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Parts of the South Rupununi were yesterday rattled by a 5.7 magnitude earthquake that sent tremors to other parts of the country including sections of Georgetown and surrounding areas. Although there were no reports of injuries, the mid afternoon earthquake-damaged structures and buildings in some Amerindian villages. It was the strongest earthquake to ever be […]
A Bartica passenger speed-boat Captain is missing and feared dead following a Saturday night collision between his boat and a river ambulance. A Police report said the accident occurred at around 7:15 pm in the Essequibo River in the vicinity of Stampa Point, which is close to Bartica. The passenger boat was heading to Bartica […]
With more than 1200 new cases of coronavirus being recorded in the first month of the year, the Government of Guyana is moving ahead with the further reopening of the country even as other countries globally are tightening restrictions against COVID-19. In the updated COVID-19 measures, the Government is allowing bars to reopen at 40% […]
In an early afternoon broadcast to the nation that included questions from Guyanese via social media, President Irfaan Ali on Saturday called on Venezuela to release the Guyanese fishermen in its custody and desist from further acts of aggression towards Guyana. “We have friends. We are not alone. We have the international community behind us”, […]
Still facing a backlash from environmentalists over its flaring practices, the ExxonMobil company announced this afternoon that it has been forced to increase its flaring of natural gas aboard its oil production vessel. In a brief statement, the company said there was a technical issue regarding a seal on the gas compressor on Liza Destiny […]
by Handel Duncan It’s now over a week since 12 Guyanese fishermen and their vessels have been detained by Venezuela in Guyana’s Exclusive Economic Zone. Despite international demands for the fishermen and their vessels to be released, Venezuela is not budging. A mother of one of the detained fishermen is now calling on the Government […]
Using its majority in the National Assembly, the Government voted down a motion that called for a Commission of Inquiry to be conducted into the September 2020 Lusignan Prison unrest which left two prisoners dead. In presenting the motion, APNU+AFC Member Geeta Chandan-Edmond said a Commission of Inquiry would be significant to shed light on […]
Three days after 30-year-old Pathrina Pilgrim of North Road, Bourda was arrested over the shipping of a box of Guyanese snacks that contained cocaine, she appeared in Court to face drug trafficking chagrs. Pilgrim appeared before Magistrate Leron Daly and pleaded not guilty to the charge that she was involved in the trafficking of 534 […]
On the same day that a North Road, Bourda woman appeared in Court for the cocaine in snack box bust, the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit issued wanted bulletins for two other suspects in connection with the same bust. CANU today issued wanted bulletins for Edinho Lewis of Shopping Plaza, South Ruimveldt and Chelsea Collins of […]
Despite measures being put in place to safeguard prisoners and prison officers, a number of new cases of Coronavirus have been recorded at three of the country’s prisons. Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony told the National Assembly this afternoon, that 16 new COVID cases have been recorded at the Lusignan Prison while there are 33 […]
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