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Friday, April 19, 2024

‘This was never about fighting corruption but about reputational damage’- Jagdeo on Singh, Brassington...

… says those vindictive persons have a lot to worry about By Ramona Luthi 'The obviously hyped up show of having People’s Progressive Party (PPP) members,...

Millions overpaid in contracts, severe breach of legislation – AG 2014 Report reveals

– The 2014 Report of the Auditor General was on Thursday laid in the National Assembly and several instances of over-payments and breach...

Guyana gets additional €14.8M from EU for sea and river defence

By Kurt Campbell – The Government of Guyana and the European Union (EU) on Friday (January 31) signed a Financing Agreement totaling €14.8M  for...

LGE nominations Day is January 26!

Nomination Day for the upcoming local government polls is January 26. Those who will be participating at Local Government Elections (LGE) are required to present...

AML Bill awaiting President’s assent

- The Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Bill that will fully criminalise money laundering and terrorist financing issues and...

Guyana officially blacklisted by CFATF

- Guyana has been officially blacklisted by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) as a result of the non - enactment of...

APNU looking at international funding for national flood prevention plan

– A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has formalized a group of experts, tasked with the responsibility of putting together a national flood...

“We will not do anything” – Labour Minister on UG industrial dispute

By Jomo Paul – Labour Minister Dr Nanda Kishore Gopaul says that at this point in time there is nothing that the Ministry of...

Opposition’s behavior is an act of terrorism – President Ramotar

Guyana’s Head of State, Donald Ramotar says that the behavior of the opposition in voting down two critical pieces of legislation is an act...

Committee probing Finance Minister’s spending fails to meet; Speaker disappointed

  By Kurt Campbell – The Privileges Committee, before which a matter involving Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh is pending, failed to convene a meeting...

Recent Articles

Venezuelan stabbed to death by co-worker

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:  A report of an alleged murder committed on one called ‘Frankie’, Venezuelan, by suspect, Cane Vincent, age...

“Words can’t express how much they mean to me” – mother demands answers, justice...

By: Andrew Carmichael “Words can’t express how much they mean to me, dem is me children,” expressed Rihanna Persaud, the mother who lost her nine-year-old...

No increase in electricity costs for consumers – Jagdeo assures amid power ship deal

Vice President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo has assured that the electricity price will not increase following the government’s move to charter a power ship to...

Govt would hire contractors without “full experience” to keep up with rapid development –...

New contractors would be hired by the government to keep apace with the ongoing rapid development in the infrastructure sector. This is according to Vice...

Stabroek Market Wharf cleanup making significant progress

Works on clearing the rubble from the collapsed roof of the Stabroek Market Wharf continued on Thursday. A 45-member crew is working assiduously to remove...

US$1M mobilisation fee for rental of power ship – GPL

  See full statement from the Guyana Power and Light: On April 13, 2024, the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Inc. signed a contract with Urbacon...

Truck involved in Water Street fatal accident was unregistered – police

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:  A fatal accident occurred on Monday, April 15, 2024, on Water Street, Georgetown, involving an unregistered motor...

Mother of 3 crushed to death by truck

A 36-year-old mother of three was last evening crushed to death by a hauler truck at High and Princes Streets, Georgetown. She has been identified...

Remigrant calls for better police response after home burglarised; over $1.5M in items stolen

A businessman’s home in Berbice was burglarized while he was overseas, resulting in over $1 million in items being stolen. The man, a remigrant is...

IDPADA-G never filed discrimination complaint with ERC – Commissioner

See full statement from the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC): The International Decade of People of African Descent Assembly – Guyana (IDPADA-G) has never filed a...