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President Irfaan Ali has once again issued a call to the international community to get serious about ending hunger, poverty and other challenges facing the world by keeping financial commitments that were previously made. The President made the statement as he addressed the high-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development on Monday at the United Nations […]
Police investigators have detained a 28-year-old woman following the hospitalization and eventual death of a 1-year-old child who was in her care. The woman who is a relative of the child’s father is said to be cooperating with the investigators. The Police were called in after the child was rushed to the Georgetown Hospital from […]
The Opposition APNU and AFC are demanding that the Oil and Gas Government Portfolio be immediately taken away from Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo after the Petroleum Unit at the Natural Resources Ministry slashed the US$214M in questionable expenses incurred by ExxonMobil for its exploration of the Stabroek Block, to US$3M. An international audit company and […]
The Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) has concluded its onsite visit and assessment of Guyana’s Anti-Money Laundering regime and sees the need for a unified approach in tackling money laundering by the various law enforcement agencies. In a statement, the Attorney General’s Office also indicated that the team noted that Guyana was investigating money […]
With many teachers digging deep into their own pockets to get their classrooms in a learner-friendly state with teaching aides and other material, the Ministry of Education has started the distribution of special grants to assist the teachers. Class teachers along the coastland will be provided with $4000 per child while those in the hinterland […]
The Mahdia Dorm Fire Commission of Inquiry started its public hearings today with the Chairman of the Commission, retired Major General Joe Singh offering his assurance that nothing will be done to prejudice the rights of the 15-year-old murder accused to a fair trial. The young girl is currently before the Courts, facing 20 murder […]
Opposition Member of Parliament Sherod Duncan was freed today of a cybercrime charge which was filed against him back in January. The charge accused him of using a computer system to humiliate and cause embarrassment to Aneal Giddings of the Guyana Elections Commission. The trial was conducted by Magistrate Judy Latchman, with Police Legal Advisor, […]
Vice President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo has expressed grave disappointment over the Ministry of Natural Resources decision to engage the ExxonMobil company on audit matters after the Guyana Revenue Authority,(GRA) had already audited the company and presented its findings. The GRA had flagged US$214 million in questionable expenses incurred by ExxonMobil for its exploration in the […]
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has reiterated that Guyana is not interested in joining the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) at this time, explaining that the country is looking to rapidly boost its oil production. OPEC is an organization that enables the co-operation of leading oil-producing countries in order to collectively influence the global […]
Without ever mentioning Venezuela, President Irfaan Ali this morning opened his address at the Organization of American States (OAS) headquarters in Washington by highlighting what he called a historical territorial threat to Guyana. The President, who addressed the OAS Protocolary meeting of the Permanent Council, said that since independence, Guyana has had to deal with […]
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