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BREAKING: Electricity cost to be slashed in half before the end of next year

โ€ฆsavings in excess of US$250 million. This was announced by President Dr. Irfaan Ali during a special address to Parliament on Thursday.

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BREAKING: $10 billion injection for NIS to help pensioners

BREAKING: $10 billion injection for NIS to help pensioners
President Dr. Irfaan Ali said this on Thursday during a special address to the Parliament. He said the exact details of this allocation will be announced in the 2025 National Budget.

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In his wide-ranging address, the President zeroed in on the prowess of Guyanaโ€™s tourism sector and how, through targeted investments, the sector has been expanding rapidly.

This was announced by President Dr. Irfaan Ali on Thursday as he addressed the 12th Parliament of Guyana, at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre, Liliendaal, Georgetown.

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โ€˜๐๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฅโ€™ โ€“ ๐๐š๐ง๐๐ฅ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐จ๐›๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‡๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ž๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ โ€˜๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ, ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐š๐ฐ๐ž๐โ€™

In defence of President Irfaan Aliโ€™s decision to appoint Clifton Hicken as the substantive Commissioner of Police, Attorney General Anil Nandlall has dismissed objections from Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton, describing them as unfounded and legally flawed.

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Nandlall announces revision of cybercrime law

A review of the Cybercrime Act is underway to address the use of the various social media platforms to โ€œattackโ€ private citizens, according to Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall.

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AG debunks โ€˜hysteriaโ€™ over govtโ€™s plans to align social media with UN conventions

Attorney General Anil Nandlall has quelled concerns raised about the governmentโ€™s intentions toย align social media and cyberspaceย with a United Nations (UN) convention, noting that any efforts will be internationally- accepted and constitutionally โ€“ compliant.

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The recent announcement of greater regulation to cyberspace has generated hysteria and pandemonium in certain quarters. To right thinking members of society, this reaction is understandable.

In their effort to distort the true intendment of the impending legislative intervention, they are spreading fear on the social media publishing that personsโ€™ freedom to use these platforms in their engagements will be curtailed; that the regulatory framework will interfere with the constitutional right of freedom of expression.

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Illegal for Police to lock up persons for small amounts of ganja โ€“ Nandlall

Attorney General Anil Nandlall on Tuesday called out Police ranks who continue to detain and lock up citizens found with small amounts of marijuana, saying it amounts to a misapplication of the recently amended Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Control Act.

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Autocracy or Democracy? Nandlall defends Guyanaโ€™s credentials against provocative claims

In a detailed lecture on his weekly program, โ€˜Issues in the News,โ€™ Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall, S.C., on Tuesday tackled the hotly debated question: Are there shades of autocracy in Guyana?

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