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Two Brazilian nationals, a Cuban national and a Guyanese were arrested on Thursday as part of a major probe into a gold smuggling operation. In a statement on Thursday evening, the Special Organised Crime Unit said the four were arrested as SOCU agents successfully intercepted an alleged gold smuggling attempt in an intelligence led operation. […]
The family of fireman, Voshaun Manbodh, who passed away at the Georgetown Hospital two weeks ago while nursing injuries sustained in the Mae’s School fire, is moving to the Court over his death. The family is dissatisfied with the outcome of an investigation that was conducted into his care and treatment at the Georgetown Hospital, […]
As the road expansion works continue along the railway embankment road on the East Coast of Demerara, the Ministry of Public Works has taken a decision to block all trucks from using the road. Works Minister, Juan Edghill, was on site overlooking the road works this morning as a temporary bridge was reopened at Strathspey. […]
Two weeks after a devastating fire gutted a section of the Critchlow Labour College in Georgetown, the General Secretary of the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC), Lincoln Lewis, said the union strongly believes that the fire was an act of arson. The College is owned by the GTUC, which was headquartered at the same location. […]
Blindsided by the 38% tariffs that the United States has imposed on products from Guyana, the Government of Guyana is now engaging US officials on those tariffs in an effort to better understand the reason behind them and seek a way forward. At his weekly press conference this afternoon, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said that […]
In wake of the 38% tariffs that US President Donald Trump has imposed on products from Guyana being imported into the US, Leader of the Alliance for Change Nigel Hughes today called for a national dialogue to coordinate a national position and response to the issue. The tariffs on Guyana form part of the US […]
Acting Chief Justice Roxane George has dismissed the voter house-to-house verification case, which was filed filed by People’s National Congress Reform Chief Scrutineer, Carol Smith-Joseph. In her decision this morning, Acting Chief Justice George ruled that “addresses claimed” by registrants ought not to be verified by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM). “In my view, the […]
The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has launched a full investigation into a runway incursion incident, which resulted in a near miss between a Caribbean Airlines aircraft and a Roraima Airways aircraft at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri. The incident occurred late on Monday night, according to a statement from the Cheddi Jagan International […]
Guyana has found itself among the countries that will face an increase in tariffs to be charged on goods to be imported into the United States. US President Donald Trump announced his Global Reciprocal Tariffs this afternoon and Guyana was listed as one of those countries that will see increased tariffs. According to the information […]
More than 300 cases of sexual assault are reported monthly in Guyana, according to the Manager of the Sexual offences and Domestic Violence Policy Unit at the Human Services Ministry, Dr Cona Husbands. She also revealed that 70% of those cases involve children as the victims. Dr Husbands shed light on the grim situation on […]
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