– planned and executed solution by City Council a ‘non-starter’ IN light of a City Council planned and executed solution being a “non-starter”, innovative thinking is needed to fix

MINISTER of Local Government and Regional Development, Mr Ganga Persaud, yesterday, withdrew the Local Authorities (Elections) (Amendment) Bill 2013, after a blunder with the gazetted version of the document.

– Health Minister MINISTER of Health Dr. Bheri Ramsaran yesterday told the National Assembly that Colwyn Harding, the man alleged to have been sexually assaulted by a policeman, lost

CABINET has approved the appointment of His Excellency Vankatachalam Mahalingam as the residential High Commissioner of India to Guyana. It also approved the appointment of His Excellency Luis Eladio

– first rejected in June 2013 AN important Bill seeking to expand the category of experts to present evidence in Court cases without being present received unanimous support in

– from Hon. Robert Persaud, Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment IT is with profound sadness of mind and lively memories that I mark the passing of Manikchand

– one for $1.1 billion, the other for $412.3 million FINANCE Minister Dr. Ashni Singh, yesterday, tabled two supplementary financial papers.The first, a $1.1B paper, reflects advance made from

THE Recording of Court Proceedings Bill 2014 was read in the National Assembly for the first time, yesterday.The new legislation was tabled by Attorney General and Minister of Legal

– harsh penalties introduced for illicit trafficking of firearms, ammo – $5M fine plus 10 years imprisonment for anyone convicted HONOURING obligations under international conventions, to which Guyana is

– Summary Jurisdiction Bill gets unanimous support in National Assembly THE Summary Jurisdiction (Procedure) (Amendment) Bill 2013 was passed by the National Assembly, last evening, with the assurances of