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The US Government has announced plans to dispatch military forces to strengthen the fight against narco trafficking in the Southern Caribbean and Latin America. The move is expected to target drug pushers and drug gangs from Venezuela and other countries in the region. US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, on Thursday made specific reference to […]
The International Building Expo opened on Thursday evening at the National Stadium, Providence with Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal, highlighting the increasing investment in the housing sector. Announcing that his Ministry has surpassed its target to allocate 50,000 house lots in five years, the Housing Minister said over $250 Billion has been invested […]
The management of the Guyana Power and Light Company could face changes as the Government forges ahead with plans to modernize and expand the company’s infrastructure to meet growing demands. At a press conference on Thursday, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said massive investments are being made in GPL, and he does not believe the current […]
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo today dismissed allegations by gold dealer, Junior Baksh, of alleged corrupt acts involving senior Government officials and their alleged involvement in illegal gold dealings and bribe payments as nothing more than a rumour. He said the accusations are false, and told reporters that the gold dealer has since stated that he […]
Vice President and PPP General Secretary, Bharrat Jagdeo, today challenged the Mohamed family to deny that the elder Mohamed, businessman Nazar Mohamed, visited the Venezuelan Embassy to apply for a Venezuelan visa. Nazar Mohamed is the father of WIN party leader and Presidential Candidate, Azruddin Mohamed. The two Mohameds and their businesses remain under US […]
A security guard, who was attached to the KGM Security Company, was charged for murder and remanded to jail today over the shooting death of Cuban national, Pedro Slonchak. Appearing at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before Magistrate Fabayo Azore, security guard Kelvin Belgrave, was not required to enter a plea to the indictable murder charge. […]
With Guyana still facing aggression from neighbouring Venezuela with its claims of Guyana’s Essequibo region, President Irfaan Ali believes that his party, the People’s Progressive Party, is Guyana’s best option to secure Guyana’s territorial integrity. At a public meeting in Alexander Village on Wednesday night, the President said in a complex global environment, his party […]
The Waramuri Secondary School in Region One was commissioned on Wednesday, with the Government seeing it as an example of closing the gap with the education offerings in the Hinterland and the Coast. The school was designed to accommodate close to 400 children from Waramuri and neighbouring villages. The President noted the investments that […]
Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, has announced that the results for this year’s CXC examinations will be released on Friday. In a statement, the Minister expressed optimism about improved student performance, particularly in mathematics. She noted that last year, Guyana, along with the rest of the Caribbean, recorded unsatisfactory results in Mathematics, which caused the […]
Guyana’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Carloyn Rodrigues- Birkett is taking a break from her diplomatic duties and is back home on the campaign trail for the governing People’s Progressive Party. The Ambassador to the UN was a speaker the commissioning of the Waramuri Secondary School in Region 1 this afternoon, and told […]
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