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A 22-year-old labourer who attempted to fight off two bandits as they tried to steal his motorcycle, was shot dead on Sunday night in the Sophia area. Police have identified the dead youth as Alwin Griffith of A Field, South Sophia. According to a Police statement, at around 9:30 on Sunday night, Griffith was sitting […]
Police investigators have traveled to the Upper Mazaruni community of Jawalla village to probe the death of a 20-year-old miner, which occurred on Friday. The Police in a statement said its investigations have so far revealed that on Friday after completing his work, the miner, Steve Stephen, prepared dinner but retired to bed in his […]
The Alliance for Change today hammered the majority decision of the Public Procurement Commission not to take action in the award of the $865M Belle Vue pump station contract, although several breaches were found in the award of the contract. The contract was awarded to the Tepui company, which is managed by social media talk […]
Opposition Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs and Member of Parliament, Amanza Walton-Desir, believes CARICOM needs to send a more direct message to Venezuela over its latest actions to claim Guyana’s Essequibo region. Appearing on Alex Arjoon’s “The Gyaff” podcast, MP Walton-Desir said CARICOM has got to do more than just bemoan the passage of the recent […]
By Svetlana Marshall High Court Judge Sandil Kissoon shut down the Government’s plans to deduct money from the salaries of teachers who were on strike earlier this year, by declaring that the strike was legal and the right to strike is enshrined in the Constitution. The Judge also slammed the Government’s decision to discontinue deducting […]
The Guyana Government today rejected several statements made against it by the International Decade of People of African Descent Assembly- Guyana (IPADA-G) at the United Nations Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, in Geneva. At the same forum, IDPADA-G accused the Government of systemic racism, and told the forum that the Guyana Government is […]
Although the Guyana Power and Light Company will find itself carrying additional costs with the rental of a power ship to generate additional power for the national grid, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo today assured that there will be no increase in electricity charges over the next two years that the ship will be in Guyana. […]
Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Sonia Parag has indicated that significant progress is being made in removing the rubble from the site, where a section of the dilapidated Stabroek Market wharf collapsed on Wednesday. Upon her return to the scene of the collapsed wharf on Thursday, Minister Parag told reporters that teams of […]
As the United Nations seeks to extend the International Decade for People of African Descent, by another decade to fully realize the goals and aspirations of Africans around the world, the Guyana-based, International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly Guyana (IDPADA-G), has made a call for funding to come directly from the United Nations […]
The Opposition today said it fears Guyanese may have to brace themselves for more power outages, even with the use of a power ship with the capacity to generate 36 megawatts of power. At a press conference, Opposition Member of Parliament, Shurwayne Holder, said while GPL’s inability to generate sufficient power to meet the current […]
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