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Hours after a top US congressman made sharp statements condemning what he calls intolerance and racially motivated issues in Guyana and promises to deal with the issues at the highest level of his Democratic party, Guyana’s Prime Minister Brigadier Mark Phillips has called for a meeting with the Congressman. In a statement late Sunday, the […]
A Senior US lawmaker and Chairman of the Democratic Caucus, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, has called for the removal of the US Ambassador to Guyana Sarah Ann-Lynch. Jeffries was at the time addressing a rally in New York organized by the Guyanese Organization Against Racism (GOAR). Several Opposition Members of Parliament and Regional representatives of the […]
President Irfaan Ali has expressed Guyana’s solidarity and support to the people of Haiti in the wake of the devastating 7.2 magnitude earthquake that rocked that nation on Saturday. In a telephone conversation with the Prime Minister of Haiti Dr Ariel Henry, and the Chairman of CARICOM, Prime Gaston Browne of Antigua, President Ali gave […]
A Roraima Airways trilander aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing near the Eccles dumpsite on Saturday morning while on its final approach to the Eugene F. Correia Airport at Ogle. A worker at a closeby facility could be heard on a video recording of the incident shouting “I tell y’all something wrong with […]
President Irfaan Ali met with senior officials of Caribbean Airlines to discuss existing challenges and ways of strengthening the partnership between the airline and Guyana. According to the President’s office, during the meeting, President Ali called on the airline to do more to improve its local content in the Guyana market. “We are aware that […]
A Police Corporal was remanded to jail today after he was charged with three counts of corrupt transactions. The young policeman, Omale Damon, appeared before the Chief Magistrate this morning charged with collecting $480,000 through corrupt transactions. The Policeman is accused of contacting a relative of a man who was arrested for illegal possession of […]
One week after announcing that children will be vaccinated using an existing immunization law, Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony today said parents will have to grant permission for their children to be vaccinated. During his daily COVID-19 update, Dr. Anthony said the process has already been activated to get children vaccinated against COVID-19. “We have […]
The Guyana Police Force has issued wanted bulletins for three more men in connection with last week’s multi-million-dollar robbery at the Wallison Gold Trading company in Kitty. Wanted are Dequan King aka Titus/Quanie, former GDF member Jamal Hazel and Antonio Maraj. King has been identified as the getaway driver while the other two wanted men, […]
Hours after the Guyana Elections Commission by a majority vote terminated the contracts of the body’s Chief Election Officer, Mr. Keith Lowenfield, Deputy Chief Election Officer, Ms. Roxanne Myers and the Region 4 Returning Officer for General and Regional Elections 2020, Mr. Clairmont Mingo, GECOM Chair, Justice Claudette Singh explained that the terminations were provided […]
The Guyana Elections Commission today terminated the contract of Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield, Deputy Chief Elections Officer Roxanne Myers, and Returning Officer for Region 4, Clairmont Mingo. The three were terminated in keeping with the provision of their contracts. They will be leaving the Commission with all of their benefits. When the Commission met […]
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