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With the scorching midday sun beaming down, Britain’s Prince Harry arrived in Guyana at the Eugene Correia Airport to a military salute by the Guyana Defence Force with its band playing the British and Guyana National Anthems. He was greeted on arrival by Foreign Minister Carl Greenidge and British High Commissioner to Guyana, Greg Quinn. […]
Focus on youth in the area of health has once again reached the forefront with Guyana recording a 1.9% HIV prevalence among youths between the ages of 15 and 24 – a figure higher than the national average. This was according to Minister of Health, Dr. George Norton, who in his World AIDS day message […]
President David Granger’s decision to launch a probe into the alleged corrupt practices of head of the Government Analyst Food and Drug Department (G-FDD), Marlon Cole, has been described as an act of double standards by Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo. Jagdeo expressed this view on Monday, noting that an investigation was never launched into the […]
President David Granger and First Lady, Ms. Sandra Granger joined Barbadians to celebrate that nation’s 50th Anniversary of Independence at three national events, which were observed with pomp and ceremony, despite inclement weather that resulted in major schedule changes. The Head of State attended the Toast to the Nation event held at the Barbados Defence […]
The Ram and McRae Chartered Accounting firm has completed its review of the 2017 national budget and in the analysis, the company has come to the conclusion that the economy could see a greater slow down if the budget measures are implemented as proposed. “We believe that the budget measures, if implemented as they are proposed, […]
Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo, has started consultations with Civil society as he seeks to come up with six nominees for the Guyana Elections Commission Chairman position. November 30, 2016 would have marked the last day for Dr. Steve Surujbally as Chairman of the Elections Commission. The Law caters for the Opposition Leader to come […]
(GINA) Guyana has joined 26 countries in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean in signing a Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of the European Union’s (EU) Seaport Cooperation Programme (SEACOP), aimed at training and equipping inter-agency units to identify search and interdict all forms of maritime trafficking. Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan signed […]
The owner of a Chinese restaurant in New Amsterdam has found himself in the lockups and facing serious charges after he savagely beat a young man who sells dog food. According to a Police statement, the 33-year-old restaurant owner objected to the man selling dog food in front of his restaurant. The two got into […]
The Georgetown leg of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ commenced in fine style on Monday evening at the National Cultural Centre Tarmac with Camp Street All-Star, a group of inmates at the Prison, stealing the show with a classic “road ball” display to progress to the group stages. In fact for the first time, […]
(SportsMax) – West Indies batsman Darren Bravo, is claiming he was unlawfully dismissed after the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) sent him home for inappropriate and unacceptable behaviour. The decision, which came ahead of the West Indies’ tri-nation series involving Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka, occured after WICB president Dave Cameron had said on SportsMax.tv that […]
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