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The ongoing industrial action at the shipping port in Port-of-Spain in Trinidad and Tobago has severely disrupted regional trade and is negatively impacting businesses in Guyana, according to the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA). The GMSA has registered its grave concern over the situation and has explained that the strike and now ‘go-slow operation’ […]
Days after the Surinamese Foreign Minister summoned Guyana’s Ambassador to Suriname over reports of the Guyana Government planning a number of development projects in the New River Triangle area, Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hugh Todd, met today met with Suriname’s Ambassador to Guyana Liselle Blankendal. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry explained that during […]
With the registration process for the Government’s $100,000 cash grant still targeting pensioners and public servants with no clear timeline for completion, the opposition Working People’s Alliance said the Government should seek help from other players in the society to ensure the successful distribution of the grant. At a press conference today, Co-leader of the […]
The Alliance for Change has declared that it has lost full confidence in leadership of the Guyana Elections Commission. In a statement, the party said the recent disclosures by the Elections Commission that it erred in the interpretation of the Representation of the Peoples Act (ROPA), and allowed a member of the National Assembly to […]
Tragedy struck a St. Cuthbert’s Mission family on Saturday evening as a head on collision involving two cars claimed the lives of a 63-year-old woman, her 29-year-old daughter and her 7-year-old grand daughter. The three who have been identified as Olive Andrews, Attina Andrews and Emma Andrews, were passengers in one of the two cars […]
A Government team led by Minister of Works, Juan Edghill and Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal visited the South Ruimveldt community today after residents concerned about the state of the still to be rehabilitated section of Aubrey Barker Road staged a fiery protest last evening. Several frustrated resident set fire to debris on […]
The Alliance For Change (AFC) today said it has been able to confirm that Guyana’s loan application before the United States Export-Import Bank (US Exim) bank is still in the processing stages and has not fully approved. While the Bank’s Board of Directors has approved the loan request, it still has to be approved by […]
The Guyana Police Force is investigating the discovery of just over 217 pounds of marijuana which was dumped into the Demerara River by the operators of a speedboat that was being chased by the Coast Guard. The incident took place at around 2 o’clock on Thursday morning in the vicinity of the Vreed-en-Hoop stelling. A […]
Fearful that the local banks may be unable to process 300,000 cheques in a single month to the tune of $30 Billion, the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) is calling on Government to engage the commercial banks to not only extend their working hours, but to also consider other methods of disbursing the $100,000 cash […]
Estimating that the Voters’ List has the names of more than 200,000 dead people, and overseas-based Guyanese, Opposition Member of Parliament and Executive Member of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Ganesh Mahipaul today said that an extremely bloated list coupled with outdated photos of voters, is a recipe for electoral fraud. At a Congress […]
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