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Leader of the Opposition Joe Harmon led an Opposition Parliamentary team to the community of Success on the East Coast of Demerara this morning to meet with squatters who are being flooded off state lands by the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GUYSUCO). Mr. Harmon called out the government for its treatment of the squatters and made […]
While squatters are being flooded off of Guysuco lands at Success, President Irfaan Ali today called on those squatters to do the right thing, adding that squatter settlements are not sustainable. Speaking at the opening of a two-day event organised by the Ministry of Housing and Water for new house lot applicants and those receiving […]
The number of COVID-19 deaths in Guyana climbed to 109 today as the Ministry of Health reported that a 71-year-old woman from Region Four and a 48-year-old man from Region One were the latest fatalities. The death toll has been climbing steadily in the past two and a half months. New cases have been climbing […]
The Public Relations Officer at the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission, Royden James was this morning fired with immediate effect with the Commission declaring that his position has been made redundant with a restructuring plan that is taking place. The Assistant to the Public Relations Officer was also dismissed, thereby disbanding the entire public relations […]
A 46-year-old woman from here in Region Four became the country’s latest COVID-19 fatality when she passed away late yesterday. The woman’s death has taken Guyana’s COVID-19 death toll to 107. In its dashboard report, the Ministry of Health today reported 31 new cases. The total number of active cases now stands at 975 with […]
The Guyana Sugar Corporation continued the flooding of its lands at Success on the East Coast of Demerara this morning in its efforts to force squatters off. Despite many of the squatters pleading with the state-owned company, thousands of gallons of water was released on the lands this morning to destroy the small shacks that […]
Lead Counsel for the APNU+AFC in the election petition cases and Opposition Member of Parliament, Senior Counsel Roysdale Forde believes the two election petition cases which have been filed could be completed within months. During a virtual press conference this morning, Mr. Forde explained that the two petitions which have been filed by supporters of […]
Three illegal mining tunnels were discovered and destroyed during a joint operation by the Guyana Defence Force, the Police and the Geology and Mines Commission in the South Rupununi region. In a statement, the Guyana Defence Force said the massive mining operation was discovered in the New River Basin area, which is about 50 miles […]
The Georgetown City Council moved in on vendors at the Stabroek Market this afternoon and unearthed hundreds of expired food items being sold. The items were seized and dumped by the City Council that had one of its garbage trucks parked nearby during the exercise. Some of the canned and bottled food items carried expiring […]
The government has terminated the services of Attorney and former Magistrate, Dawn Holder-Cush, as Director of the Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission. She was appointed to head the body in 2015. Today she received a letter from the new Chairperson of the Commission, Dhanwanti Sukhdeo, who explained that her services were being terminated by the […]
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