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More than 40 persons, mostly Cuban nationals, have been left homeless after a fire ripped through a three-story apartment building in Fifth Street, Alberttown on Tuesday evening. The Guyana Fire Service was alerted to the blaze just before 7pm and responded with multiple fire tenders. The mostly wooden building was completely engulfed in flames when […]
The Guyana Hydromet Service is warning that over the next three days heavy rainfall is expected across Guyana with the potential for significant flooding in a number of communities, especially low-lying and flood prone areas. The advisory is expected to remain in place until Friday night. In a statement last evening, the Civil Defence Commission […]
The National Defence Institute has launched a Certificate in Defence Studies Programme. The 16-week long programme, is already in its 10th week, and has brought together 14 members from the Joint Services to undergo extensive training in Defence Security and Development Research. The programme is intended to foster innovation, and is expected to also help […]
Two employees of the National Data Management Authority have been dismissed after it was discovered that they had breached the online tint waiver application process and fraudulently used the signature of the Minister of Home Affairs to grant tint waiver permits to themselves and at least one other person. Minister of Home Affairs Oneidge Walrond […]
Nine months after he was sanctioned by the United States Government, Senior Superintendent of Police, Himnauth Sawh, remains on administrative leave as the investigation into his alleged involvement in an international drug ring continues, Minister of Home Affairs, Oneidge Walrond has disclosed. Sawh was among four Guyanese sanctioned by the US Treasury Department in June […]
U.S Ambassador to Guyana, Nicole Theriot, has indicated Guyana’s acceptance of third country deportees and refugees from the United States is still on the cards, explaining that there are benefits to derive from such an arrangement. Appearing on the SOURCES programme on Sunday, Ambassador Theriot said the U.S is still in discussion with Guyana and […]
Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh, has announced that over 62,000 persons have already benefited from the Government’s $100,000 cash grant payout since it was launched last week, with thousands more set the receive the grant this week, while others are completing their online registration using the portal. In providing an update on the cash grant […]
The High Court today ruled that the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry Limited (GBTI) breached an implied contractual duty of good faith when it terminated several accounts of candidates for the WIN party last year. The decision was handed down by Justice Nicole Pierre. A number of local commercial banks cut ties with WIN […]
Already facing backlash from the Georgetown City Council and the political opposition over the reclassification of 22 city streets as public roads, the Ministry of Public Works has gazetted another 35 city streets as public roads, taking the total number of newly designated public roads to 57. In the gazetted documents which were dated 24th […]
The United States is paying keen attention to Guyana’s case against Venezuela that remains before the International Court of Justice, and remains prepared to stand with Guyana against Venezuela’s aggression. Speaking during an appearance on the “SOURCES” programme on Sunday, the US Ambassador to Guyana, Nicole Theriot, said while discussions with Venezuela on its claims […]
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