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While the oil and gas sector in Guyana continues to do well, many of the other extractive sectors are still facing struggles of their own. It is an issue the Government intends to tackle to ensure the economy is balanced as there are drastic changes in many sectors. Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat told […]
Longtime political activist Akanni Blair has resigned as an Executive member of A New and United Guyana for a return to his old political party, the People’s Progressive Party. In a Facebook post, Mr. Blair shared his resignation letter which was addressed to ANUG Chairman, Timothy Jonas. In the resignation letter, he said his decision […]
Police investigators in New York are probing the murder of former Guyana national tennis coach, Esan Benn. The 51-year-old who migrated to the United States several years ago was found on a city street in midtown Manhattan, New York city. Benn is the father of Guyanese singer Esan Benzy. The Police Department in New York […]
A remand prisoner at the Lusignan jail was stabbed to death yesterday by another prisoner over bed space. The dead prisoner has been identified as Mahash Rajpaul who was on remand for murder. His assailant has been identified Rajkumar Singh who is also on remand for murder. The incident reportedly took place at around 2:50 […]
Three men including two cousins who were arrested by the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit after more than 1500 pounds of marijuana were allegedly found in their possession appeared in Court today and were slapped with drug trafficking charges. One of the three men, 52-year-old Massiah Durant, pleaded guilty to the charge and was sentenced to […]
The Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) and United Kingdom-based organisation, The Human Dignity Trust (HDT) have teamed up to embark on a process to examine the occurrence of hate crimes in Guyana. Last year, the two organisations commissioned “A Situational Analysis on Hate Crimes in Guyana” which was conducted by Guyanese researcher Pere DeRoy, a social […]
Moments after the Guyana Police Force announced that Assistant Commissioner Clifton Hicken has been appointed to act as Police Commissioner, the Opposition People’s National Congress Reform called the move “illegal”. “The Party, therefore, would like to use this opportunity to remind the government of Article 211 (1) of the Constitution of the Co-operative Republic of […]
In a very short statement, the Guyana Police Force this afternoon announced that Acting Police Commissioner Nigel Hoppie has proceeded on pre-retirement leave and Assistant Commissioner of Police Clifton Hicken who has been performing the functions of Deputy Commissioner will now be performing the functions of Police Commissioner. The move to appoint Hicken to perform […]
With the relaxation of the COVID-19 restrictions, the Ministry of Health has seen a drop in the number of persons seeking vaccines and booster shots. But now with another variant of COVID-19 surfacing in some western countries, the Ministry of Health is worried that the new variant could soon reach local shores and start to […]
Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform, Aubrey Norton wants to see major reforms at the Guyana Elections Commission and believes that it’s time for the current Chairman of the Commission, retired Judge Claudette Singh to go. Speaking at his party’s General Council meeting over the weekend, Mr. Norton said while the Chairman of the […]
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