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Terming the Government’s decision to close more sugar estates as “ill-considered and a major blunder,” the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) on Tuesday called for the ‘White Paper’ on the sugar industry to be urgently debated in the National Assembly. GAWU said in a statement that the new policy, if implemented, could harm hundreds of workers and their families, arguing that consultations with those directly involved with the industry was not done in good faith and none of the recommendations were taken on board. “Our Union calls on…

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Seven individuals, some of whom were active politicians during the 2015 General Elections campaign,  were named to serve on the newly-established National Communications Network (NCN) board which will oversee the functioning of the State-owned TV and radio stations. Minister of State, Joseph Harmon made the announcement during post cabinet briefing on Thursday at the Ministry of the Presidency. The persons identified were: veteran journalist and owner of Capitol News; Enrico Woolford, owner of Newssource and a renowned journalist; Gordon Mosely, broadcaster; Margaret Lawrence, Michael Leonard, Kamal Persaud, Dane Gobin and…

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Assistant Commissioner of Police Sydney James has confirmed that former Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall was charged with larceny of several Commonwealth law reports, on Thursday. The former AG is accused of stealing the 14 Commonwealth law reports worth more than G$2 million. However, this newspaper understands that when Nandlall was taken to court, the Magistrate declined to arraign him, saying he arrived too late. Hence, the arraignment is scheduled for Friday. Nandlall had filed legal action in the High Court on Tuesday and was granted…

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Prosecutors charged an off-duty New York Police Department (NYPD) Detective who killed a 22-year-old Guyanese woman in a booze-fuelled crash in Queens, New York with criminally negligent homicide during a brief hospital arraignment on Wednesday, officials said. According to the New York Daily News, Neville Smith, 32, was also charged with vehicular manslaughter and drunken driving for crashing his 2010 Mercedes-Benz into Vanessa Raghubar’s vehicle on the Van Wyck Expressway near Rockaway Boulevard in South Ozone Park about 04:00h on Sunday, authorities said. Moments after the accident, Smith told responding…

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…to help fund Trump’s border wall Guyanese and other Caribbean nationals residing in the United States of America who send remittances to family back in their home countries could soon find themselves contributing to the cost of the construction of the Mexican border wall — a key commitment of US President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign. According to a report in the Jamaican Observer, a United States congressman is proposing that an amendment be made to the US Electronic Fund Transfer Act to impose a fee for remittance transfers to certain…

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Governor Andrew M. Cuomo on Wednesday announced US$112.2 million in funding has been awarded to 81 projects that support bicycle and pedestrian enhancements and improve air quality across New York. According to the Governor’s office, the funding is intended to support projects that include multi-use bicycle and pedestrian facilities, new accessible sidewalks that adhere to regulations under the Americans with Disabilities Act, improved access to public transportation, and enhanced roadway safety. “This funding is critical to enhancing our infrastructure and paving the way for both pedestrian and bicycle travel,” Governor…

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The Government of India has recently approved a line of credit which will see the modernisation of three primary health care institutions in Guyana. According to a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, about US$17.5 million will be provided for the improvement of Suddie Regional Hospital, the West Demerara Regional Hospital and the Bartica District Hospital. Director of the Department of International Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vanessa Dickenson, noted that “the signing of this agreement will pave the way for improving and upgrading the delivery…

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The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has made known its intention to implement several changes to the SARA Bill 2017, if the Party is reelected to office in 2020. While noting that the Bill contained some good elements, former President Bharrat Jagdeo, who was also the General Secretary of the PPP, said his Party would remove the ambiguity about private property. Jagdeo told a media conference on Tuesday that the Head of the State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA), Dr Clive Thomas, could not solely determine what was State property. Further, the…

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The Guyana Police Force has launched an investigation into an alleged assassination plot against the President of Guyana, David Granger, during one of his outreaches. This was confirmed by State Minister, Joseph Harmon on Thursday during the Post Cabinet press briefing. According to Harmon, the investigation has reached a stage where advice is now being sought for the police legal advisors; however he refrained from disclosing more information as to the identities of the suspect/s. “Since this is one of these on-going investigations, I don’t think that we’re at liberty…

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