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Granger throws out Ramotar’s conditional AML offer

Leader of the Opposition David Granger has thrown out an offer by President Donald Ramotar to allow the Opposition’s amendments in the Anti Money Laundering Bill, while continuing to refuse to assent to other Bills that were sent to him by the National Assembly. With the country facing possible sanctions by the Financial Action Task […]

Police Wives Assoc. accuse Police Force of “domestic abuse”

The Police Wives Association believes the move by the Guyana Police Force to lock them out of their office and withdraw all support to the organisation is tantamount to domestic abuse. “This is abuse, this is domestic abuse because by locking us out of our own building, the Guyana Police Force is abusing us psychologically”, […]

Insel Air links Guyana closer to Europe

Curacao flag carrier Insel Air landed its inaugural flight at the Cheddi Jagan Airport during heavy welcoming rainfall on a dark Wednesday night, hoping to build itself as the bridge between Guyana and Europe through the Dutch Caribbean. The airline arrived with 60 passengers aboard its MD- 82 aircraft and now intends to begin an […]

NCN fires Admin Manager over alleged missing hose

The National Communications Network has “parted ways” with its Administrative Officer, accusing the woman of removing company property and taking it to her home for personal use. The woman has since denied the charges and sources close to her have told News Source that the move to cut ties with the senior official may be […]

Guyanese woman and daughters found dead in Maryland

HAGERSTOWN, Md. —Police in Hagerstown are investigating the deaths of three people who were found in a car in a middle school parking lot ON Monday afternoon.  Police were called to the parking lot of Western Heights Middle School in the 1300 block of Marshall Street around 4:45 p.m. after learning that a woman and […]

UG Law students get Hugh Wooding placements

The top 25 Guyanese Law graduates from the University of Guyana have been guaranteed placement at the Hugh Wooding Law School for the upcoming academic year. The Government of Guyana has announced the decision of the Council for Legal Education. Earlier this year, the Council had said that it could not guarantee places for the […]

British Guiana stamp sells for record setting US$9.5 Million

A British Guiana One-Cent Magenta postage stamp from 1856, the only one of its kind to still exist, sold for a record $9.5 million at Sotheby’s on Tuesday. The hefty price, which includes the buyer’s premium, makes the one-inch by one-and-a-quarter-inch stamp (2.5 cm by 3.2 cm) printed in black on magenta paper the most […]

No Man is an Island or should be sent to one -US Ambassador

Op-ed by United States Ambassador to Guyana, D Brent Hardt  GEORGETOWN – “As my tenure in Guyana draws to an end, I was saddened to hear the recent outburst from a prominent religious leader suggesting that his fellow citizens with different sexual orientations should be sent to live on an island. It was of course John Donne […]