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Guyana accredits first Sahrawi Arab Ambassador

- Prime Minister, Samuel Hinds performing the duties of President on Wednesday (December 11) accepted letters of credence from His Excellency, Lehebib Abderahaman...

GECOM Secretariat’s March 2020 election date proposal “shocking”– PSC Chairman

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Secretariat’s proposal on Friday that elections be held in March 2020, more than a year after the Government was...

Education Minister under fire for “chhatri” response to Diwali, Phagwah dates mix-up

-IAC calls for apology says it is “shocked and outraged” Thursday’s session of day four of the 2018 Budget debate got underway with the Opposition...

Guyana/Barbados food terminal closer to realisation – Pres. Ali

The sod turning ceremony for the new Guyana/Barbados food terminal in Barbados will soon take place, President, Dr Irfaan Ali has announced. President Ali said...

President believes land grabbing issue was orchestrated

By Leroy Smith – President David Granger says that the decision by some sections of society to engage in the illegal activity of...

GMSA engaging Gov’t to proliferate Agro-processing sector

The Second Inter – Ministerial Round Table with the Guyana Manufacturing Services and Association (GMSA) was held on Wednesday May 9, 2018 at the...

Exempt farmers, Amerindians from paying fee increases for firearm licences – urges Jagdeo

As government moves to substantially increase the annual fees for firearm licences as one method of boosting revenues in the country, the Opposition is...

77 alleged victims of human trafficking rescued for 2018- Ally

A total of seventy-seven (77) alleged victims of Trafficking In Persons (TIP) were rescued for the period January 05 - July 03, 2018. These...

High Court accepts jurisdiction to hear APNU/AFC’s challenge

Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George has determined that the High Court has jurisdiction to hear the challenge filed by APNU/AFC supporter Misenga Jones who...

Local Content Bill does not violate CARICOM treaty – AG

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, S.C., M.P., said that there is no issue of the Local Content Bill 2021 violating...

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...