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Late leader of the People’s National Congress and former President Hugh Desmond Hoyte was remembered as a true Guyanese Statesman, who placed the nation above partisan politics, according to Leader of the People’s National Congress/Reform (PNC/R), Aubrey Norton. Norton delivered the Hugh Desmond Hoyte 9th Commemorative Lecture at the Pegasus Suites last Friday. Mr. Norton […]
Three persons were found dead locked in a mini-bus along the Mabura trail on Sunday, and it is suspected that the three died from carbon monoxide poisoning. Two of the three persons have been identified. The driver has been identified as Leon Achee, while one of the other victims has been identified as Reeva Bovell. […]
A late night row over a husband’s alcohol drinking habit has led to the stabbing death of a 34-year-old woman by her drunk husband. Police investigators have identified the dead woman as Anuradha Khatoon, who was a fruits vendor in the West Demerara area. In a statement this morning, the Guyana Police Force reported that […]
In a joint statement issued on Saturday, eight civil society groups, including the Guyana Human Rights Association, Transparency Guyana, Red Thread and the Guyana Trades Union Congress, called on the Government of Guyana to adopt a more “dignified” approach to dealing with industrial relation matters. The joint statement zeroed in on the strike action by […]
A number of regions across Guyana were rattled by midnight tremors on Saturday in the aftermath of a 6.0 magnitude earthquake along the Venezuelan coast. Several Caribbean countries, including Grenada and Trinidad and Tobago also felt the tremors. In Guyana, the tremors were felt in parts of Region One, in the capital of Georgetown and […]
Former Chairperson of the People’s National Congress Reform Volda Lawrence, and Executive member Dr. Gary Best, have both declined the nominations to serve in the leadership of the opposition political party. The party’s congress and elections are set for next weekend at party headquarters, Congress Place. Lawrence and Best were among seven nominees for the […]
The Council of Elders of the People’s National Congress Reform has stepped in to probe the serious claims by longtime party member, Vanessa Kissoon, that some time back the current party leader, Aubrey Norton made a sexual assault threat against her. The Council of Elders is being supported in its probe by the women and […]
The Government of Guyana plans to pay greater attention on digitization, in order to make doing business here easier as well as to transform several sectors of the economy. This effort was recently hailed at the 54th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) in Canada. A release from […]
By Svetlana Marshall The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) has agreed to call off the ongoing strike by teachers, having reached an agreement with the Ministry of Education on the Terms of Resumption today. Teachers are now expected to return to school by Tuesday, June 25, 2024. Among the terms of that agreement are that there […]
The 17th edition of Guyana Restaurant Week begins today with 23 restaurants on board with a promise to entice the tastebuds of Guyanese and tourists alike, while taking them on a culinary journey. This season of Guyana Restaurant Week runs from June 21st to June 30th under the theme “Let’s Explore, Eat, Repeat.” President of […]
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