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The United States is now solidly backing Guyana in the territorial controversy with Venezuela. Speaking at Friday’s farewell ceremony for the US Ambassador, the Deputy Chief of Missions, Terry Steers-Gonzalez, noted that previously, the US would simply support a timely resolution of the controversy. Now it wants the 1899 arbitration award respected. The Deputy Chief […]
A 79-year-old resident of the Palms Geriatric Institute was arrested on Thursday evening after he allegedly threatened to shoot a male nurse at the same institute with his licensed firearm. Police have not released the resident’s name, but said he is an ex-prison officer. According to the police report, the incident took place around 8:15 […]
An 86-year-old who may have bumped her head during the emergency landing of that Fly Jamaica 757 aircraft at the Cheddi Jagan Airport, has died. The woman, Rookhia Kalloo, passed away yesterday at the Georgetown Hospital after being taken there by relatives who said they could no longer afford the bills at the Woodlands Hospital, […]
Outgoing US Ambassador to Guyana, Perry Holloway, believes that despite the low voter turnout at Guyana’s 2018 Local Government Elections, democracy came away as the big winner. Monday’s local government elections marked the second such elections in three years after an absence of over two decades. Speaking at his farewell ceremony on Friday night, Ambassador […]
Of the 573,000 persons on the local government elections voter’s list, only 208, 534 of them turned up and cast their ballots at the polls on Monday, representing a voter turn out of just over 38%. That’s an almost 10% decline in the voter turn out rate when compared to the figures from two years […]
The results of the local government elections for the Alliance For Change might not necessarily change the party’s negotiating power in the APNU+AFC coalition. Although the two parties went into the local elections separately, today they put up a united front at a joint press conference. The coalition was formed through the Cummingsburg Accord, which […]
US Carrier, American Airlines, touched down at Guyana’s Cheddi Jagan Airport with its inaugural flight last night, promising to remain in the market for many years to come. The start up of the airline’s schedule service between Miami and Georgetown came just months after it announced an intention to enter the Guyana market. At a […]
With Guyana already recording over 100 deaths on the country’s roadways so far for the year, the National Road Safety Council is teaming up with the Ministry of Public Infrastructure and the Guyana Police Force along with the Impressions company, to launch a nationwide campaign to “Stop the Tears”. This morning at the Kitty roundabout, […]
On the heels of its self-described “massive” performance at the just concluded Local Government Elections, the Opposition People’s Progressive Party has filed a no confidence motion against the Government. The Government holds the majority in the National Assembly by one seat. At his weekly press conference, Opposition Leader and PPP General Secretary, Bharrat Jagdeo announced […]
The Doctors in Cuba who are treating President David Granger for his Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma diagnosis have given him a good prognosis, saying that he will make a full recovery. That’s according to the Guyana Embassy in Cuba. In a statement last evening on the President’s cancer diagnosis and treatment, the Embassy said the President’s medical […]
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