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Venezuelan woman remanded to prison over attempted murder of lover

A Venezuelan woman was charged and remanded to prison on Monday over the attempted murder of her Guyanese lover. The woman, Veronical Alfaro, is accused of attempting to murder businessman Frederick Standford at his Mango Landing residence and business place in Region Seven. A Police report stated the two shared an intimate relationship for just […]

High Court to rule in house-to-house verification case on March 28

Acting Chief Justice, Roxane George is set to deliver her ruling in the house-to-house verification case. This will occur on Friday, March 28. On Monday, Justice George grilled Attorney-at-Law Dexter Todd on the declarations sought in the case brought by his client, People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Chief Election Scrutineer, Carol Smith-Joseph. Smith-Joseph wants the […]

WPA calls for GOAL project to be paused and reviewed

In wake of at least two foreign universities declaring that they never had any relations with the Guyana Online Academy of Learning and its scholarships, the Working People’s Alliance today issued a call for the GOAL project to be paused and reviewed. At a press conference today, WPA co-leader, Dr. David Hinds, said serious questions […]

AMCHAM Observer admits under cross-examination to amending statement to Police in Election fraud trial

The 2020 Election Fraud Trial continued this morning with American Chamber of Commerce-Guyana (AMCHAM) observer, Rosalinda Rasul admitting that critical evidence provided to the Counsel that presided over the Elections Commission of Inquiry (COI) back in 2022 was omitted from her statement that was subsequently provided to the Police. Rasul took the witness box for […]

GOAL “severs” ties with University that says those ties never existed

The Guyana Online Academy of Learning (GOAL) today announced that is has severed ties with UK based University of Staffordshire.  But the University has stated that it never had any ties with GOAL. In a recent statement, the University also indicated that it also had no relationship the International Skill Development Corporation (ISDC), which was […]

PSC tells IMF “Unemployment in Guyana is largely voluntary”

During a recent engagement with a visiting team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Private Sector Commission of Guyana drummed up the country’s economic growth and told the visiting team that unemployment in Guyana “is largely voluntary”. Guyana’s unemployment rate hovers around 12%, and with the growth of the economy and the oil and […]

Talking Dollars & Making Sense: A New Vision for Guyanese Youth

By Rennie Parris Welcome back to Talking Dollars & Making Sense. Today, we’re shining a spotlight on a group that’s often overlooked but holds incredible potential: the young men and women who drop out of secondary school. As part of our ongoing National Development Plan under the Human Capital & Innovation pillar, we believe it’s […]