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The Government of Guyana has rejected Venezuela’s denial over the shooting incident which occurred two weeks ago in Guyana’s Cuyuni river involving Venezuelan soldiers. Guyana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has responded to the recent statement by the Venezuelan Embassy in Guyana, in which it denied that Venezuelan troops shot at Guyanese mining officials while they […]
Just days after the Georgetown City Council announced that it was moving ahead with a parking meter project through a little known company, Deputy Mayor Sherod Duncan has poured water on the move and has announced that he cannot support the project under the company. In a post on his Facebook page, the Deputy Mayor […]
Residents in the Region One community of Mabaruma now have the opportunity to tune in to their own community radio station and enjoy local programming. The Government of Guyana has switched on Radio Mabaruma 95.1 FM which is an affiliate of the National Communications Network. The launch is being seen as historic and a way to stimulate economic […]
The Guyana Police Force is looking to further step up the fight against piracy and on Friday, it announced that it has formalized arrangements to utilize a Floating Base in its anti – piracy initiatives. The overall cost of internationalizing this Floating Base is in the vicinity of $100 million. The M.B Tamakay which is […]
The Venezuelan Embassy in Guyana on Friday has rejected claims of a recent shooting incident involving Venezuelan soldiers and Guyanese mining officials in Guyana’s Cuyuni River. The Embassy denied that Venezuelan soldiers attacked officials of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission who were at the time traveling in a boat along the river in the […]
A Mechanic was murdered in his Madewini home moments after retiring to bed on Thursday night. Police Commander, Asst. Commissioner of Police, Clifton Hicken spoke to News Source on Friday morning and confirmed the murder. He said investigators were still in the area at Madewini where residents in the community and family members remain clueless […]
The former Protocol Officer at the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) Waynewright Orderson was up to noon on Thursday being questioned as the City Constabulary widened its probe into the whereabouts of US$40,000 reportedly received from the Chinese Embassy unknowing to the Council. Chief Constable Andrew Foo confirmed that Orderson was cooperating with investigators […]
The opposition People’s Progressive Party on Thursday challenged the list of Government Advisors recently released by the APNU+AFC coalition government and accused the administration of deliberately omitting names and in the process attempting to mislead the National Assembly. Following inquiries by the PPP, the government released the names of six paid Ministerial Advisors and 33 […]
The Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) has rejected the government’s decision to transfer the Tourism portfolio from Minister Cathy Hughes and the Public Telecommunications Ministry to the Ministry of Business. In a statement on Thursday, the group said that it is “astonished, disappointed and frustrated” at yet another adjustment to the tourism portfolio. […]
The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) today announced that despite media reports, there has been no increase on the tolls for the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB). Statement below: In the June 8, 2016 edition of the Guyana Chronicle, under the headline “Cabinet clears new tolls for DHB”, it was indicated that a decision was taken […]
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