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Investigations are being conducted into a fatal accident which occurred moments before sunrise on Thursday on the Goedverwagting Railway Embankment Road. Dead is 38-year-old beautician, Laurel Forde of Prince William Street, Plaisance, East Coast Demerara. Police said investigations have revealed that Forde was driving a motor vehicle allegedly at a fast rate when she lost […]
Former Miss Trinidad and Tobago Nicole Dyer-Griffith has teamed up with one of the foremost names in fashion in Guyana, Sonia Noel, to introduce her motivational women empowerment series, Oxygen (O2N) with Nicole, to Guyanese women. Already, the Ministry of Social Protection, Social Cohesion and private sector stakeholders are on board to fund and support […]
Following complaints about police ranks in their private vehicles carrying out police duties, the Guyana Police Force is reminding members of the public that police ranks in plain clothes and in unmarked vehicles, are not authorized to stop motorists except when they are performing their duties on the roadway in front of a police station. […]
Former President Bharrat Jagdeo who leads the People’s Progressive Party in parliament as the Opposition Leader has shot down reports that there is a rift between himself and the current General Secretary of the party, Clement Rohee. Reports have surfaced that moves may be afoot by some in the PPP to have Mr. Rohee replaced […]
Permanent staffing of the US Drug Enforcement Agency office in Guyana should now be in place by February 15, according to US Ambassador, Perry Holloway. The Embassy was hoping for the office to be fully in place by January 15, but the Ambassador said the definite date is now in the month of February. Appearing on the […]
At least four Guyanese nationals died and at least three others are suspected to have suffered the same fate, after the boat they were traveling in from neighbouring Venezuela slammed into another boat, resulting in all of the passengers being thrown overboard. The incident took place just off the Orinoco River early on Monday morning […]
A scoping mission from the World Bank’s Stolen Assets Recovery Agency is currently in Guyana to lend support to the government in the recovery of state assets which have been stolen or diverted to uses other than intended. State Minister Joseph Harmon reported today on the visiting delegation’s presence and said the government is encouraged […]
Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo has stepped up his criticism of the government for announcing the closure of the Wales estate and he intends to reach out to the government on the issue even as he is concerned that the administration is not taking the recommendations from its own Commission of Inquiry report into […]
by Kurt Campbell The government has responded to the objections of the opposition People’s Progressive Party over its announced decision to close the Wales Sugar Estate. The administration is insisting that the decision is sound and is in the best interest of Guyana. The Government said while the closure may not have been specifically recommended […]
Low levels of water in the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC), which provides an average of 60% of water to residents in the capital city, has forced the Guyana Water Inc. (GWI) to immediately seek out measures to control the demand and wastage of water. At an emergency press conference on Wednesday, GWI’s Chief Executive […]
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