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The World Bank has singled out Guyana as having one of the highest poverty rates in the Latin America and Caribbean region despite it having one of the fastest growing economies in the region. In its updated fact sheet on Guyana, the institution said almost half of the country’s population live below US$5.5 per day […]
The Jamaican Bar Association and the Organization of Commonwealth Caribbean Bar Associations, became the latest bodies to heap scorn and condemn the Guyana Police Force for arresting Attorney-at-Law Tamieka Clarke, for discharging per professional duties. The Jamaica Bar Association said the arrest of the Attorney is an attack on the fundamental principle of the rule […]
Three days after he was swept away by the strong current of a raging Orinduik waterfalls, the body of Guyanese NYPD Officer, Gladstone Haynes was discovered this morning. Senior military officials confirmed that the man’s lifeless body was discovered by the teams including the Special Forces Unit, that were conducting searches since Monday. The body […]
The Guyanese man who went missing at the Orinduik Falls on Sunday during a visit when he was swept away by the water has been identified as a member of the New York Police Department. The NYPD has confirmed to the New York Post newspaper that Officer Gladstone Haynes who is a Guyanese national, went […]
Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton today said the government has no excuse for not raising the salaries of Public Sector workers and put measures in place for all Guyanese to benefit. During a press conference, the Opposition Leader said the price of food and other commodities is once again on the rise and the government appear […]
Over 350 companies have been issued with Local Content Certificates to operate in Guyana’s oil and gas sector, the Local Content Secretariat has disclosed. The Secretariat indicated that based on preliminary assessments, local content earnings for 2022 have already surpassed G$129 Billion. A Local Content Certificate issued to a Guyanese national or Guyanese company paves […]
Guyana has successfully completed its second Money Laundering/Terrorist Financing (ML/TF) National Risk Assessment Report as it inches closer to its Fourth Mutual Evaluation by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF). Attorney General Anil Nandlall made the announcement on Monday. The Attorney General is also the Chairman of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing […]
The Court of Appeal has set Wednesday, December 7 for the conduct of a Case Management Conference (CMC) in the Election Petition Case challenging the High Court’s decision to uphold Order 60 – the Recount Order- which was used to facilitate the National Recount of the votes cast at the March, 2020 polls. In dismissing […]
Minister of Governance Gail Teixeira has responded to claims of discrimination and corruption that were leveled against the Guyana Government at a Guyanese diaspora meeting in New York. While attacking a number of the Guyanese speakers at the event which was held on Sunday and attended by hundreds of Guyanese, Teixeira said the Government of […]
A local tourist was swept away by strong currents in the Ireng river during a visit to Orinduik Falls on Sunday, The man who has been identified as Gladstone Haynes was among a group of tourists who visited the site in the company of a local airline and tour operator. During the visit to Orinduik […]
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