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Friday, May 17, 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 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...

Guyana braces for increased blacklisting by FATF

  – Government continues to fail in its efforts to get the select committee as an instrument of the parliamentary political parties, to consider...

PPP wants police investigation into alleged racial hostility by KN, AFC Member

- Executive Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Zulfikar Mustapha has written to the Commissioner of Police, seeking an investigation into alleged racial...

PPP initiates National Conversation on indiscipline in Guyanese Society

By Kurt Campbell – The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) at its weekly press conference initiated a national conversation on indiscipline in the Guyanese society ...

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...