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The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), Dr Rajendra Singh along with members of GuySuCo’s Industrial Relations Department are proposing a halt in operations consequent to the Corporation’s failure to pay Senior and Junior staffers for the month of May – 2015. Dr Singh has indicated that the Corporation might have […]
President David A. Granger has announced that the government intends to, on an annual basis, grant presidential pardons to prisoners, who were sentenced for minor misdemeanors (non-violent crimes.) During a special interview at the Ministry of the Presidency with a section of the media today, President Granger disclosed that tomorrow, Independence Day, the new administration […]
Former President of Guyana, Bharrat Jagdeo rushed to the Whim Magistrates’ Court on Monday morning and was released on his own recognizance after the charge of making racially divisive statements was read to him. The presiding magistrate also ruled that the former President will have to seek the court’s approval before he leaves the country. […]
A visibly shaken Angelique Williams was on Monday morning charged for the murder of her best friend Renita Thomas. The 18-year-old appeared at the Vreed- en-Hoop Magistrates’ Court to face the murder charge. Friends and family members of both women flocked the courtroom with expressions of grief and disbelief as the charge was read to Williams by […]
The Presidential Commission of Inquiry looking into the death of Founder of the Working People’s Alliance, Dr. Walter Rodney, has been conducting hearings at various sessions over the past year and has seen extensions on a number of occasions. President David Granger believes that it is time for the Commission to wrap up its work […]
(BBC) Cuban diplomats will now have access to banking services in the US, clearing a major hurdle to restore diplomatic ties between the two counties. The US State Department declined to the name the bank, but a senior official expressed optimism ahead of Thursday’s talks between the US and Cuba. This week’s talks in Washington […]
Colombia’s security forces have killed at least five fighters from the Farc rebel group in an air strike in the north-western region of Antioquia. On Thursday, 26 rebels were killed in a similar operation in southern Colombia, prompting the Farc to suspend its unilateral ceasefire. The rebels and the government have been in peace talks […]
New Foreign Affairs Minister Carl Greenidge has announced his intention to considerably lift the profile of Guyana’s Foreign Service, both locally and abroad. While Minister Greenidge has regarded efforts in this regard to be priority, he said political appointees who are currently serving as Ambassadors and Foreign diplomats in other jurisdictions are expected to indicate their […]
Police investigators up to late on Saturday night were questioning two men in connection with the murder of a 68-year-old, Mahaica woman. According to the police, the woman who was identified as Chandroutie Persaud, of River View Squatting area Mahaica was found dead early on Saturday with her hands tied behind her back and her […]
The 20-year-old South Ruimveldt woman who was stabbed to death by her best friend during an argument on Thursday night was pregnant with her second child, according to relatives. Family members and friends are still shocked over the brutal murder of Renita Thomas. Her “bestie” Angelique Williams remains in custody and will face murder charges in the […]
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