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Several persons on Wednesday afternoon, protested outside a meeting hosted by the Ministry of Works to discuss the relocation of Timehri residents and to clear the way for the expansion of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport. The protesters claimed they were locked out of the meeting because they raised several concerns. The meeting went ahead […]
Less than an hour after issuing a press release stating that there was “no crisis” in the local education system, the Ministry of Education on Wednesday afternoon withdrew the entire statement claiming that it should not have been sent out as a Ministry of Education press release but rather as a letter to the press […]
Minister of Education Priya Manickchand appears to be fighting back at suggestions from Opposition Leader David Granger that there is a crisis facing the local education sector and there ought to be a Commission of Inquiry to examine the problem and find results. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Minister of Education acknowledged that […]
The agenda has been set for a one-day state visit of Venezuela’s new President, Nicolas Maduro who is scheduled to arrive in Guyana onSaturday, August 31. Following his arrival at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, President Maduro will meet his counterpart, President Donald Ramotar at the Guyana International Conference Centre (GICC), Liliendaal for a bilateral […]
Built in the mid 1800’s to protect the City of Georgetown from the rising sea, the seawall has served over the years as more than just a sea defense for the coastline. It has also served as a place of recreation for many and now through the eyes of a Guyanese born filmmaker, the seawall […]
The Criminal Investigations Department of the Guyana Police Force on Monday afternoon arrested the President of the Guyana Women Miners Organisation, Simona Broomes claiming that a woman who was placed before the courts on a human trafficking charge has made allegations that she was assaulted by Broomes back in April of this year. Broomes told […]
Chief of Staff designate, Brigadier Mark Phillips is promising that professional will be his guide as he gets ready to take command of the Guyana Defence Force. Phillips was promoted to the rank of Brigadier just one month before he assumes leadership of the army. At a “badging” ceremony at the Office of the President […]
A LIAT flight from Guyana early on Monday morning experienced a main wheel failure during its take off to Barbados forcing emergency crews at the Grantley Adams International Airport in Barbados to be on stand by for the arrival of the flight. According to a statement from LIAT, Flight LI 774 travelling from Guyana to […]
Police investigators have confirmed that a woman and a young baby were killed after a route 43 mini bus which plies the Linden to Georgetown route plunged off of the Linden Soesdyke Highway and into the Haruni creek as it approached the bridge on Sunday afternoon. The dead woman has been identified as 22-year-old Anastacia […]
Screams of shock and despair echoed through the Durban Street area on Sunday morning as undertakers removed the charred remains of two young children from the gutted remains of the apartment they once called home. Scores of onlookers, mostly women, broke down in tears as they saw the two badly burnt bodies, one in a […]
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