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The Diamond-Grove community now has a Magistrates’ Court of its own to ease the judicial burden in the lower Demerara district. The Court was commissioned this morning by President David Granger who noted that the opening of the Court coincides with his government’s commitment to taking more government services to the people. The President said […]
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo this morning said the United States has no intent to divide CARICOM. Mr. Pompeo made the statement at a joint press conference with Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holdness in Jamaica. His statement came in response to criticism leveled at the US over its decision to invite specific CARICOM member […]
Three US Congressional Representatives are in Guyana holding talks with the leadership of the political parties contesting the upcoming elections. This morning, Congressmen Albio Sires and Gregory Meeks along with Congresswoman Yvette Clarke met with Opposition Leader and PPP General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo and a team from his party. The US Congressional team was accompanied […]
The Presidential Candidates for three of the political parties contesting the March 2 elections in Guyana have been removed as candidates by the Guyana Elections Commission. At its statutory meeting earlier today, the Elections Commission made a decision to remove Liberty and Justice Party candidate Lenox Shuman, United Republic Party candidate Dr. Vishnu Bhandu and […]
The 72-year-old man who was attacked and beaten by his own son and three others at his Strathspey, East Coast Demerara home has died as a result of his injuries. Deochand Ramsahoye passed away in hospital earlier today, never fully recovering from the beating he received on Sunday night. One of his sons and three […]
Gang violence in the Kaneville community is being blamed for the death of an 18-year-old man. The body of Wayne George Jr. was discovered this morning in a trench in the community with several marks of violence. According to the dead man’s mother, Emmette George, she last saw her son alive on Monday night when […]
The Central Housing and Planning Authority has called in the Police to assist in an alleged case of fraud at the agency that may have involved a former staffer. While the agency has not named the former staffer, it has indicated that the person is assisting the Police investigators with the probe into the fraud […]
The Leader and Presidential Candidate of the United Republic Party, Dr. Vishnu Bandhu is calling on all of the other candidates seeking a seat in Parliament to produce evidence that they are Guyanese citizens only. Mr. Bandhu’s call comes in wake of him receiving official notification from the US State Department through the local embassy […]
The Ministry of the Presidency has announced that President David Granger will return from Cuba today after completing his scheduled medical evaluation. According to the President’s office, the Team of Cuban Medical Specialists confirmed that the President’s medical examination shows that he has improved to the satisfaction of his doctors and that he is in […]
The Department of Energy (DE) has announced that the oil tanker MV Yannis has successfully lifted Guyana’s first shipment of crude. The vessel is now on its way to the USA with 1 million barrels of Guyana’s light crude. According to the Department, the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) has reported that the first […]
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