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Over 500 building fires recorded since start of 2023

So far for this year, the Guyana Fire Service has responded to 510 building fires and some 807 grass fires, the Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn announced today. He made the statement today while responding to questions from Opposition Member of Parliament Geeta Chandan-Edmond as he justified the allocation of an additional $24M in […]

Agriculture Minister defends Government’s continuous bailout of GuySuco as additional funding is sought

Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha today defended Government’s decision to continuously bail out the cash-strapped Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), telling the Committee of Supply in the National Assembly, that the recently reopened Rose Hall Estate will be one of the most productive estates, despite its current underperformance.  At the time, Minister Mustapha was defending the […]

Opposition MP grills Foreign Minister on Ali-Maduro “Argyle Talks” and longterm impact

Opposition Member of Parliament, Amanza Walton-Desir today grilled Foreign Affairs Minister, Hugh Todd on the Argyle Declaration that came out of the talks between President Irfaan Ali and Venezuela’s President, Nicolas Maduro last week in St. Vincent. During today’s sitting of the National Assembly, the Opposition MP submitted that while the Argyle Declaration addresses the […]

Speaker disallows Opposition Motion seeking to establish multi-sector Task Force on border controversy

The Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir today blocked a Motion that was filed by the Opposition which was seeking to establish a multi-stakeholder Task Force to address issues arising out of the Venezuela/Guyana Border Controversy.  A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) Member of Parliament, David Patterson, in tabling the […]

Linden Mayor leads Councillors in protest against Local Government Commission over Town Clerk’s appointment

By Svetlana Marshall Demanding that ‘good governance prevails,’ the Linden Mayor and members of his Town Council picketed the Office of the Local Government Commission today over moves by the Commission to appoint Government Political Activist Lennox Gasper as the Municipal Town Clerk.  The protesters said the process has already been “botched” by the Local […]

Robbery victim dies from stab wounds after killing alleged attacker

A party in the East Coast Demerara village of Victoria ended tragically early Sunday morning after two men lost their lives in a cutlass attack. Police are investigating the two murders. The two dead men have been identified as 24-year-old Yoffi Bobb and 26-year-old William Montrose. According to a Police statement, William Montrose was at […]

Agriculture Minister injured in West Berbice accident

Agriculture Minister Zulfcar Mustapha is nursing a number of injuries after a speeding car slammed into his Government assigned vehicle, while he was leaving the West Coas Berbice area yesterday. Surveillance video captured from a nearby CCTV camera showed the Minister’s vehicle and another Ministry of Agriculture vehicle moving slowing along the roadway when a […]