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The Afri-Caribbean Trade and Investment Forum opened this morning at the Georgetown Marriott Hotel bringing together hundreds of delegates from across the Caribbean and Africa. At the opening, President Irfaan Ali called for increase trade relations between Africa and the Caribbean, explaining that such an activity between the two regions will solidify relations and correct […]
Popular comedian and theatre actor Kirk Jardine aka Chow Pow, was charged today over the alleged assault of his daughter. The 57-year-old appeared before a City Magistrate this morning where he pleaded not guilty to the assault charge. He is accused of punching and slapping his daughter during a disagreement last Friday. The Police Prosecutor […]
Declaring that the planned referendum by the Venezuelan government on Guyana’s Essequibo region, poses a clear and present danger to the territorial integrity and national security of Guyana, retired Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Dr. Gary Best is urging the Government to immediately put a cap on the number of Venezuelan migrants/refugees […]
The People’s National Congress Reform (PNC/R) will hold its long-overdue General Council meeting in mid-November, and at that meeting, party officials are expected to deliberate on a schedule for the party’s Biennial Delegates Congress to elect a new leadership. In a correspondence seen by News Source, PNCR General Secretary, Dawn Hastings-Williams, urged all party officials […]
An elaborate scheme that saw the breaching of local accounts through American and blank ATM cards has been uncovered by the Police, and three persons have been arrested following a late night sting operation. The Police on Sunday announced the arrest of 37-year-old Bhojnarine Gopaul of Coldigen, 26-year-old Tulsie Ramprashad of Parika and 37-year-old Akashmati […]
Decked in a Military-style field cap and a Mao suit, President Irfaan Ali, on Friday night addressed residents of Essequibo and assured them and the rest of Guyana that the Government will not be surrendering an inch of Guyana’s territory to Venezuela. Venezuela has been continuing its claims of Guyana’s Essequibo region and has planned […]
The Sheriff Group of Companies has turned the sod for the commencement of construction of a $5.2 Billion Mall, at Palmyra in Region Six. The Sheriff Mall will be built in four phases, with the first phase expected to be completed in August 2024, representing an initial investment of GY$1.3 billion for that first phase. […]
Guyana’s National Assembly will meet next Friday morning for an ‘extraordinary’ sitting, Clerk of the National Assembly, Sherlock Isaacs said today. The Notice which was sent to Parliamentarians early today, stated that the urgent sitting of Parliament is to consider a motion in relation to the ongoing border controversy between Guyana and Venezuela. The Parliamentary […]
Led by businessman and newspaper owner, Glen Lall, a large group of concerned citizens picketed outside the President’s Office this morning, demanding a renegotiation of the oil contracts with the ExxonMobil company and calling for the removal of Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo. “This is not a race issue, this is a national issue, we want […]
The Government of Guyana is not interested in signing long term agreements with companies to supply emergency power, as there are major projects coming on stream that will address the power supply issues. Speaking at his party’s press conference yesterday, second Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said the government still believes that the Amaila falls hydro- […]
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