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The Venezuelan Government’s decision in the past 24 hours to release the 12 Guyanese fishermen it had detained for two weeks, could provide political space for dialogue between the two countries, according to Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hugh Todd. The fishermen were released from Venezuelan custody on Tuesday and allowed to leave the neighbouring […]
A 32-year-old supervisor at the Beharry Manufacturing company died on Tuesday afternoon in a freak accident at his workplace. According to a Police report, supervisor Mark Gomes was at work around 5:50pm on Tuesday supervising the transfer of flour from a pressure tank that was mounted on a truck to a storage container. During the […]
A 29-year-old taxi driver from West La Penitence was shot dead last evening in the North East La Penitence community. The dead man has been identified as Osafo Pollard. A Police report said the incident occurred at around 10:30 pm on Tuesday night. Persons who were gathered at a nearby birthday celebration reportedly heard a […]
With international condemnation mounting, the Venezuelan authorities have released the twelve Guyanese fishermen and their fishing vessels who were detained in Guyana’s waters and taken to Venezuela two weeks ago. The fishermen are expected to depart Venezuela with their vessels today and are likely to arrive in Guyana by Friday. Guyana’s Foreign Affairs Minister Hugh […]
President Irfaan Ali believes that any reform of the Guyana Elections Commission will first have to examine the professionals who work at the body. Appearing on a Globespan online talk show last evening and responding to a question about whether there is a need to change the make-up of the Commission itself and the Government […]
Former APNU+AFC Member of Parliament Charandass Persaud has been confirmed as Guyana’s new High Commissioner to India. He is expected to take up the post soon. It was Persaud’s “yes” vote for a no-confidence motion against his own government that led the APNU+AFC government to lose that no-confidence motion and months of Court battles over […]
The Government of Guyana has made a decision to downgrade the Guyana High Commission in Trinidad and Tobago to a Consulate General. The Trinidad and Tobago Government has been informed of the decision by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It is unclear what triggered the move by the Government, but a Foreign Ministry Official confirmed […]
As the three men accused of murdering cousins Joel and Isaiah Henry appeared at the Blairmont Magistrates’ Court this morning, their family members protested while declaring their innocence. When the case was called, the Prosecutor informed the Court that all of the files related to the case were not available. That forced the Magistrate to […]
As the investigation continues into the 1.5-tonne cocaine bust in Belgium that was traced to Guyana, the Guyana Revenue Authority has fired five of its Container Scanning Specialists. The termination letters signed by the Senior Manager for the Human Resources Department were issued on Friday and took effect from today. The termination letters make no […]
With the need for Guyana to become an Information Technology hub with more businesses and development as a result of the Oil and Gas Sector, the Schlumberger company today donated 100 computers to the non-governmental group, Computers for Guyana, in aid of the group’s efforts to provide computers to those in need and those looking […]
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