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President Irfaan Ali has condemned what he described as the “racist remarks aimed at fueling terrorism in Guyana”, by WPA Executive Member, Tacuma Ogunseye, during a public meeting in Buxton on Thursday. During the WPA meeting, Ogunseye spoke about the current plight of the poor in Guyana and Afro Guyanese under the current government, and […]
Another victim from last Monday’s smash-up between a sandtruck and a mini-bus at Greenwich Park, East Bank Essequibo has died. The Guyana Police Force has reported that 71-year-old Tella Parhoo, who sustained multiple injuries in the accident, died on Friday afternoon at the Georgetown Hospital. She was a passenger in the mini-bus. The other four […]
Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall has condemned the statements made by Working People’s Alliance Executive Tacuma Ogunseye about an uprising needing to happen in Guyana. Nandlall slammed the WPA official’s call for the joint services to be “battle ready”, describing the statements as racist and inciteful. During a WPA public meeting […]
Opposition Member of Parliament and Former Public Works Minister, David Patterson is of the view that the country will have to brace itself for daily power outages if the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) company does not fix some of its current challenges. Patterson said he believes the challenges currently facing GPL are well over […]
Executive Member of the Alliance For Change and Former Head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Dr. Vincent Adams, has accused the Guyana Government of being complicit and encouraging unlimited flaring of Natural gas by ExxonMobil offshore Guyana. He said he is concerned that the continuous flaring could have devastating environmental impacts. During an AFC […]
The Chairman of the Joint Services, Brigadier Godfrey Bess today reminded and assured the nation that irrespective of its ethnic composition, the Joint Services of Guyana is an apolitical institution and will continue to uphold the noble position of service to the people of Guyana. The statement from Brigadier Bess came in response to a […]
The Government of Guyana today signed a US$35.4M contract for the implementation of an electronic identification system that would be used for the issuance of work permits and resident identification. The contract was signed with the Veridos company, which is a Germany-based company that specializes in integrated identity solutions. At the signing ceremony at State […]
A Linden farmer, who has been identified as 44-year-old Tito Browne, was sentenced to four years imprisonment after he was found guilty of trafficking two Jamaican nationals. Browne, also known as ‘Tommy’ and ‘Yankee’, received two four-year term sentences when he appeared before Magistrate Wanda Fortune at the Linden Magistrate’s Court on Thursday. The two […]
The US Ambassador to Guyana, Sarah-Ann Lynch believes that Guyanese teachers deserve to be fairly compensated for their job. She made the comments at the opening of the Women and Girls Summit on Thursday, while advocating for women in the Public and Private Sectors to play an even greater role as Guyana undergoes major economic, […]
The 38-year-old truck driver, who is alleged to have caused Monday’s smash-up along the Greenwich Public Road which saw a mini-bus driver and three of his passengers losing their lives, was today slapped with four counts of causing death by dangerous driving and remanded to jail. Truck driver, Ewart Stewart, appeared in Court today and […]
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