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The APNU+AFC Coalition this afternoon expressed its thanks to US Congressman Hackeem Jeffries for his statement at that Guyana-New York anti-racism rally on Sunday. The high-ranking US Congressman expressed worry about the situation in Guyana since the change in government. He rebuked the Government for its position on a number of issues, triggering a response […]
A Guyana anti-racism protest held in New York over the weekend which featured some top US congress representatives and APNU+AFC national and regional representatives has irked the Guyana Government with President Irfaan Ali today rejecting the statements made at the rally about racism in Guyana and his government. In a statement issued by the President’s […]
Justice Gino Persaud will now have to set a new date to hear arguments regarding the Attorney General’s application to the Court for the President to be removed as a party in the proceedings. The matter was expected to be heard today, but the Judge was forced to delay the start of the arguments following […]
Longtime Belizean Diplomat, Dr. Carla Barnett has taken up her position as the first female Secretary-General (SG) of the Caribbean Community. This morning, she took office following a virtual installation ceremony. Giving her first address as CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Barnett thanked regional leaders for placing their confidence in her and said she plans to work […]
Hours after a top US congressman made sharp statements condemning what he calls intolerance and racially motivated issues in Guyana and promises to deal with the issues at the highest level of his Democratic party, Guyana’s Prime Minister Brigadier Mark Phillips has called for a meeting with the Congressman. In a statement late Sunday, the […]
A Senior US lawmaker and Chairman of the Democratic Caucus, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, has called for the removal of the US Ambassador to Guyana Sarah Ann-Lynch. Jeffries was at the time addressing a rally in New York organized by the Guyanese Organization Against Racism (GOAR). Several Opposition Members of Parliament and Regional representatives of the […]
President Irfaan Ali has expressed Guyana’s solidarity and support to the people of Haiti in the wake of the devastating 7.2 magnitude earthquake that rocked that nation on Saturday. In a telephone conversation with the Prime Minister of Haiti Dr Ariel Henry, and the Chairman of CARICOM, Prime Gaston Browne of Antigua, President Ali gave […]
A Roraima Airways trilander aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing near the Eccles dumpsite on Saturday morning while on its final approach to the Eugene F. Correia Airport at Ogle. A worker at a closeby facility could be heard on a video recording of the incident shouting “I tell y’all something wrong with […]
President Irfaan Ali met with senior officials of Caribbean Airlines to discuss existing challenges and ways of strengthening the partnership between the airline and Guyana. According to the President’s office, during the meeting, President Ali called on the airline to do more to improve its local content in the Guyana market. “We are aware that […]
A Police Corporal was remanded to jail today after he was charged with three counts of corrupt transactions. The young policeman, Omale Damon, appeared before the Chief Magistrate this morning charged with collecting $480,000 through corrupt transactions. The Policeman is accused of contacting a relative of a man who was arrested for illegal possession of […]
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