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Minister of Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, has hailed the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) for increasing the approvals of loans to Guyana and net financial flows from the IDB group. Speaking at the 2026 Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the IDB and IDB-Invest over the weekend in Paraguay, Dr. Ashni Singh, said the […]
Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman today adjusted the bail conditions for US indicted businessmen Nazar and Azruddin Mohamed in the ongoing Extradition Committal Proceedings. However, the father and son were cautioned that any breach would result in their bail being forfeited. The decision was taken in response to complaints by the Prosecution of possible breaches. The […]
By Svetlana Marshall Stabroek News – one of Guyana’s longest running independent newspapers – printed its last edition this morning, bidding farewell to the country’s media landscape after 39 years. Known as the “newspaper of record”, from the time of it first edition, Stabroek News in November 1986, the newspaper was seen as championing democracy, […]
A tragic scene unfolded on Friday morning along the Orangestein Public Road, East Bank Essequibo when a 22-year-old motorcyclist, who had an amputated leg, crashed into a sales truck, while carrying his girlfriend and their young baby on his motorcycle. The motorcyclist, Krishna Persaud and his 4-month old baby lost their lives in the accident, […]
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 […]
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