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Guyana has secured a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council. At a meeting of the Security Council this morning for the election of five new non-permanent members, Guyana picked up a total 191 votes, landing the seat for Latin America and Caribbean states. With 192 members of the United Nations casting their votes, […]
A 31-year-old man who allegedly broke into a Brickdam house and came face to face with the occupants was stabbed to death late last night in a confrontation. The dead man has been identified as 31-year-old Christopher Gonsalves, who was known to law enforcement, and had been previously charged on a number of occasions for […]
Agents of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit arrested a 27-year-old Herstelling, East Bank Demerara man on Monday following the discovery of a large quantity of marijuana and a shotgun. In a statement, CANU said the man, Malik Forde, was held during an operation in the Herstelling area which saw the discovery of more than 9 […]
A Berbice truck driver has been arrested and will be facing narco trafficking charges after he was nabbed with more than 120 pounds of marijuana underneath a load of sand in his truck. A Police statement said ranks from the Mahaica Police station were on an anti-crime patrol on Sunday morning when they observed the […]
Six of the residents of Hill Foot on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway who were arrested last week during the fiery protests, have been released from custody. However, another resident was charged with disorderly behavior. He was granted self bail by the Court. The residents launched a protest last week after some of their homes were bulldozed […]
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) office in Guyana had warned since last year that school dormitories in Guyana have a number of issues that must be addressed as a matter of urgency for the safety of students and those who occupy the facilities. UNICEF conducted a review of all 24 of the school dormitories […]
Another meeting of the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) was cancelled today over the lack of a quorum, as Government members stayed away from yet another meeting. Chairman of the PAC and Opposition MP, Jermaine Figueira is now calling for the Government’s Chief Whip, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Gail Teixeira, and the Minister of Public […]
The Guyana Government has signed two financing agreements with the Saudi Arabia Fund for Development, totally US$150M for infrastructural development. The agreements were signed this morning. The first loan agreement worth US$100 million is for infrastructural works in housing communities, which include opening up new lands for housing and the construction and maintenance of roads […]
Describing the town of Linden as a woman who has been abandoned by her longtime lover, President Irfaan Ali suggested that his party, the PPP, is the new man for the town that will replace the People’s National Congress in the upcoming Local Government Elections. At a Saturday afternoon rally in the heart of the […]
The body of a man, who is believed to be in his late 20’s, was found this morning on the walkway of the Houston overpass on the East Bank of Demerara. It is suspected that he may have taken his own life overnight. The man is still to be identified. He was found clad in […]
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