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Scores of workers attached to the Guyana Power and Light company (GPL) used their lunch break today to protest outside the company’s Main Street headquarters, calling for their salary increase issue to be resolved. The GPL workers are represented by the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial & Industrial Employees, (NAACIE). According to the Union’s General […]
The ExxonMobil company has announced another major oil discovery in Guyana. In a statement, the company said the latest discovery was made at the Uaru-2 well in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana. “Uaru-2 will add to the previously announced gross discovered recoverable resource estimate for the block, which is currently estimated to be approximately 9 […]
An operation by the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit in the town of Corriverton in Berbice has netted 57 lbs of marijuana, resulting in the arrest of a suspected drug trafficker. During the operation on Monday in Little India #79 Village, Corriverton, CANU agents arrested the suspect Wesley Anthonio Barry. He is the owner of the […]
Two more persons died from coronavirus late on Monday, taking the total number of persons who passed away yesterday to five. According to a statement from the Health Ministry, the two latest victims were a 72-year-old woman and a 46-year-old man from Region Four. The number of coronavirus-related deaths in the country continues to soar […]
The month of April has emerged as the deadliest month of the COVID-19 pandemic in Guyana with 54 deaths recorded in the past 25 days. October 2020 was the previous deadliest month with its 44 recorded deaths. In the past three days, a total of 10 deaths were recorded, pushing the total death toll to […]
Attorney General, Senior Counsel Anil Nandlall has welcomed the decision of Chief Justice Roxanne George to dismiss the election petition which sought to vitiate the results of the 2020 elections. In a statement, Mr. Nandlall said the ruling by the Chief Justice was sound and in keeping with the law. “This decision ought not to […]
An upset Opposition Leader Joe Harmon, this afternoon lashed out at the decision of the Chief Justice to dismiss the election petition case as an “atrocious” ruling. In a statement, Mr. Harmon said the ruling stabbed democracy in the heart and therefore an appeal will be filed. “Many of you previously expressed doubt and concern […]
The Chief Executive Officer of Aaron’s Royality, Jayson Aaron, was arrested this morning by investigators from the Criminal Investigations Department of the Guyana Police Force. Aaron’s Royality is the company that is at the centre of the fuel import scandal at the state-owned, Guyana Oil Company (GUYOIL). Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum has confirmed the arrest […]
Chief Justice Roxane George this morning dismissed the election petition case which was filed by two supporters of the Opposition APNU+AFC who were hoping for the results of the elections to be vitiated. The petition challenged the constitutionality of Order 60 which was created by GECOM and paved the way for the recount of votes […]
Police investigators and investigators from the Civil Aviation Authority are probing a security incident at an Air Services Aircraft at the Bartica airstrip. The incident is being described as an “unlawful interference” and not an attempted hijacking. Just after 9 o’clock this morning while the pilot of the Cessna aircraft was awaiting the arrival of […]
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