It’s just not us with big houses -Jagdeo talks about PPP changes

Former President Bharrat Jagdeo was in campaign mode on Sunday afternoon as he told the large crowd gathered for the annual memorial event for late President Cheddi Jagan that Guyana has seen real changes under the PPP administration and Guyanese should stay the course for more changes. Mr. Jagdeo said the APNU-AFC cannot offer the […]

Immigration supervisors given CSME free movement refresher

Using the now famous Shanique Myrie versus Barbados case,  some 31 immigration supervisors drawn from Guyana’s immigration ports including the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Ogle Airport, Bartica and Moleson Creek, were Thursday last sensitized about their roles and responsibilities particularly with respect to facilitating the free movement ofCARICOM nationals under theCARICOM Single Market (CSM).The worksite meeting, […]

“It is time for Guyanese women to Make It Happen” -APNU-AFC

The opposition coalition APNU-AFC, believes that the upcoming elections will serve as the time for Guyanese women to “make it happen”. In it’s International Women’s Day message, the coalition said that “as a government, APNU+AFC commits to ensuring that women are truly and sincerely protected, respected, included and provided with equal opportunity throughout the social landscape, […]

I chose Lis to redouble efforts to fight Domestic Violence -Ramotar

On International Women’s Day, President Donald Ramotar said one of the reasons behind his decision to choose Foreign Affairs Director General Elisabeth Harper as his running mate for the 2015 elections, is to redouble his government’s efforts to fight domestic violence. Ambassador Harper in a promotional television interview after being selected as the PPP’s Prime […]

Cancer patient Christopher Robinson passes on

One month after he was able to realize his last wish to see his sister after two decades, 26-year-old Guyanese Christopher Robinson passed away on Friday evening at a hospice in New York. Robinson battled a rare form of cancer and managed to live past the few months that doctors had given him to live. […]

Victoria miner found chopped to death in Mahdia

Investigators from the Guyana Police Force are probing the murder of a miner at Mahdia after the man’s blood soaked body was found on a roadside in the community on Saturday morning. The dead miner has been identified as 57-year-old Charles Major who is originally from the village of Victoria on the East Coast of […]

Mother and Lover found guilty of Neesa Gopaul’s murder

A 12-member jury on Thursday afternoon found Bibi Shareema Gopaul and her ex-lover Jarvis Barry Small, guilty of the murder of Gopaul’s 16-year-old daughter Neesa Gopaul. The two showed little emotion as the jury foreman announced the guilty verdict. The mother started to tremble as the Judge announced the sentencing. The mother, Bibi Shareema Gopaul was sentenced […]

Let Coalition Politics Prevail -Cheddi Jagan Jnr.

Former People’s Progressive Party Candidate and the son of the founder of the PPP, Dr. Cheddi Jagan Jnr. has offered congratulations to A Partnership for National Unity and the Alliance For Change on the formation of their coalition to contest the May 11 elections. In a letter to the press, Dr. Jagan said coalition politics […]

Exxon Mobil set to begin Guyana oil exploration

Days after objections from Venezuelan authorities, there is still no indication from Exxon Mobile that it will halt its exploration plans following the dispatch of the rig and the commencement of exploration work in the concession granted by the Government of Guyana. The rig which departed the United States on February 19 arrived in Guyana […]