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The Department of the Environment has made a decision to reopen the Kaieteur National Park (KNP) after officially bringing an end to the search for a local tourist who vanished at the falls during an outing. Search parties completed one week of searches in and around the 741 ft. waterfalls and found no trace of the […]
President David Granger believes Guyana’s partnership with the European Union has impacted the local economy to a great extent, especially within the context of trade and development assistance. The President made these comments today, at the Ministry of the Presidency, as he accepted Letters of Credence from the new European Union, Ambassador to Guyana, His […]
(Trinidad Guardian) While former Opposition leader Dr Keith Rowley was sworn in as Prime Minister during a ceremony at Queen’s Hall, Port-of-Spain, yesterday, former prime minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar was challenging the result of Monday’s general election and asking that it be declared null and void. She also chastised the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) for […]
Four Mexican officials have been charged with aiding the escape of the notorious drugs lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman from a maximum security prison. Two are members of Mexico’s secret service who were based at the prison. The others were control room employees who should have monitored his cell. They are accused of not raising […]
(BBC) Venezuela has extended a partial border shutdown with Colombia and sent another 3,000 troops to the area in a crime crackdown. Mr Maduro has shut a crossing in the state of Zulia and declared an emergency in three of its cities. He says the border area has been infiltrated by Colombian paramilitaries and criminal […]
(GINA) Private developers who are in possession of hundreds of acres of land in prime areas on the East Bank of Demerara were urged to start, or in some cases, resume works or the government will take necessary actions. This came as Minister within the Ministry of Communities, Keith Scott, visited several commercial zones and […]
The Government of Guyana on Wednesday expressed heartfelt congratulations to the new government in Trinidad and Tobago being headed by Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley. Guyana’s Minister of Governance, Raphael Trotman, told a post Cabinet media briefing that it is with great anticipation that Guyana looks forward to continuing the already good relations it has with […]
On the heels of criticism from Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo, the government on Wednesday declared that Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo is the best person to lead a government team into National Unity talks with the People’s Progressive Party (PPP). On Tuesday, Jagdeo laughed off Nagamootoo’s announcement of being appointed to head a committee that will […]
A man who was caught with three other persons in a car with two stolen goats was shot in the buttocks during an escape bid as he attempted to attack a policeman with a scissors. According to a police it report, it was just after 5:30 this morning that the police cornered the car with […]
A Guyanese national is among three persons arrested in Greece following a major cocaine bust in a shipment of scrap iron from Guyana. Greek Authorities have not released the names of the suspects but have said that the three were part of a major drug trafficking ring which oversaw the shipment of the cocaine from […]
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