Unhappy Maduro puts accreditation of new Guyanese Ambassador to Venezuela on hold

Amidst ongoing tensions between Guyana and Venezuela over Venezuela’s ongoing threats and claim to Guyana’s territory, the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro has ordered the suspension of the process currently underway to grant the approval of the new Guyana Ambassador to Venezuela. The Venezuelan Foreign Ministry has announced that  the procedures for acceptance were ongoing, but were […]

UN Office on Drugs and Crime to assist government in fighting corruption

The United Nations (UN) Office on Drugs and Crime said the previous People’s Progressive Party (PPP) administration was not forthcoming with information on corruption as it pledged renewed support to the coalition government in its fight. Regional Representative Amado Philip de Andres told media operatives that the Office received no response from the PPP administration […]

Police arrest “nothing down, pay later” hitman in Herstelling murder

Police investigators have been able to track down and arrest the man who is alleged to have murdered the Herstelling block maker and carpenter, Nathan Persaud. The hitman was arrested on Tuesday evening as the police widened their investigation into the gruesome murder. The carpenter’s wife, Beverly Persaud, was charged on Monday for the murder […]

Aurora pours first bar of gold as president encourages respect for local labour laws

“This enterprise can become a successful model for large scale mining, and for sound environmental stewardship. It can become a matrix for our mineral driven economic renewal.” These were the sentiments expressed by President David Granger at commissioning and gold pouring ceremony of Guyana Gold fields Incorporated and Aurora Gold Mine Incorporated. “We congratulate the […]

Guyanese woman sentenced to 3 years in Antigua for cocaine trafficking

(Antigua Observer) The Guyanese woman nabbed with cocaine at the VC Bird International Airport, in June, will spend the next three years behind bars after failing to pay the $262,500 fine imposed in the All Saints Magistrate Court yesterday. Forty-nine-year-old Carlin Jocelyn Jackson who appeared before Magistrate Nagio Emanuel was fined $131,250 for importation and […]

Prime Minister declares abuse of state media has ended as new boards put in place

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo who has responsibility for Public Information has declared an end to the “abuse” that he said the state media has suffered in past years. Prime Minister Nagamootoo has now promised major policy and aesthetic reforms for the state owned National Communications Network (NCN) and the Guyana National Newspaper Limited (GNNL), which […]

East Bank Demerara woman charged for husband’s murder; hitman still to be found

The widow of murdered Herstelling carpenter Nathan Persaud, was remanded to prison earlier today after being charged for the man’s murder. Persaud’s battered and lifeless body was found in his Herstelling, East Bank Demerara home. His wife, Gwendolyn Persaud later admitted that she had hired someone to kill her husband. The woman appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates Court […]

Jet Blue interested in Guyana service…Airline officials to visit Guyana for talks

Officials of US carrier, Jet Blue have started discussions with the Government of Guyana about the airline adding Guyana to its list of international destinations. The initial talks were held last Thursday in Florida on the sidelines of the Florida Conference on Current Caribbean Issues: The Diaspora Discussion. Guyana’s Vice President and Minister of Foreign […]