement in a bitter...
AML Bill in shambles as Opposition vote against clauses in Select Committee
– The relationship between the government and the opposition has taken a turn for the worse as it relates to the work of...
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Essequibo man on $300k bail for rape charge
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Guyana to get first mental health court this year – Chancellor
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At the ceremonial...
Guyana tapping into Indian experts to strengthen forensic capabilities
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Dorcas Club Nursery School pupils relocated from “unsafe” building
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