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Monday, April 29, 2024

Eyewitness: Investigating…

…GuySuCo’s culture The new Minister of Agri delivered some “tough love” to GuySuCo managers while on a visit to the Berbice operations. He read them...

Eyewitness: Engaging…

…Guyanese in foreign There’s a whole heap of (fat) talk circulating about the “Guyanese Diaspora” …which is the fancy phrase for “Guyanese in foreign”. You...

Consensus…with the PNC?

UN Resident Co-ordinator Mikiko Tanaka, presumably speaking for the organisation she represents, had some advice, on the 75th anniversary of the UN, for the...

EYEWITNESS: Backhanded…compliment

Well, who told Irfaan Ali – who just happens to be the President of Guyana – to call for “unity and reconciliation” for all...

Eyewitness: Squatting…

…and living For a country in which its population has pretty much remained stagnant for the last forty years, (770,000 in 1980 and same today!)...

Eyewitness: Giving recognition…

…to a catalyst The PPP Government has issued some commemorative stamps to recognise the 100th anniversary of Janet Jagan’s birth. And that is fitting. While...

Eyewitness: Changes…

…in electoral law? Your Eyewitness is a tad confused. It was reported that the AG and the Opposition Leader have agreed to changes in the...

Eyewitness: Getting ready

…for cheap electricity The Irfan Ali Government is proving to be a juggernaut on so many fronts to the tattered and battered remnants of the...

Eyewitness: Return of…

…a man of conscience Back in the day – waaaay back in the day! – Henry VIII wanted to get out of his marriage with...

EYEWITNESS: Land, land everywhere… but folks still squatting on it

After his piece on the Success Squatting saga yesterday, your Eyewitness was reminded by a friend that this land distribution problem is older than...

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Region Three Business Chamber makes “impactful connections” at int’l conference in Brazil

See the below statement from the Region Three Chamber of Commerce and Industry on its recent attendance at the International Roraima-CARICOM Business Meeting held...

Motorcyclist dies after colliding with tree on Tapakuma Trail, Reg. Two

A young motorcyclist was killed in the wee hours of today after he collided with a tree on the Tapakuma Trail in Region Two...

Decomposed body of male washes up at Hope Beach

The decomposed body of a male was washed up at the Hope Beach on the East Coast of Demerara. This discovery was made at about 11:30h...

Cevon’s driver shot by bandits during robbery at South Rimveldt office

A driver attached to Cevon Waste Management is now hospitalised after he was shot during a robbery at the company's Aubrey Barker Road, South...

Police suspect vessel in Port Kaituma was used for drug trafficking, transshipment – Benn

More than one week after a semi-submersible vessel was found along a river at Port Kaituma in Region One (Barima-Waini), Home Affairs Minister Robeson...

5 new chickenpox cases recorded at Lusignan Prison

In the past week, the Health Ministry recorded a total of five new chickenpox cases at the Lusignan Prison, East Coast Demerara (ECD). This was...

No seawall vendor has been dislocated – Min Edghill assures

No vendor operating at the Georgetown Seawall has been dislocated, according to Public Works Minister Juan Edghill as he responded to a statement issued...

Guyanese American Chamber of Commerce “gravely concerned” over boycott threats against Guyanese businesses

Condemnation continues to increase against the recent antics of the Caribbean Guyana Institute for Democracy (CGID), which attracted backlash after threatening to boycott any...

Region 9 produces first batch of Pharmacy and Nursing Assistants

History was made on Friday as the first batch of newly trained Nursing and Pharmacy Assistants graduated in Lethem, Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo)...

Significant boost for Region 9 district hospitals with new Ultrasound units

Ultrasound services will now be offered to residents of Annai, Karasabai, Aishalton and Sand Creek in Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo), eliminating the need...