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The flag carrier of the United Kingdom and award-winning airline, British Airways is gearing up to begin its scheduled service to Guyana in the first quarter of 2023. Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill announced today that while the service will begin in 2023, tickets will go on sale this week. The airline is expected […]
Two men are nursing multiple gunshot wounds at a city hospital are they came under fire from masked gunmen on Tuesday night at Melanie Public Road on the East Coast Demerara. The two injured men have been identified as 27-year-old Ryan Joseph and 29-year-old Bimal Veersammy. A police statement said the incident occurred just around […]
Five persons including a Police Sergeant were arrested by the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit on Monday after just over three pounds of cocaine was found in a Norton Street house. According to a statement from CANU, the bust took place at the residence of a man the agency described as a known drug trafficker. His […]
A sophia woman was stabbed to death last evening during an argument close to her B field, Sophia home. The dead woman has been identified as Vanessa Anderson. Two sisters who live near to the woman in the same Sophia community have since been arrested for the murder. According to reports, the woman, Vanessa Anderson […]
The Opposition APNU+AFC coalition today said it remains fully committed to the full realization of Indigenous rights as embodied in international conventions and in the Constitution of Guyana. The message from the party came as Guyana joined the rest of the world in observing International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. In keeping with this […]
With the Guyana Elections Commission talking about being prepared to host Local Government Elections, Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton today said he does not see those elections happening with the current List of Electors, and current Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission, rt’d Justice Claudette Singh remaining in place. The Opposition has long complained that the […]
Assurances by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that it is currently engaging Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) on a proposed total guarantee of US$2billion to complement the US$600 million insurance policies for Liza 1, Liza 2 and Payara permits has not found favour with former Head of the EPA, Dr. Vincent Adams, who […]
The cultivation of industrial hemp will commence in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) and Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice), the Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall announced as the National Assembly passed the Industrial Hemp Bill last evening in a historic move. Hemp is part of the marijuana family, but is mostly grown for […]
In a session filled with government ministers questioning fellow government Ministers in the Committee of Supplies, the National Assembly this afternoon approved $44.7 Billion in supplementary provisions for government spending. The supplementary budget came just six months after the government got approval for its $552.9 billion 2022 budget, which was already almost 50% more than […]
The search for a missing Essequibo farmer came to an end on Sunday when his lifeless body was found floating in the Essequibo river. The dead man was identified as 35-year-old Romeo Randolph. His body was found in a decomposing state. According to a Police statement, when the body was discovered floating in the river, […]
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