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GuySuCo pension fund: 2016 audited accounts show $32.8B net deficit

…but company claiming fund surplus Instead of a deficit, the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is claiming that based on the last actuarial report done on...

Talks continue between Gov’t, US on LEAD Project

  - Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon has advised that talks are continuing between the Government of Guyana and the United...

AFC takes credit for unmasking corruption; calls for end to PPP’s “misrule”

  By Kurt Campbell – Addressing the Alliance For Change (AFC) National Conference this morning, Party Leader Khemraj Ramjattan called on all citizens, particularly...

Citizens not in agreement with Opposition’s rejection of dialogue with Gov’t

– An iNews poll has found citizens are not in agreement with the Opposition’s rejection of dialogue with the government, following President Donald...

Speaker Trotman bemoans ‘leadership crisis’ as he endorses Blue CAPS

By Tracey Khan - Drakes - Speaker of the National Assembly, Raphael Trotman today (June, 17), endorsed the Non-Governmental, Social Change Organization Blue...

No Confidence motion aimed at influencing PNC Congress – PPP

  – The ruling People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) is of the view that the threat of a No Confidence motion by the Alliance...

PPP intends to challenge DPP in High Court over discontinued charges

The Director of Public Prosecution’s (DPP's) decision to discontinue the charges filed by the Opposition People's Progressive Party (PPP) against sitting Government Ministers Volda...

APNU investigating Volda Lawrence’s apparent ‘switch out’ – Granger

By Kurt Campbell – Opposition Leader David Granger says his Party will be thoroughly investigating what appears to be a ‘blow off’ at the...

PPP yet to discuss presidential term limit – Jagdeo

…Party’s best interest will define 2020 presidential candidate Opposition Leader Dr Bharrat Jagdeo has made it pellucid that the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is yet...

Red flags point to Guyana’s democracy being under threat- FITUG

The Federation of Independent Trades Unions of Guyana (FITUG) has registered its concerns with what it says are reg flags that democracy in Guyana...

Recent Articles

Lusignan prison escapee spotted in Parika, GPS offers reward for his arrest

Days after Jose Awad escaped from the Lusignan Prison, East Coast Demerara, he was reportedly spotted in the vicinity of Parika, East Bank Essequibo. ...

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 infrastructural 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...