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The Guyana Police Force during an operation at a number of High Schools along the East Coast Demerara corridor discovered and seized a number of knives, screwdrivers, scissors, and a toy handgun from students. On Thursday, Police Officers from the division joined the Ministry of Education and teachers at the schools in the operation. In […]
Faced with mounting criticism from the trade unions and the opposition over not implementing the minimum wage increase for the private sector, President Irfaan Ali last evening announced that the cabinet has finally come around to supporting the $60,000 per month minimum wage. The President made the announcement as he addressed the Enmore Martyrs commemoration […]
An East Bank Demerara business owner has been left counting millions of dollars in losses after a fire of unknown origin ripped through his complex at Grove this afternoon. The Fire Service was summoned to the BR&T Enterprise Hardware Store in Grove just after 12noon after heavy smoke was spotted in the complex. The Fire […]
ExxonMobil Guyana announced today that the gas compression and injection systems on the Liza Unity Floating Production, Storage, and Offloading (FPSO) vessel have been commissioned in record time and are planned for startup mid-next month. The start-up period, the company said, involves temporary, non-routine flaring to safely commission the production and gas compression systems. The […]
The Alliance For Change today slammed the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) for refusing to conduct a review of the 2020 elections. Chairperson of the Commission Justice Claudette Singh shut down a proposal of the Opposition nominated Commissioners for there to be a review, stating that such a review would be outside the remit of the […]
The H-Towers company today unveiled its plan to build a large mall in the Providence community along the East Bank of Demerara. In a statement, the company announced that the H-Towers Mall will feature world-renowned restaurants, an entertainment center, and scores of stores to cater to local and visiting shoppers. Concessions at the mall will […]
A decision by the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) retired Justice Claudette Singh not to review the 2020 elections has gained the support of Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo who described the Opposition’s move to have the review as ‘nonsense’. Back in February, Opposition-nominated GECOM Commissioners Vincent Alexander, Charles Corbin, and Desmond Trotman proposed […]
On the same day that 30-year-old taxi driver Ameer Inshanally was charged with the rape of a 14-year-old school girl, the girl passed away at a Berbice Hospital after ingesting a poisonous substance. The rape accused appeared at the Reliance Magistrate Court in Berbice on Wednesday and was charged with the rape of a child […]
Tasked with investigating a drug bust matter, a Police Detective Sergeant has found himself before the Courts being accused of stealing more than three thousand grams of marijuana. Police Detective Sergeant Elfannando Newman of the Criminal Investigations Department was marched before the Diamond Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday where the charge of larceny by a public […]
ExxonMobil Guyana has recorded its first year of profits after operating in the country for more than two decades. The company announced today that in 2021, it recorded $132 Billion in profits following earnings of $254 Billion. Guyana started oil production in 2019 after the first discovery was made in 2015. Providing an insight into […]
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