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Popular US lifestyle magazine, Essence, has named Guyana among the 12 Best places to travel in 2023. In its latest edition, the Magazine ranked Guyana at #7 on its Best Place to travel list. According to the feature, Guyana is arguably one of the most under-rated travel destinations. The magazine said Guyana provides unparalleled and […]
Award winning journalist Tajeram Mohabir has resigned as the Editor-in-Chief of the state-owned Guyana Chronicle after a rocky two-year stint. Mohabir’s resignation came at the end of a six-week vacation leave and in the middle of a letter writing exchange in the pages of the Kaieteur Newspaper by staffers of the Guyana Chronicle. There are […]
The niece and neighbour of 85-year-old Sumintra Sawh were today jointly charged with the woman’s murder. The niece, 37-year-old Roshanie Basdeo and neigbour, 48-year-old Mohammed Shaheed, were not required to enter a plea to the indictable murder charge. Although the two have been jointly charged, they did not appear in Court together. Basdeo had earlier […]
Nomination Day for the 2023 Local Government Elections has been postponed in light of the Court action filed by the Chief Scrutineer for the APNU+AFC over the validity of the voters list for the local government polls. The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), during a special meeting today, decided to call off Nomination Day which was […]
As the new year approaches, the Ministry of Tourism is preparing to improve its marketing of Destination Guyana while expanding the local tourism sector. The Guyana Tourism Authority hosted its annual awards ceremony on Wednesday evening. Speaking at the event, Minister of Tourism, Oneidge Walrond said the country’s tourism product is growing from strength to […]
A fidgety Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission, retired Justice Claudette Singh appeared before the Elections 2020 Commission of Inquiry this morning and testified that she became overwhelmed after the Returning Officer for Region Four, Clairmont Mingo declared the region’s results before a final tabulation of the votes. Between repeatedly glancing at her wristwatch to […]
The Opposition APNU+AFC is calling out the Special Organised Crime Unit for “harassment” after its Chief Scrutineer, Carol Smith-Joseph was summoned by SOCU for questioning. The coalition in a statement said it believes that the move is political. It was Smith-Joseph who filed a Court action last week that will likely result in another round […]
The gold miner, who is accused of launching a vicious attack on two brothers at a mining camp in Aurora on Tuesday, leaving one of the brothers dead and the other nursing wounds, has been arrested. Police Commander of Region Seven, Senior Superintendent Dion Moore told News Source that the murder suspect was arrested and […]
An Assistant Registration Officer (ARO) at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) testified before the Elections Commission of Inquiry today that while at first in the Command Centre, the electoral clerks were calling out the number of votes cast in favour of the various political parties from the Statements of Poll (SOPs), they were eventually instructed […]
At the end of November, the balance in Guyana’s Natural Resource Fund stood at over US$1.3 Billion, which is over G$290 billion, according to the monthly statement issued by the Bank of Guyana. The deposits were published by the Central Bank in keeping with Section 33(2) of the Natural Resource Fund Act, which provides for […]
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