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Will Rodney COI breed Indo-Guyanese resentment? – PNC/R expresses fears

  By Kurt Campbell - The People’s National Congress Reform (PNC/R) has expressed fears that the ongoing Commission of Inquiry (COI), set up to investigate...

16 multi-million-dollar contracts awarded- Cabinet

Cabinet at its meeting on Tuesday, August 15, 2017 noted the award of 16 multi-million-dollar contracts by the procurement entities and the National Procurement...

Dismissal of election petition: Harmon “disappointed”; AG slams APNU+AFC for misleading supporters

Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon says he is disappointed with the dismissal of his party’s election petition by Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George. “Today, like you,...

GECOM working towards LGE by end of 2015

By Jomo Paul – Guyanese may be able to cast their ballots in the much anticipated Local Government Elections (LGE) before the end of...

Ramjattan says 300 prisoners freed, Khan says NO; 300 transferred! Which is it?

Public Security Minister, Khemraj Ramjattan, late Wednesday night revealed that about 300 prisoners have been released following the massive fire which flattened the Georgetown...

New CJIA runway to be fully operational soon

Minister of Public Works Bishop Juan Edghill says the China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) has made significant progress with the Cheddi Jagan International Airport...

Caribbean can be high-value market for honey, spices, coffee, barley & more – Ali...

With the right investments, the Caribbean can become a regional food hub with an extensive reach as far as North America, thereby cementing its...

Three months after passage in Nat’l Assembly Local Government Bills yet to receive presidential...

By Kurt Campbell   – It has been three months since the passage of the four Local Government Bills in the National Assembly and...

GECOM seeking “legal guidance” before recount begins

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) says it is seeking “legal guidance” before it embarks upon the process of a countrywide recount of the ballots...

Jagdeo says Granger avoiding meeting; dragging feet to appoint GECOM Chair  

Bilateral engagements are no closer to bringing President David Granger and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo together for a meeting. Instead of confirming a meeting time...

Recent Articles

QC teacher sent on leave after allegedly beating students

An investigation has been launched into the beating of some 10 students of Queens College. According to reports, the incident occurred around 10:15h on Thursday...

Essequibo shopkeeper busted with cocaine, ganja

A 47-year-old shopkeeper of Dartmouth Village Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) was on Wednesday taken into custody following the discovery of a quantity of...

Guyanese among 2 killed in upstate NY head-on collision

A Guyanese woman was among two killed in a head-on crash in White Creek, upstate New York. Dead are 39-year-old Shumeka Burgan-Mentor formerly of Timehri,...

Taxi driver busted with 22kg ganja gets 4 years, fined $19.8M

Fifty-three-year-old Eusi Wilson, a taxi driver who was interception with 22 kilograms of cannabis in his motorcar on April 21, 2024, along High Street,...

2-year-old-old among 3 injured after lorry crashes into concrete bridge

A two-year-old was among three persons injured after the motor lorry in which they were travelling crashed into a concrete bridge along the Glasgow...

8 illegal structures halt major infrastructure works in Linden – CH&PA

The Chief Executive Officer of the Central Housing and Planning Authority, Sherwyn Greaves, on Wednesday morning, went with a team on a fact-finding mission...

T&T Govt denies blocking importation of milk from Guyana

claims importer returned goods to DDL   The Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ministry had very strong words for Trinidad and Tobago’s (T&T) decision to...

Conciliation talks: Govt rejects GTU’s 20% across-the-board increase ultimatum

…says demand shocked Ministry, unreasonable The sudden ultimatum by the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) to demand that the Government pay all teachers a 20 per...

Fmr. PNC General Secretary, Oscar Clarke passes

Former General Secretary (GS) of the People's National Congress (PNC) reportedly died on Wednesday after complaining of feeling unwell. He died at a private...

GMSA urges T&T authorities to resolve ‘breach’ swiftly    

Full statement below: The Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) has taken note of the recent denial of entry into the Republic of Trinidad and...