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Friday, May 17, 2024

GECOM to meet again at 2PM

The seven-member Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will be meeting again at 14:00h (2PM) today to continue discussions on the way forward regarding the protracted...

Mingo, Lowenfield did not use SoPs as instructed by GECOM – Chair

    The Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the events that followed the March 2020 elections heard that both former Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield...

GECOM writes political parties on selecting MPs

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has written to political parties on their requirement to soon submit their lists of potential parliamentarians. The Office of the...

Infrastructure works for Silica City next year – Croal

Plans are underway to next year commence infrastructural works to further develop Silica City, the country’s first smart urban center to be located along...

Suriname’s Santokhi coming to Guyana for President Ali’s inauguration

Suriname’s President, Chan Santokhi is expected to attend the inauguration ceremony of Guyana’s 9th Executive President, Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, on Saturday, August 8,...

Nandranie Coonjah to replace Dharamlall in Parliament

Former Regional Chairperson (acting) for Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) Nandranie Coonjah will replace Nigel Dharamlall as a parliamentarian and is expected to be sworn in...

Lawrence, Cummings, Smith-Joseph summoned before Elections COI

Former APNU+AFC Ministers of Government Dr Karen Cummings and Volda Lawrence as well as the coalition's party agent Carol Smith-Joseph were today summoned and...

Local Govt Elections on front burner of new PPP/C administration

Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall,has assured that Local Government Elections will continue to be held under the new administration. “When we...

Billions being expended on Guyanese from oil & gas resources – VP Jagdeo

Despite the narrative that Guyanese are not benefitting from the oil and gas resources under the Dr Irfaan Ali-led government, billions of dollars in...

India interested in partaking in all areas of oil & gas in Guyana

  India's Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Housing & Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri has called on the President of Guyana Dr. Mohamed...

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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...

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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

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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

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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

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