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Agriculture Ministry working to lift US catfish ban

Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha has committed towards lifting the US-imposed catfish ban, which was instituted against Guyana in early 2018 under the Granger-led administration. He...

Harmon terminated as Director General of MotP; earned $900,000 per month plus benefits

Senior Member of the APNU/AFC Coalition Joseph Harmon was earning $900,000 per month plus benefits as Director General of the Ministry of the Presidency. The...

PM Modi of India congratulates President Ali

Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi has extended congratulations to President Dr Irfaan Ali. In a correspondence, PM Modi highlighted that Guyana and India enjoy...

APNU/AFC ‘deliberately’ left out termination clause from contracts of political appointees – Teixeira

The new Peoples Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) administration is faced with an uphill battle in dealing with the issue of political appointees who are...

“Rapid assessment” report of State agencies submitted to President Ali

The high-level rapid assessment team has submitted its report on 19 State agencies to President Dr Irfaan Ali. INews had previously reported that the four-member...

Temporary appointments made to State media entities

Minister of Public Affairs, within the Office of the Prime Minister, Kwame McCoy, has made several temporary appointments to State media entities. He has appointed...

Granger says will remain active in politics, but no decision yet on returning as...

Leader of the APNU/AFC Coalition David Granger has dismissed any notion of him giving up his political career, in light of his defeat after...

Diaspora group looks forward to working closely with President Ali

The United Guyanese Diaspora Global Network Corp and Advisory Board (UGDGN) has extended hearty congratulations to His Excellency Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali on his...

Election petition to be completed by this weekend – Granger

Leader of the APNU/AFC Coalition David Granger says the party's election petition is likely to be completed by this week and could be filed...

All contracts signed by caretaker APNU/AFC Govt being reviewed – Edghill

Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill has revealed that all contracts signed by the former APNU/AFC Government after December 21, 2018 will be reviewed...

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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...