More Indigenous residents receive licensed firearm
Minister of Indigenous People’s Affairs, Sydney Allicock handed out another batch of licensed firearms to Indigenous residents from communities in Region Seven, Cuyuni-Mazaruni.The distribution...
Cabinet approves three sets of wildlife conservation regulations
Proposed legislation related to wildlife management and conservation, drafted by the Guyana Wildlife Conservation and Management Commission was submitted to the Cabinet for consideration,...
State withdraws application for early hearing of JRA appeal
The State, this morning, withdrew an application filed at the Court of Appeal to have an early hearing of a High Court ruling, which...
AG Williams chides Nandlall’s attack on Judiciary
Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams SC, in a recent press release, chided PPP Member of Parliament, Anil Nandlall for his...
Govt. has packed legislative agenda for 2019-Granger
The coalition administration has a packed legislative agenda for 2019. This was revealed by President David Granger during his recent address to the National...
CAPAM to host biennial conference in Guyana
The Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management (CAPAM) is holding its 12th biennial conference in Georgetown, Guyana, from October 22 to 24, 2018....
Govt. approves Islamic Development Bank loan agreement
Cabinet has approved a loan agreement signed by Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan with the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) for the financing of the...
Small Businesses to benefit from 20 % of Govt. projects from January 2019
The government’s Small Business Procurement Programme is set to be implemented by the Ministry of Business come January 01, 2019.
During his post-Cabinet press briefing...
Appeal Court dismisses challenge to GECOM Chairman appointment
The Court of Appeal has upheld a High Court ruling that President David Granger acted lawfully when he unilaterally appointed Justice (retired) James Patterson,...
Stakeholders’ input being sought to fashion draft Disaster Risk Management Bill
There are several issues that must be addressed when drafting a Disaster Risk Management legislation. Among these are: institutional overlapping, preventative actions, the lack...
