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The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority is probing an incident which occurred at the Eugene F. Correia Airport on Sunday evening when a wheel of the GDF Skyvan ended up off the taxiway just after landing with President Irfaan Ali and Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Mottley on board. According to reports, just after the plane landed […]
Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton said the decision by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to forge ahead with preparatory plans for Local Government Elections with a “bloated” voters’ list does not augur well for the people of Guyana. He said the Preliminary Voters List (PLE) released by GECOM contains 684,354 names, which would represent […]
As Guyana aims to play an important role in fostering food security in the Caribbean, President Irfaan Ali said his government is positioning the Essequibo island of Wakenaam to become an important agricultural hub as it pours billions of dollars into the island. The President made the disclosure as he commissioned a $50M water distribution […]
The South Georgetown community of Albouystown is expected to get a major facelift along its Independence Boulevard. The Ministry of Public Works on Monday launched a $1.4 Billion project to enhance Independence Boulevard and sections of Cemetery road. The move falls under the Urban Enhancement Project for the Ministry of Public Works. Public Works Minister […]
A Region Four man in his mid-50’s with no recent travel history has been diagnosed with the country’s first case of monkey pox. The diagnosis was confirmed today after the man showed up at a hospital with all of the signs and symptoms of the disease which was recently declared a world health emergency. Minister […]
Chairman of the Coordinating Council of the International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly – Guyana (IDPADA-G), Vincent Alexander said though the Afrocentric not-for-profit company is not a grant agency, but it has disbursed more than $10M in grants, and in keeping with its mandate, it has funded a number of educational, social and […]
Days after the family of murdered biker Ricardo Fagundes aka “Paper Shorts” picketed the Criminal Investigations Department over the sloth of the Police investigations, President Irfaan Ali confirmed today that Guyana will seek regional assistance to solve the crime. The Government is to reach out to the Regional Security System to probe the brazen execution […]
The Guyana Human Rights AssociAtion believes that the current approach adopted by the Government and the National Toshaos Council (NTC) in the case of Chinese Landing in Region One and mining concerns is unacceptable, and continues to lend to the violation of the rights of the Indigenous residents there by miners. In a strongly worded […]
The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in a majority decision today, freed Jarvis Small of the 2010 murder of his 16-year-old stepdaughter Neesa Gopaul, while upholding mother Bibi Shareema-Gopaul’s conviction but reducing her prison time to 30 years. The Court in allowing Small’s appeal ruled that the he was gravely prejudiced by a joint trial. […]
With President Irfaan Ali still to respond to the request by Attorney Nigel Hughes for his client, Police Sergeant Dion Bascom to be granted witness protection, the Attorney said other avenues of protection will have to be examined since threats remain over the life of the Police Sergeant who has made startling allegations of corruption […]
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