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Police investigators are probing the robbery and murder of 33-year-old Mocha Arcadia resident, Ken Sukhdeo. The man died on Tuesday night after being brutally stabbed by two Venezuelan teens, who were known to him. A Police report stated that from time to time, Sukhdeo would assist the two 19-year-old Venezuelan men in getting money sent […]
Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony today indicated that the Government has not ruled out the possibility of acquiring a dengue vaccine, despite being confronted by a number of challenges that are not unique to Guyana. Dr. Anthony reporters today that vaccines for dengue are not only scarce, but are extremely expensive. However, with the […]
Guyana is optimistic that an almost seven-year ban on the exportation of catfish to the United States will be lifted, as the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service conducts another review of documents submitted by Guyana. In 2017, Guyana was among several countries that were banned from exporting catfish to the US […]
Four years after the highly controversial 2020 Elections which were dogged with claims of fraud, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has assured that there are “safeguards in place to prevent multiple voting and other forms of skullduggery on Elections Day,” as the country prepares for national elections in 2025. In a direct response to calls […]
Eighteen US Peace Corps Volunteers were sworn in today by US Ambassador Nicole Theriot at the Umana Yana. The volunteers will now serve in Guyana’s Health and Education sectors for the next two years. The US Ambassador said the presence of the 35th Cohort of Peace Corps Guyana Volunteers is in keeping with the US […]
The top brass of the Guyana Defence Force appears to want a trimmer, slimmed down Force and has reportedly started to block the promotion of some officers, as well as prevent them from accessing overseas training and their duty free concessions over their Body Mass Index (BMI). Body Mass Index is a measurement of body […]
By Svetlana Marshall As piles of garbage continue to build up around Georgetown, especially in the main commercial zone, the Georgetown City Council is still to decide on whether it will drop the hammer on the contractor, Guyana Waste Solutions (GWS), which has repeatedly failed to meet its contractual obligation, according to City Mayor, Alfred […]
The Opposition APNU+AFC sees the Government’s move to the National Assembly seeking $40 Billion in supplementary provisions to be the result of poor planning and mismanagement. Last week, Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh, presented two Financial Papers to the National Assembly seeking Supplementary Estimates (Current) in relation to advances made from the Contingency Fund totaling […]
The Election fraud trial, which started last week and was adjourned after three days, will now see the Attorneys and Defendants back in Court in mid-September, as the presiding Magistrate has fallen ill and has been granted 30-days sick leave. The case was originally schedule to restart on Monday, but over the weekend, the Prosecution […]
Two days after the Chief Justice ruled that the Guyana Revenue Authority’s increase in the Excise Tax on duty-free vehicle import for remigrants was illegal, the Government has moved to gazette the increase, to make it legal and applicable. According to the gazetted document, re-migrants with duty free concessions who are seeking to import a […]
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