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The Customs Anti Narcotics Unit has issued a wanted bulletin for a 47-year-old man in connection with the discovery of 207 pounds of marijuana at #68 Village, Corriverton. The wanted man’s name has been given as Omesh Lakeram from Corentyne, Berbice. According to a statement from CANU, at around 4 o’ clock this morning, during […]
CARICOM Leaders have agreed to appoint longtime Belizean Diplomat, Dr. Carla Barnett as the new Secretary General of the regional body. Dr. Barnett will be the first woman to lead the 47-year-old organisation. At a special meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government this morning, Dr. Barnett emerged as the unanimous choice. She replaces Ambassador Irwin […]
The controversy over the removal of more than 48 acres of mangroves from a West Demerara location to allow the construction of a shore base facility for the oil sector took another twist this afternoon as the Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill defended the removal. At a hastily called press conference this afternoon, the […]
Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon led a team of Opposition Parliamentarians to Malgre Tout/ Versailles, West Bank Demerara where a private developer has cleared mangroves to construct a shore base. Concerns were raised after the developer cleared a large number of mangroves on the riverbank in violation of his agreement. Residents are fearful that they could […]
Opposition Leader Joe Harmon has expressed concern over recent announcements that the International Republican Institute will be spearheading an 18-month project to help overhaul Guyana’s electoral system. The project has the full backing of the US Department of State. A statement from the local U.S embassy said through the project, the Elections Commission, the Attorney […]
Attorney General, Senior Counsel Anil Nandlall has filed submissions in the Court of Appeal to strike out the appeal by the petitioners in the Election Petition case 99, who are seeking a reversal of the Chief Justice’s decision to dismiss the petition. AG Nandlall’s contention is that the Court of Appeal does not have the […]
The Opposition APNU+AFC has lambasted the PPP Civic Government as “incompetent” in its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the start of this year, Guyana has been seeing a rapid increase in new cases and deaths. Between January 1 and May 7, the country recorded 159 deaths and 7,855. The infection rate and the death […]
The Ministry of Health on Saturday recorded nine new Coronavirus related deaths, pushing the total number of deaths recorded in the past week to 24. The country’s death toll from COVID0-19 now stands at 323. Of that figure, 200 are men which represent 61% of COVID deaths in Guyana. On Saturday, the Ministry of Health […]
With concerns mounting over the COVID-19 death rate in Guyana, the Minister of Health has made it clear that none of the COVID-19 deaths are related to the vaccines being administered. More than 154,000 persons have received a first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. A total of 7,000 persons have been fully vaccinated. “We have […]
While noting that the countrywide vaccination rollout has been going smoothly, President Irfaan Ali, has expressed worry about the reluctance from persons in Regions 8 and 10 to take the Covid-19 jab. “In every single administrative region, we would have had coverage of between 30 to 36% above 18 years old with the exception of […]
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