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Citizenship Minister Winston Felix on Monday promised to launch an immediate investigation into allegations by the opposition People’s Progressive Party that there was ongoing fraud at the General Register Office (GRO). The PPP claims that there are early attempts by the APNU+AFC administration to rig the 2020 elections in its favour. PPP General Secretary Clement […]
The Selection Panel of the West Indies Cricket Board on Monday announced a 13-member West Indies Women’s team for the first three One-day Internationals against England Women and the new addition to the squad was Guyanese Erva Giddings. The West Indies are set to take on England in five One Day Internationals when the British […]
Despite the widespread outrage on social media, just a handful of students from the University of Guyana participated in a protest action at the Turkeyen Campus on Monday, commencing a week long protest against the University Administration’s move to increase tuition fees by 5% increase. Students were notified of the $8,000 per year increase in […]
Pursuant to a decision taken by the Defence Board on September 28 and in keeping with the succession policy of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), President David Granger, today, promoted Colonel George Allan Lewis to the rank of Brigadier, before swearing him in as the ninth Chief of Staff of the Force. Acting Prime Minister […]
The opposition People’s Progressive Party has maintained that the APNU+AFC administration must accept blame for the escape of self-confessed drug lord Barry Dataram, days after President David Granger removed blame from the state but urged that everything possible be done to have him returned to Guyana. PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee told a new conference […]
Security Guards attached to the Professional Guard Service’s Cash-in-Transit Unit were able to foil an attempt by gunmen to snatch a large sum of cash that they were depositing at Demerara Bank on Camp Street. The incident took place just around midnight on Sunday. According to eyewitnesses, the PGS security vehicle had just turned onto […]
The fairytale run for the Guyana’s National rugby team, Green Machine, in its bid to qualify for the 2019 World Cup in Japan, ended on Saturday when they lost 32-3 to hosts Mexico in the final of the Rugby Americas North (RAN) 15s Championship. Both teams would have entered this match full of confidence, having […]
The Guyana Defence Force has announced that the illegal aircraft that was recently discovered hidden by camouflage material and under trees at an airstrip in Yupukari, has been repaired and flown from Yupukari to Timehri. The aircraft is the subject of a wide scale investigation by law enforcement agencies and a Commission of Inquiry has also been […]
Two young brothers died on the spot on Saturday afternoon when their vehicle collided with a truck at Friendship on the East Bank of Demerara. The two have been identified as Jonnel Armstrong and Phillip Armstrong. Their mother is the Regional Health Officer for Region 10, Dr. Pansy Armstrong. Their father is well known dentist […]
University of Guyana students have been pressing the University’s administration to make better use of the electronic and social media, but they may have never expected to learn about an increase in tuition via email. But scores of University students rushed to social media sites like Facebook and Twitter on Friday to complain about a […]
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