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With the People’s Progressive Party picking up the majority of seats across the Neighbourhood Democratic Councils at the just concluded Local Government Elections, the party is seeking to solidify its base long before the 2020 General elections. That base, by the party’s own admission, is predominantly Indo-Guyanese. Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo believes there is nothing […]
Several sources close to the board of the state-owned National Communications Network have indicated that Public Relations Consultant and Preacher, Lennox Cornette could be the next Chief Executive Officer of the National Communications Network. Cornette who released a book on the telecommunications industry in Guyana last year, was among five applicants who were shortlisted for […]
A 23-year-old female member of the Guyana Defence Force who was attached to the Band Corps, died early on Saturday morning after being hit down by a speeding car on Sheriff Street. The young lady has been identified as Lashana Moore of Grove. She was reportedly crossing the street when a speeding taxi collided with […]
Former Guyanese High Commissioner to Canada Harry Narine Nawbatt is suing the coalition government for $49M over what he contends is his wrongful dismissal and a breached contractual agreement he had with the previous PPP/C administration. Nawbatt, who left his Diplomatic post last year to come home and campaign for the PPP during the elections, believes […]
Guyana’s Attorney General, Basil Williams, has rubbished a report in the Kaieteur News that the Government has paid a $1 Billion settlement to the BK Company over the decision to end the company’s contract for management of the Haags Bosch dumpsite. In a statement on Friday evening, Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil […]
In wake of allegations that the Minister of State, Joe Harmon, recently attempted to interfere in a GRA operation involving the Chinese company, BaiShanLin, President David Granger has reinforced that it is the Minister of Finance who has direct and sole Ministerial responsibility over the Guyana Revenue Authority. While not confirming Harmon’s alleged interference attempt, […]
Six years after being charged for statutory rape of a 15 – year – old girl, former President of the Guyana Teachers Union, Colwyn King was on Friday freed of the charge. King’s trial began earlier this week before a 12-member jury in the Georgetown High Court. Ten of the 12 jurors presented a not […]
(CNN) While she’s a straight A student, she’s the first to admit that getting into so many schools didn’t come without a lot of hard work. Her studiousness is ingrained in her: Hyles spent the first decade of her life in a small village called Vryheid’s Lust in Guyana. “They were a bit more serious […]
A young Police Special Constable who was part of a Joint Services and Guyana Geology and Mines operation died on Friday in a river mishap in the Potaro river. Twenty-two year old Akeem Hyles drowned as the boat capsized in the Amatuk Falls area throwing the entire team overboard. It is unclear whether the young […]
A 29 – year – old Guyanese man is the latest person to be busted with cocaine at the John . F . Kennedy Airport in the United States. The Guyanese man, who was identified as Rajendra Ramrattan was found with 550.7 grams of the illicit substance concealed in the pocket of a pair of […]
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