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The government has announced that the water taxi service across the Berbice River will begin from Monday, September 21. The administration moved to introduce the service in wake of the resistance from the Berbice Bridge Company Inc (BBCI) to lower the tolls for the bridge. Minister of State Joe Harmon today said the service will […]
Finance Secretary within the Ministry of Finance Nirmal Rekha has abandoned his post, the government announced on Friday. Rekha’s action comes at a time when the government is conducting a forensic audit at the Ministry and shortly after the installment of a new Minister and government in May. According to State Minister Joe Harmon, Rekha […]
A fisherman stabbed himself to death this morning, after attacking and stabbing a police officer just outside a city wharf. The policeman has been admitted to a city hospital and is under intensive care. According to reports, two police officers were at the Vieira wharf carrying out regular checks of the fishing vessels when noticed the […]
Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo has full confidence in the coalition government’s Code of Conduct for Ministers, Members of Parliament and other government officials and he is convinced that it will serve as a guide to help members of the administration to deliver on their promises of accountability and transparency. The Code of Conduct is to […]
A Chinese national working at the Cheddi Jagan Airport runway expansion site died on Thursday midday after he made his way into a swampy area while doing excavation works and was completely covered by mud. Another worker was also trapped but managed to survive after being pulled from the area. News Source understands that both workers are […]
Vice President and Foreign Minister Carl Greenidge has responded to the Venezuelan government’s decision to suspend the approval of the new Guyana Ambassador to Caracas. In a short statement on Thursday, Foreign Minister Greendige vowed to continue speaking out against Venezuela’s illegal claim to the Essequibo region and Guyana’s oil rich maritime space. He said […]
The body of 40-year-old Gyaneshwarie Sivanand, has been retrieved from the bottom of the Kaieteur Falls and is currently at a Georgetown funeral home. The woman’s body was retrieved from the bottom of the 741 ft. waterfalls by a Special Forces team of the Guyana Defence Force. She went missing two weeks ago during a […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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