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British HC wants Guyana to “Deliver Now” on Local Govt. Elections

British High Commissioner to Guyana, Andrew Ayre used the celebration of the Queen’s 88th Birthday in Georgetown to issue another call for Guyana to host Local Government Elections. The International Community has been pressing Guyana to host local government elections. The last time Guyanese went to the polls for Local Government elections was in 1994. […]

Anti-Money Laundering more than just legislation -US Amb.

The United States Ambassador to Guyana, Brent Hardt has described as “unfortunate” the decision by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force to issue a warning to its members about doing business in Guyana in absence of the updated Anti- Money laundering legislation. The U.S envoy has been calling for Guyana to put the legislation in […]

Woman found dead with head in bucket; husband arrested

A Friendship, East Bank Demerara woman was found dead early on Tuesday morning at the bottom of her stairs with her head in a bucket. She has been identified as 25-year-old Shelly Persaud. Investigators have taken the woman’s husband into custody as they continued their probe of the death. The woman’s husband claims that he […]

Guyexpo 2014 launched

Guyana’s premier trade fair and exhibition, GUYEXPO was officially launched on Friday by President Donald Ramotar at the Guyana International Conference Centre (GICC), Liliendaal under the theme, “Transformation: Partnering for a Better Guyana”.             GUYEXPO provides a platform for importers, exporters, retailers and wholesalers both local and foreign to showcase their products, interact with each other, and create trade […]

President blasts WICB over removal of Guyana Test

President Donald Ramotar has stated that by moving the third Test match between the West Indies and New Zealand from Guyana, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) is threatening regional integration by their actions. The match which was scheduled to have been played at the Guyana National Stadium from June 26 to 30 was pulled […]

Tom & Gerry team up for Dynamic Airways Guyana service

Captain Gerry Gouveia of Roraima Airways and Tom Johnson of Dynamic Airways are both confident that the introduction of Dynamic Airways schedule service between Guyana and New York will be a game changer for the local airline industry. The two managers played on their cartoon character names at the launching of the airline as they […]

Dunstan Barrow’s Linden home gutted by fire

Police and Fire investigators in Linden intend to return to the scene of  the Friday night fire that gutted the Richmond Hill home of former Guymine Chief Executive Officer and Member of Parliament, Dunstan Barrow. Barrow’s Linden home which was unoccupied at the time, was completely gutted even as fire fighters tried their best to […]

Veteran Broadcaster Roger Moore dies

Veteran Guyanese broadcaster and talk show host ROGER MOORE has died. He passed away earlier today at home in the United Kingdom where he had been ailing for a while. Moore was best known for his Come Home to Roger and At Home with Roger tv programmes which were aired on HBTV channel 9 before […]