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The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) and a group of sugar workers from four estates picketed the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) on Monday over the company failing to remit outstanding savings deducted from the wages of sugar workers for the GAWU Cooperative Credit Union. In a statement, GAWU said GuySuCo has been deducting […]
Attorney General Anil Nandlall told the Court of Appeal this morning that the United States has assured the Guyana Government that U.S-indicted businessmen Nazar and Azruddin Mohamed will not be extradited to a third State, as he clashed with Attorney for the Mohameds, Senior Counsel Roysdale Forde over the Extradition Treaty, and the constitutionality of […]
Two days after Deputy Commissioner Fizal Karimbaksh challenged a move by the Police Commissioner to instruct him to proceed on retirement leave and threatened legal action over that move, the Police Commissioner has withdrawn the letter, thereby allowing Karimbaksh to remain on active duty. Last Friday, the Guyana Police Force announced that Mr. Karimbaksh had […]
Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed and two of his workers were arrested and taken into custody early this morning following an incident near the Kitty, Georgetown home of the Head of the Special Branch Unit, Prem Narine. In a statement this morning, the Guyana Police Force said it is investigating an alleged discharge of a loaded […]
Police in the mining town of Linden are investigating a suspected murder-suicide case. According to reports out of the town, 17-year-old Linden Technical Institute student, Toisha Andrew was shot dead this afternoon by her 21-year-old boyfriend, Anthony Kellon Cato at her Block 22, Wismar home. The assailant’s body was also found at the scene with […]
Recounting the hours leading up to the tragic sinking of the MV Barima ferry, one survivor told the members of the Commission of Inquiry today that the ferry’s engine kept encountering problems during the voyage on July 18, 2026. The survivor, Eve Jerome, was traveling along with her two children, 12-year-old Alliya Gonsalves and three-year-old […]
Police investigators in Linden are probing the murder of 28-year-old Romel Toney, who was slashed to death by his own brother during an argument at their worksite at Millie’s Hideout in Amelia’s Ward. The suspect has been identified as 22-year-old Calvin Toney. The two brothers were reportedly working on a land clearing project together and […]
The inaugural Farmers’ Conference opened today at the Arthur Chung Conference Center with President Irfaan Ali disclosing that almost 30% of the applications submitted to the Guyana Development Bank since its launch last week, are related to the Agriculture Sector. He said that percentage is a reflection of the growing interest in the Agriculture Sector, […]
Minister of Home Affairs, Oneidge Walrond, has acknowledged that additional resources for the Guyana Fire Service has been yielding results, with more fires being contained along with faster response times from the Guyana Fire Service. Speaking on the sidelines of the Fire Service’s 69th anniversary route march this morning, the Minister said the Government has […]
President Irfaan Ali on Monday declined to comment on whether he will be asking his National Border Patrol Director Daniel Seeram to step down from office in light of his recent conviction. Seeram, the former Region 4 Regional Chairman, was earlier this month convicted by Magistrate Abigail Gibbs of assaulting his ex-wife back in September […]
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