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The Guiana Shield Strategic Dialogue 2024 opened at the Guyana Marriott Hotel today, with calls from Guyana, Suriname, Brazil and France for countries in the Guiana Sheild to jointly confront the security and environmental challenges that pose a significant threat to the region. Covering 270 million hectares, the Guiana Shield encompasses French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, […]
Police investigators are probing the murder of a 38-year-old Bagotstown resident, who was brutally stabbed during an argument at a shop. Investigators have identified the dead man as Ricardo Bailey. A 28-year-old suspect remains on the run. A Police report of the incident stated that at around 9pm on Sunday, Ricardo Bailey and a group […]
Guyana has recorded an increase in workplace deaths with the majority occurring within the mining and construction Sectors, Minister of Labour, Joseph Hamilton said in his World Day for Safety and Health at Work message. A total of eight persons have lost their lives at their workplace so far for this year. On Sunday, the […]
Two friends, ages 24 and 20-years-old, lost their lives on Saturday morning in an accident along the Diamond Public Road on the East Bank of Demerara. The accident took place around 4:10 am on Saturday morning, and the two men who died have been identified as Philbert Charles and Chris Daniels. A Police report of […]
The Guyana Police Force’s Office of Professional Responsibility has launched an investigation into an incident in the town of Linden involving a popular businessman, Hilton Lyle, and a group of Policemen in the compound of the Mackenzie Police station. In a video recording of the incident, the businessman could be seen on the ground inside […]
Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday lashed out at the decision of High Court Justice, Sandil Kissoon, in the case brought against the Government by the Guyana Teachers’ Union. The Vice President accused the Judge of being “presumptuous” in his ruling in the case. While shutting down the Government’s plans to deduct money from the […]
More than $295 million worth of marijuana plants and seeds were discovered early this morning during a Police operation in the Upper Berbice river area. The Police said the marijuana farm was found with 35,000 marijuana plants and 40 pounds of marijuana seeds. A search was conducted at the farm by the Police, and they […]
The President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce, Kester Hutson, has emphasized the need for respect for Guyana’s local content legislation, as he addressed a Trinidadian business mission visiting Guyana. During an address to the group, the Head of the Chamber of Commerce also noted the importance of bilateral collaboration and promoting sustainable development between […]
In response to the Mayor of Georgetown’s call for the Government to pay up the more than $6 Billion owed in taxes to the City Council, Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo has claimed that the money owed appears to be inflated, and the Government through various programmes has been injecting money into the nation’s capital city. […]
The Central Executive Committee (CEC) of the People’s National Congress, has ordered an external probe into the unauthorized removal of Central Processing Unit (CPU) of a main computer system from the party’s General Secretary’s office. The CPU which was found in another office at the party’s head office, contains critical data pertaining to the party’s […]
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