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Speaking before a room of mainly business officials and members of the private sector at the new Guyana Marriott Hotel, President Donald Ramotar announced on Wednesday that once he is re-elected he will issue more commercial banking licenses. He believes the move could allow increased competition in the banking sector which will then trickle down […]
Canadian Police on Tuesday announced a major drug bust that has seen charges being filed against 15 persons from across Canada who are linked to drug trafficking in Guyana, Colombia, Mexico and a number of other states. According to reports, the operation spanned two years and it uncovered ties to Colombian and Mexican cartels. The investigation was […]
Prime Ministerial Candidate for the People’s Progressive Party Civic, Elisabeth Harper has described as “regrettable and unfortunate”, statements made by Health Minister Dr. Bheri Ramsarran to slap and have women’s rights activist, Sherlina Nageer, stripped for interrupting his road side media interview. In a statement on her Facebook page, Ms. Harper said while Ramsarran has acknowledged […]
Guyana’s Minister of Health Dr. Bheri Ramsarran on Tuesday offered an apology for “harsh words” that he used while berating and threatening women rights activist Sherlina Nageer. Ramsarran’s apology came after the audio recording of his verbal attack on the activist was made public via social media. In the statement issued through the Government Information […]
An 83-year-old British Guyanese man was rushed into surgery at a private hospital in Georgetown after he was shot five times to his body and robbed just after arriving in Guyana. The incident occurred just before 10 o’ clock on Tuesday morning in Shirley Field Ridley Square in South Georgetown. The man has been identified […]
Minister of Health and Candidate for the People’s Progressive Party Civic, Dr. Bheri Ramsarran told reporters at Whim, Berbice on Monday that he should have “slapped” and have his supporters “strip” women’s rights activist Sherlina Nageer after she interrupted a road side press interview he was giving and questioned him about maternal deaths in the […]
General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party Clement Rohee said he could not condemn or give a comment on effigies of the APNU+AFC leaders that were put to hang in Essequibo because he had not seen any photographs of the effigies in the daily newspapers. On Saturday two effigies of the APNU+AFC Presidential and Prime […]
A Guyanese woman who lives in the United States and is the holder of a U.S passport was arrested at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport on Monday afternoon after she was busted with cocaine in the false bottom of her suitcases. The woman was pulled aside for additional searches just as she was about to […]
The APNU+AFC coalition has disclosed that it is considering a management overhaul at the country’s chief health care facility , the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation – GPHC – as it seeks to address the many issues plaguing the local health sector. At a Monday morning press conference, three health care professionals from the coalition spoke of the need […]
As the May 11 date approaches for national and regional elections, the Guyana Elections Commission has announced that the Official List of Electors will be published nationally on April 28. That announcement was made during a meeting between the Elections Commission and representatives of A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change coalition last […]
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