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Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform and Chairman of the APNU, Aubrey Norton on Friday welcomed the Government’s announcement of the start of the $100,000 cash grant distribution, but said citizens deserve more than a quick fix to the deeper problems of the cost of living and poverty that continue to face the country. […]
Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman has ordered the Police to hand over the Ruimveldt Police Station’s diary to the Court after Special Prosecutor, Glenn Hanoman, alleged that US indicted businessmen Nazar and Azruddin Mohamed have breached the conditions of their bail. As part of the bail conditions in the ongoing extradition committal proceedings, the father and […]
The Government of Guyana is not serious about the effective implementation of the Access to Information Legislation, Editor-in-Chief of Stabroek News, Anand Persaud said, as he weighed in on the uphill battle to access information through the Office of the Commissioner of Information. Persaud is among civil society actors, who have been protesting the Office […]
Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh, has indicated that as the Government prepares to roll out the $100,000 cash grant, it prefers for the payment to be made directly to bank accounts. The programme, which is expected to commence next week, will see some 50,000 public servants receiving the grant in the initial phase, as their […]
The US Embassy in Georgetown today announced that the United States and Guyana are set to launch the 2026 Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Teams (LAMAT) mission, which is a health security cooperation engagement designed to strengthen partnerships, enhance medical readiness, and improve access to care across the Caribbean. The mission will take place from March […]
As the extradition hearing against US-indicted billionaire businessmen, Nazar and Azruddin Mohamed resumed today in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman reprimanded Special Prosecutor Herbert McKenzie after he made comments about the period of time that the case has been ongoing before the Court. The Prosecutor made the comments while objecting to a […]
One week after the Government of Guyana announced the advancement of the 3D Multi-Client Seismic Acquisition as it seeks to map out a large area offshore Guyana to enable more oil and gas exploration, the Venezuelan Government is objecting to the survey being done. In a statement today, the Venezuelan Government complained that the announcement […]
Senior Minister responsible for Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh, has announced the commencement of the National Cash Grant distribution, with public sector workers first in line to receive the grant in their salaries as early as next week. The cash grant of $100,000 per adult 18-years and older was allocated in the 2026 budget and […]
An investigation has been launched into a violent attack at a mining camp at Siparuni in Region Eight that has left one miner dead and at least two others nursing serious injuries. Police investigators have traveled into the area to probe the incident, which has left 32-year-old miner, Rowell La Cruz dead. The young miner […]
Days after the head of a woman who was initially believed to be Guyanese was discovered dumped in the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens, New York and month after the rest of her body was discovered in another section of Queens, the Police in New York have arrested and charged the woman’s 75-year-old husband. […]
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