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The Guyana Police Force on Friday said heightened presence at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) and in the vicinity of commercial banks and busy shopping areas will form part of its strategy over the next two months as it moves to clamp down on criminality during the Christmas season. The Police’s Christmas policing strategy […]
The Government of Brazil through the local embassy on Thursday handed over $26M in equipment to the Guyana Defence Force. According to a statement from the GDF, the donated equipment, is the outcome of continued government to government cooperation between Brazil and Guyana, and particularly, between the countries militaries. “The military aid package, consists of […]
Guyana’s rice exports increased by six percent during the period January to October 2015 as compared with the corresponding period for 2014. However, the industry is forced to deal with a significant fall in world market price that is affecting export earnings, and the continued insistence of an oversupply in the market, General Manager (acting) […]
The opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has voiced its dissatisfaction with the government’s response to recent incidents of maternal deaths and has called on the government to do more to prevent such deaths. Former Culture Minister Dr. Frank Anthony led the PPP’s charge at a Thursday morning press conference. He said the country continues to […]
Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chairman, Dr. Steve Surujbally on Thursday called on political parties to stop fuelling ethnic division as he disclosed that a request was made by one party for the Commission to specify the ethnicity of some 12,000 Guyanese who worked during the 2015 general elections. Dr. Surujbally explained he may be inclined […]
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states and governments are being called upon to make urgent changes to the way they conduct business and foster more engagements with the private sector lest the region’s economy is left behind. The call was made by Suriname’s Minister of Trade and Industry, Sieglien Burleson during the opening of the 41st […]
A 26-year old Vendor was on Thursday granted bail in the sum of $1 million for the November 8 Demerara Harbour Bridge fatal accident which resulted in the death of his wife. The man, Dhanram Ramdeo Ramlall appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Judy Latchman and entered a not guilty plea while his […]
President David Granger, who is currently in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, described Guyana’s participation at the Fourth Summit of the Arab and South American Countries (ASPA) as fruitful and a success. He said that it is an important forum for Guyana to advance its interest with some of the major states in the Arab world and […]
Nine of the ten aviation operators in Guyana have joined forces and formed the National Air Transport Association. The body will represent the interest of various sectors of the aviation industry in Guyana, from aircraft owners, operators and managers, to pilots. flight attendants, air traffic control officers and ground handling along with security agents. Longtime […]
A Bagotstown man’s home was set ablaze around noon on Wednesday, even as the police continued to hunt him for the shooting death of 24 – year – old wanted man , Jermaine Simon, also of Bagotstown. The torching of the suspect’s home, which he shared with another woman and her children, is believed to […]
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