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Fire and Police investigators are continuing their probe into the devastating early Tuesday morning fire that completely destroyed 13 passenger boats that were parked close to the Vreed-en-hoop stelling on the West Coast Demerara. The Guyana Fire Service in a statement yesterday said a cause of the fire is still to be determined. It was […]
The largest party in the APNU coalition, the People’s National Congress, is calling on all Guyana to recommit to the fight to restore the ongoing loss of freedoms in our society —both politically and economically. In its emancipation day message, the Opposition party noted that at the political level, Guyanese must continue to resist “a […]
With the country’s oil and gas sector booming, the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has admitted that it currently lacks the capacity to conduct full audits of the oil companies, even as the same oil companies and their sub-contractors continue to hire away staff from the GRA. On Monday, the Commissioner General of the GRA, Godfrey […]
In an Emancipation Day message to the nation, President Irfaan Ali stated that the government remains committed to the struggle for reparations for the crime of African enslavement. He said the Government demands that those who were complicit in and who profited from the trade in captive Africans and African enslavement “pay just reparations”. According […]
Three men who had their original murder conviction overturned and a new trial ordered, were freed today after the trial Judge ordered the jury to return a not-guilty verdict. The Judge found several discrepancies in the prosecution’s case. The three men Ray Yokum, Steffon Campbel and Faisal Moore, were initially sentenced to 80 years in […]
Five years after Guyana signed onto China’s Belt and Road Initiative, President Irfaan Ali has signaled the country’s willingness to conclude negotiations on the Initiative’s Joint Action Plan as he wrapped up an eight-day visit to the People’s Republic of China. The Joint Action Plan would guide the implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative, […]
Guyana joined the rest of the world on Sunday in observing World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. In a statement, Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn, said the Government remains committed to the fight against trafficking in persons and the continued efforts to dismantle networks and prosecute perpetrators who commit the heinous act, while ensuring […]
A total of nine cellphones were among several prohibited items found inside the New Amsterdam prison during a joint services operation over the weekend. In a statement, the Police said that in addition to the nine phones, the operation also uncovered lighters, cigarettes, improvised weapons, scissors, four bottles of wine and a quantity of marijuana. […]
Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali met and held discussions today with Chinese President Xi Jinping. According to a statement from the Chinese Government, President Xi expressed the willingness of his government to support the advancement of the ‘One Road, One Belt’ Initiative in Guyana, while simultaneously assisting with the implementation of Guyana’s Low Carbon Development Strategy […]
Chief Justice Roxane George today dismissed a Court Challenge mounted by the Public Service Union challenges the nomination of Mr. Mohandatt Goolsarran, to sit as a Commissioner on the Public Service Commission. Mr. Goolsarran was nominated by the Public Service Senior Staff Association. The legal action filed by the GPSU was to essentially question the […]
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