Tag: Guyana
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Youth Parliamentarians Excited for the Future -Hopes for more initiatives for the voice of the youth to be heard
(Devine Kalekyezi and Sarah Dhanraj) With the curtains down on the 6th Annual Youth Parliament, participants are reminiscing on the opportunity afforded them to be apart ... -
Youth Parliament ends
The sittings of the 6th Annual Youth Parliament end on Wednesday after two days of strong and passionate debates amongst the Youth Parliamentarians in both the ... -
Lindener freed of murder after Judge upholds no-case submission
(Freed: Michael Emanuel, Dead: Leonard Peters) 25-year-old Linden resident Michael Emanuel smiled after Justice Sandil Kissoon informed him that he was freed of a murder charge. ... -
Man jailed 10 years for fatally chopping stepfather
Five years after he chopped his stepfather to death with a cutlass during a family gathering, 38-year-old Bisram Ramsamuj was, on Friday, sentenced to 10 years’ ... -
GECOM sacks Lowenfield, Myers and Mingo
The Guyana Elections Commission terminated the contracts for Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield; Deputy Chief Elections Officer, Roxanne Myers and the Region Four Returning Officer, Clairmont Mingo ... -
6th Annual Youth Parliament launched
Some 74 young people will be participating in this the 6th Annual Youth Parliament which was launched on Thursday. “This event is going to be a ... -
“Devoted Catholic” serving life for sodomising 8-Y-O girl files appeal
Appealing to the Guyana Court of Appeal to overturn his sentence and conviction is Mark Abrams, who had previously described himself as a devoted Catholic who ... -
ANUG condemns ‘draconian’ rules against unvaccinated persons
Opposition political party A New and United Guyana (ANUG) has condemned moves by the Government to implement what it refers to as a “draconian” policy restricting ... -
SASOD challenges govt to add more meaning to “cross-dressing amendment”
Even as the Society against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) welcomes the amendment to the Summary Jurisdiction Offences Act on cross dressing, it is calling for more ... -
Truck driver in Agricola accident which left girl, 7, dead walks free
(Freed: Danion Welcome; Dead: 7-year-old Ciarra Benjamin) Two years after truck driver Danion Welcome was charged with crushing seven-year-old Ciarra Benjamin to death in an accident ...
