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The Guyana Government on Wednesday announced the start of a joint service operation to combat any terrorist or other criminal threat that Guyana may confront over the next six months. The operation which is code-named “Dragnet” commenced on December 1, 2015 and will run until June 2016. State Minister Joseph Harmon told media operatives during […]
Digicel Guyana has denied reports from GTT that it has blocked its customers from accessing the GTT Mobile Money app on their Digicel devices. In a full page advertisement on Tuesday, GTT said it has noted “with concern what seems to be an action by Digicel Guyana to restrict its customers from accessing Mobile Money”. […]
Stigma and discrimination continue to be one of the pervasive barriers to HIV care and treatment in Guyana where an estimated 1.5% of the general population is infected with the virus. Guyana joined the rest of the world today in observance of World AIDS Day and while Director of the National AIDS Programme Secretariat, (NAPS) […]
The Guyana Police Force has launched an investigation into an early evening robbery and shooting that took place just outside the Bourda market at the corner of Regent Street and Orange Walk. City Constable Aaron Henderson was accompanying city employee Euril Lowenfield just after 6pm on Monday when two motorcycle riding bandits attacked them and […]
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced the appointment of Guyanese national, Catherine Pollard as the Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management. She will succeed Tegegnework Gettu of Ethiopia, to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for his dedicated service and able leadership. According to the UN Secretary General’s office, since 2014, Ms. Pollard served […]
Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo has said that while sugar workers, both in the field and factory, must be commended for their record production this year, the state of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) remains a matter of concern for government. The Prime Minister said he was happy that workers who were engaged in two strike […]
Business Minister Dominic Gaskin believes the return of Pizza Hut to Guyana is a strong demonstration of the confidence Guyanese and other foreign investors have in the economy. Mr. Gaskin along with United States Ambassador to Guyana, Perry Holloway, other diplomats and members of the business community attended a media launch of the Regent Street […]
Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo on Monday spent time with children and staffers at the Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre to celebrate his 68th birth anniversary. Mr. Nagamootoo was born on November 30th, 1947 in Berbice, Regon #6. The Prime Minister spent more than three hours at the Centre touring the facility while engaging and feeding children. […]
The Ministry of Public Infrastructure has announced that just 19 homes in Timehri North will have to be relocated as the airport runway expansion moves ahead. Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson met with residents on Sunday and told them that only the 19 homes that are in the direct path of the airport expansion […]
The Opposition People’s Progressive Party has decided that it will only consult with the government on the 2016 national budget after it gets copies of several audit reports and the Guysuco Commission of Inquiry report. The PPP was expected to attend a budget consultation session with the government last Friday but cancelled the meeting late […]
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