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Several parts of the Lethem trail between the villages of Yakarinta and Massara, are under water following late night showers on Tuesday. Residents and persons traversing the area woke up to the flooded streets and fields on Wednesday morning. According to reports out of the area, a creek in the area became swollen following heavy […]
As it is getting ready to launch nationwide protests against the results of the just concluded elections, the opposition People’s Progressive Party believes that the international observer missions that were in Guyana for the elections were all duped into believing the elections were free and fair. The governments of the United States, Canada and Great […]
The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission has confirmed that its mining officers were prevented by an injunction from carrying out safety checks at the Imran Khan mining site over the past two years. A mining pit at the same site collapsed on Sunday and killed 10 miners. In a statement the Geology and Mines Commission explained […]
Armed bandits on Tuesday midday, carted off over $32 million in cash when they invaded a Courbane Park, Annandale businessman’s home. According to a police report, at about 11 o’ clock this morning (Tuesday), two men, one of whom was armed with a gun, entered the premises of the businessman and held up the housekeeper […]
Commissioner of Police Seelall Persaud has been instructed by President David Granger to immediately put on hold all transfers of Police commanders and senior police officers. The Police Commissioner on Monday started to transfer a number of senior police officers to different positions in different divisions. The government only appointed Assistant Police Commissioner Brian Joseph […]
The liberalisation of the Telecommunications Sector is set to become a reality with the new administration. Acting Head of the Presidential Secretariat Joseph Harmon, in an interview with the National Communications Network on Monday, indicated that the new APNU+AFC administration intends to put the passage of the Telecommunications Bill on the front burner when the new […]
The Ministry of Culture has announced that this year’s annual Independence flag raising ceremony has been cancelled, but a massive cultural event will lead the inauguration ceremony on Independence Day at the Guyana National Stadium. The government has put together a team to organise and execute the events to take place on May 26. The team is […]
The Guyana Coalition for Children has expressed its sadness at the decision of former President Donald Ramotar to pardon child killer Ravendra Deo, just before he left office. Deo was serving a life sentence for the brutal 1994 murder of eight-year-old Vishnu Bhim, the only child of his parents from the Annandale Community, East Coast Demerara. […]
The opposition People’s Progressive Party Civic has declared that it no longer has confidence in the Guyana Elections Commission and it wants to see the Chairman of the Commission, Dr. Steve Surujbally tender his resignation. The Opposition party’s call for the Elections Commission Chairman to resign comes even as the party is preparing to move to […]
A number of changes were on Monday effected to the Guyana Police Force with the President and former Commander in the Guyana Defence Force, Brigadier David Granger declaring that security will be priority on his agenda. Senior Superintendent of Police Wendell Blanhum has replaced Leslie James as the Crime Chief of Guyana. James was in the position […]
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