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One week after a U.S Government travel advisory forced officials in Guyana to raise the terror threat level at the Cheddi Jagan Airport, the Ministry of Public Works and the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) have decided to lower the threat level from high to moderate which they describe as an indication that officials no […]
Teachers and Students of the Wisburg Secondary School in Wismar, Linden are threatening to stay away from the classroom because of an invasion of mosquitoes in the school compound. Teachers and students protested by sitting in yesterday during classes. Some teachers refused to teach and students complained bitterly about the bothersome, bloodsucking insect. One teacher […]
(Nation News) BARBADOS experienced an earthquake just before 5:30 a.m. Tuesday. According to the United States Geological Survey, the magnitude of the earthquake was 6.7 on the Richter scale. The epicentre was approximately 126 miles to the northeast of Bridgetown at a depth of 20 miles. It was also confirmed by Judy Thomas, head of the Department […]
The People’s Progressive Party has started a search for a new Member of Parliament. PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee on Monday indicated that former Minister of Local Government, Ganga Persaud has decided not to attend sittings of the National Assembly. Initially, the PPP had indicated that Persaud would have remained as a Member of Parliament […]
The Attorneys for Opposition Leader David Granger have been given the all clear to file their appeal in the Appellate Court against the decision of Chief Justice Ian Chang to remove the Opposition Leader from the budget cut case. Granger’s attorneys have always argued that he should have been able present his side in the […]
Guyana’s governing party, the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has launched a barrage of criticism in Venezuela against the Opposition parties there as anti government protests continue in Caracas. In a statement, the PPP said it has extended its solidarity “with the Government and people of Venezuela in what appeared to be a well orchestrated attempt […]
The Barbados-based financial institution, the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) projects that Guyana, along with Suriname and Haiti will take the lead amongst the regional economies, in terms of accelerating growth in the next two years. This is according to the CDB’s President Dr William Warren Smith, during the bank’s annual press conference on February 11, […]
Police at Timehri are investigating the murder of a female taxi driver whose body was found early Sunday morning, dumped close to her car in a mining pit just off of the Linden Soesdyke Highway. A young labourer who works in the area has since been taken into custody as the investigations continue and investigators […]
Just six months after being appointed a Justice of Appeal in Guyana, Guyanese born, British lawyer Rabi Sukul has resigned from the post after he was asked to do so by the Chancellor of the Judiciary. The request by Chancellor (ag) Carl Singh came as information surfaced that Sukul had been disbarred in London for […]
A post-mortem examination conducted on the body of a Jamaican woman who was found dead in a Georgetown Hotel confirmed that the woman was a drug smuggler and had ingested a number of cocaine pellets. According to a Police report, the autopsy was conducted on Friday, February 14 on the body of Jamaican National Beverley […]
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