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An 18-year-old man was today charged and remanded to jail over the attempted murder of a 15-year-old boy. The accused, Claudius James appeared before Senior Magistrate Sherdel Issacs-Marcus and was not required to enter a plea to the charge. According to the case, it alleged that on the 22nd of February at Stabroek Market James wounded […]
The Guyana Defence Force has condemned and debunked a post on social media that alleged that the Venezuelan military conducted operations in Guyana’s territory, that destroyed two excavators in Region 7. The GDF said the social media post is not true and such reckless and irresponsible posts only serve to unnecessarily increase public tension […]
President Irfaan Ali has travelled to Belize along with other CARICOM leaders to attend the Thirty-Third Inter-Sessional Meeting of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). It is the first in-person meeting of CARICOM leaders in almost two years. The meeting opens on Tuesday and will feature statements from CARICOM Secretary-General Dr Carla Barnett; […]
Workers of SOL Guyana are getting big increases in their salaries following successful negotiations between the company and the General Workers Union. The company has also increased its minimum wage. Under the agreement, for the year 2022, employees of SOL Guyana will receive a 24% increase in their salaries retroactive to January 2022. For 2023, […]
The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) met with officials at Guysuco today on the issue of the workers at the Enmore packaging facility who are likely to be displaced by the new company that will be taking over the complex to build machinery and parts for the oil and gas sector. According to […]
The US State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) recently conducted training programmes for senior members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF), the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, and the Judiciary. The training was the second in a series of training initiatives for Guyana’s criminal justice sector. The first one […]
The Ministry of Education has launched a campaign across the country to find students who have not been attending school for a prolonged period and get them back in the classroom. The campaign, which is titled “Operation Recovery” is targeting all Education districts to locate primary school students who have been continuously absent from school […]
The head of the Parliament’s Library Department, Micahel Munroe, became the country’s latest road accident victim last evening when he lost control of his car along with the East Bank of Demerara and slammed into a truck. A Police report on the fatal accident said 52-year-old Michael Munroe who lives at Diamond, East Bank Demerara […]
The Government of Guyana today condemned the violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity by Russia. In a statement issued through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Guyana Government also called for an immediate cessation of Military action. The Government said it is now in consultation with Guyana’s International partners and will […]
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) added its voice this afternoon to the international condemnation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which is being seen as the biggest attack on a European country since World War II. In its statement, CARICOM condemned the military attacks and invasion of Ukraine by Russia and called for the immediate and complete […]
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