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Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo today shot down reports that the State Asset Recovery Agency intends to lead an investigation into the award of oil blocks, which all took place under the last government. Mr. Jagdeo told reporters at his weekly press conference that SARA cannot head any investigation into the award of oil blocks if […]
A man from the Mocha Arcadia community was sentenced to 75 years in jail for the murder of another Mocha resident. 25-year-old Kenkassie Lynch was back in Court today for sentencing after being found guilty of the murder of mechanic Terrence Lanferman two weeks ago. In Court today, a probation report was submitted to Justice […]
The Governance and Security Committee of the Private Sector Commission is requesting yet another meeting with the Public Security Minister and the Police Commissioner to raise concern about the crime situation in the country. Although official statistics provided by the Police Force has shown a decrease in criminal activity, there continues to be a widespread […]
A 36-year-old Ecuadorian man, Julio Ceasar-Harreira, is waking up behind bars this morning after admitting to a City Magistrate that he came to Guyana with a plan to sell fake US visas. He also pleaded guilty to being in possession of a quantity of cocaine. The Court was told that on the 23rd May during […]
A permanent gallery to honour all of the Presidents of Guyana was unveiled today at the Parliament Building. The unveiling of the Gallery of Presidents forms part of the Independence observances by the Parliament of Guyana. Speaker of the National Assembly, Dr. Barton Scotland, said the idea of adding a gallery of Presidents to the […]
The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce & Industry believes there is critical need for policies and legislation to be put in place that would encourage joint ventures with foreign investors for the oil and gas sector. At a press conference today, the President of the Chamber of Commerce, Nicholas Boyer said regulatory measures must be put […]
The Governor of the Bank of Guyana has written to the Chief Executive Officer of Republic Bank (Guyana) asking that the Central Bank be provided with all of the information regarding issues that the Bank continues to face with some of the accounts of its customers. Over the past several weeks, scores of Republic Bank […]
The Guyana Police Force announced this morning that it has arrested the prime suspect in the alleged robbery under arms and shooting of popular motor-racer Kristian Jeffery. According to a Police statement, the suspect was arrested on Tuesday during a cordon and search operation in the Agricola community. Motor-racer, Kristian Jeffrey and a friend said […]
Guyana has started preparations for an official state visit of the President of Ghana. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will be hosted by President David Granger and during the visit, Guyana and Ghana will sign a number of agreements to tighten existing relations and also to strengthen new relations for the oil sector. President Granger […]
Guyana has signed a technical assistance co-operation agreement with the Organization of American States and the ProFuturo Foundation for a digital learning platform to bridge the technological gap between the Coastal and the Hinterland regions of Guyana. Education Minister Nicolette Henry signed the agreement on behalf of the Guyana Government, while the Secretary-General of the […]
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