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The Private Sector Commission is worried that early elections could spell more bad news for local businesses. President Donald Ramotar is expected to name a date for elections to be held this year soon. Former Chairman of the Private Sector Commission Ramesh Dookhoo who now serves as the Head of the Commission’s Trade and Investment […]
Guyana’s governing People’s Progressive Party wants the Elections Commission to begin carrying out background checks on the staff members it will be hiring for polling day duties. President Ramotar has indicated that the country will head to early elections this year. During a recent meeting with the Guyana Elections Commission, PPP Executives insisted that “proper […]
British High Commissioner to Guyana Andrew Ayre has fired back at Minister of Foreign Affairs Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett in wake of her statements that it is ironic that the British government would have concerns about the prorogation in Guyana when it is the British who have the prorogation legacy. In a telephone interview with News Source […]
Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett is not happy with recent statements by the United Kingdom about the ongoing prorogation of the Guyana Parliament. And she has stated that it is ironic that the British government is expressing worry about the prorogation in Guyana when it is the British who has the prorogation legacy. […]
The Captain and Crew of the cargo ship MV Deltadiep which was busted with cocaine, remain detained on the vessel in Guyana as the Police and the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit seek the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions on the way forward. The Captain and crew members were all questioned about the over […]
As workers of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission continue their strike action for improved working conditions and better salaries, the Ministry of Labour has fired off at the workers and has declared the strike action as ‘illegal’, ‘unethical’ and ‘improper’. In a letter to the General Secretary of the Guyana Public Service Union Ms. […]
The wife of a city businessman was gunned down execution style on Monday evening in the Atlantic Gardens area on the East Coast of Demerara. The dead woman has been identified as Patricia Sanasie. She was shot multiple times to her body in front of the Atlantic Gardens residence. Persons in the area reported hearing […]
By Rawle Toney Considered Guyana’s most successful Technical Director, Trinidadian Jamaal Shabazz was on Monday named Head Coach of the Golden Jaguars (Guyana’s Senior National Team) which will be facing Barbados on February 1. The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) also named their provisional squad for the game set for the Barbados National Stadium, featuring a […]
The Guyana Police Force on Monday reported that the year 2014 saw 147 murders being recorded in Guyana. That figure represents a 5% decrease in cases of murder when compared to the 2013 figure. The number of robbery cases also appeared on the increase according to the report from the Police. “At the end of December […]
By Kenton X. Chance At least seven persons, mainly students, died after a minibus plunged into the sea in Rockguter, an area between Owia and Fancy on the northeastern tip of St. Vincent Monday morning. Police and government officials say that five bodies were recovered from the sea, and one person died in hospital, and […]
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