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The Attorneys representing the three men charged for murder in connection with the deaths from the MV Barima sinking have asked the Court to halt the criminal proceedings. The Captain of the vessel and a crew member along with the Goods Superintendent at the Transport and Harbours Department are facing 72 murder charges over the […]
President Irfaan Ali has boasted that more Guyanese are now owning their own homes and cars, despite the high cost of living that citizens continue to complain about. In an interview with Aljazeera News, the President acknowledged that the cost of living is high in Guyana, but said that it is a problem that is […]
Even as the Opposition and human rights groups in Guyana press for more information on the agreement that Guyana has signed with the US to accept third-country deportees, President Irfaan Ali has assured that Guyana maintains full control over the agreement with the United States. He is also assuring that Guyana could at anytime reject […]
The Guyana Police Force is on the hunt for the driver of a motor pick-up vehicle who abandoned the vehicle leaving several parcels of cocaine behind. The incident occurred on Friday at Five Miles along the Ituni Trail in the Upper Demerara River area. The abandoned cocaine weighs 72.1 pounds, according to a Police statement. […]
The Guyana Together campaign, which was launched as a grassroots effort to increase acceptance levels among Guyanese and to reduce the level of stigma and prejudice for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, is celebrating its third anniversary. So far, the movement has benefited in support from 250 organisational endorsers who have pledged support for […]
With One Communications preparing to shut down its 2G network at the end of October, it is continuing its push for customers with those old cell phones that can only work on the 2G network, and those persons with 2G sims in their phones to upgrade before they are left without service. As part of […]
The Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA) will return to Guyana in 2027, the Government of Guyana has announced. Earlier this week, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson Jr, and Minister within the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, Steven Jacobs, met and held discussions with the CARICOM Secretary General, Dr. Carla Barnett and […]
In an extraordinary move this afternoon, the Guyana Police Force issued a statement to “clarify” media reports on the testimony of Head of the Force’s Special Branch, Senior Superintendent Prem Narine. Giving evidence in the ongoing extradition case against businessmen Nazar and Azruddin Mohamed on Thursday, Senior Superintendent Narine admitted to destroying a notebook that […]
The Opposition, A Partnership for National Unity, (APNU), is taking the Government to task over the frequent power outages that have been plaguing parts of the country over the past few weeks, declaring that the power supply problem exposes poor planning and incompetence. At a press conference today, APNU Member of Parliament Sherod Duncan said […]
A 76-year-old bottle supply contractor was crushed to death by a truck at the Banks DIH headquarters at Thirst Park on Thursday, becoming the latest work place tragedy. The dead man has been identified as Gobin Persaud, who was a resident of Triumph on the East Coast of Demerara. Persaud was reportedly making a delivery […]
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