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The Guyana Police Force on Monday night announced that it has placed a 20-year-old Police Constable under close arrest as it probes the leak of surveillance video recordings from the Government’s Safe Country video surveillance programme at its Command Centre. The video recordings at the centre of the probe relate to the shooting incident that […]
The Government has successfully piloted a motion through the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to have the Reports of the Auditor General for the years 2020 to 2024 examined simultaneously to reduce the five-year backlog. The motion was tabled by the Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill when a meeting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) […]
The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) company and the Ministry of Public Utilities are currently examining additional sources of electricity amid a rapid increase in the demand for power, according to President Irfaan Ali. The Government may now be closely looking at the possibility of renting a third power ship. “I know right now the […]
President Irfaan Ali today said that the high costs attached to shipping and freight are hurting businesses and driving up the costs of food items. He has encouraged regional partners to work in a more collaborative effort to help bring those rising costs down. Delivering remarks at the opening of the Caribbean Shipping Association’s Annual […]
The Leader of the Opposition, Azruddin Mohamed has announced plans to file private criminal charges against the Head of the Guyana Police Force Special Branch, Senior Superintendent Prem Narine over the shooting incident last week. Mohamed is maintaining that the shooting on the night of October 12 was an assassination attempt. At a press conference […]
Former President Donald Ramotar is among former CARICOM Heads of Government urging countries in the Latin America and Caribbean Region, and all other members of the United Nation (UN) to vote in favour of ending the Economic, Commercial and Financial Embargo imposed by the United States against Cuba, when the issue comes up this week […]
Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed today said the Guyana Government has no solution to deal with cost of living crisis in the country. At a press conference, Mr. Mohamed said there should be some form of price control for basic food items at certain supermarkets and establishments declaring that the cost of living crisis in the […]
US Ambassador to Guyana, Nicole Theriot has stated that there is no dominance in the Guyana-US relationship, as she pushed back against suggestions that the partnership was lopsided. “It is a partnership – 50/50 absolutely. There is no dominance. It is very, very much a partnership. We feel like we benefit from our relationship […]
An American Airlines flight from Miami to Georgetown on Thursday night returned to Miami 30 minutes into the flight after a flight attendant and a passenger were involved in a dispute. President Irfaan Ali was among the passengers on-board the non-stop flight that was forced to make a return to Miami. The issue between the […]
The Rights of the Child Commission (RCC) is calling for timely investigations into the recent deaths of two children in Guyana and an urgent review of existing child-protection measures to prevent further loss of lives. In a statement, the Commission noted the murder of the six-year-old boy whose body was discovered in a canal in […]
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