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Classes at the University of Guyana Turkeyen Campus are expected to resume in full on Wednesday following an early evening fire on Tuesday at the Natural Sciences Department. Two buildings were gutted by the fire but quick response by the fire service contained the blaze as students were evacuated and classes were suspended. It is […]
Another row may be heating up between the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha and the Minister of Public Security over the date for Diwali. Earlier this month, Diwali was observed as a holiday on November 10 although the Hindu Dharmic Sabha said it should be celebrated and observed on November 11. The Dharmic Sabha went ahead […]
Still maintaining that they were “cheated not defeated” at the May 11 national elections, dozens of members and supporters of the opposition People’s Progressive Party on Tuesday staged a midday protest outside the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM). The protest came as the party continued to mount pressure on the GECOM to respond to its call […]
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has committed a total of US$165 million to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to help with curbing crime and violence among youths, controlling the HIV/AIDS epidemic and climate change initiatives. USAID and CARICOM signed accords on Tuesday for the multimillion dollar development assistance to help the Eastern and […]
A 31-year-old Plaisance woman who worked at the Georgetown Hospital as a dispatcher, died late last night from a number of stab wounds that were inflicted by her jealous boyfriend. Police investigators are probing the murder of the woman who has been identified as Melissa Skeete. Initial reports state that she was picked up after […]
Caribbean Governments, including Guyana, are being called upon to lead the conversation for the abolition of the death penalty as a regional conference opened in Georgetown on Monday. The European Union, in cooperation with the British High Commission and the International Commission against the Death Penalty organised the conference so that the situation of the […]
Georgetown businessman, Nicolas Coates, managed to shoot one of five bandits who entered his Bel Air home last evening. The businessman whipped out his firearm after he was shot by one of the men and he opened fire on the group, hitting one of them as they dashed from the house. The incident took place […]
In a matter of two days, Guyana’s Customs Anti Narcotics Unit has busted two men at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport with a quantity of cocaine pellets in their stomachs. A St. Lucian national who was preparing to travel to London from Guyana was busted at the airport on Saturday by CANU agents with several […]
The Opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has a planned protest outside the Guyana Election Commission’s, High Street Office, set for Tuesday midday as it continues to raise concerns with the electoral process. The PPP’s move comes as Guyana gears for local government elections early next year. These elections were last held in 1994. PPP’s Executive Secretary […]
The report of the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry is due to be handed over to government next week, but already the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is cautioning the APNU+AFC government against any “undue delay” of its release to the public. At a press conference on Monday, PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee said the […]
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