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Investigators have identified the suspect in the stabbing and disarming of a Presidential Guard at State House this morning as a Nigerian national. Both the suspect and the Presidential guard remain hospitalised with serious injuries. Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken and Crime Chief Wendel Blanhum both confirmed the man’s identity to News Source, giving his name […]
Police investigators are probing the attack of a Police rank at State House, which is the official residence of the President. The man, who has not been named, reportedly approached the security booth and the Police rank at around 7:30 this morning and told him that he wants the President. A Police statement said the […]
Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), retired Justice Claudette Singh has ruled that the Minister of Local Government Nigel Dharamlall acted outside of his jurisdiction when he combined and subdivided areas to form constituencies for the Local Government Elections. “Having reviewed extracts from Order No. 50 of 2022, the Chairperson explained that it is […]
Two days after Georgetown Mayor Ubraj Narine joined street vendors outside the Georgetown Hospital in a protest against their removal by the Government and questioned whether the President was developing a muslim state in Guyana, he was arrested at his office this afternoon. Opposition Member of Parliament Sherod Duncan who was covering the protest live […]
Although she is still to offer advice on the investigation by the Police Office of Professional Responsibility into the arrest of an Attorney for advising her client to remain silent, the Director of Public Prosecutions, Senior Counsel Shalimar Ali-Hack has discontinued the private criminal charge that was filed by the Attorney against the three SOCU […]
Merchandise trade between Guyana and Canada totaled CAD $238.2 million in 2021, the High Commission of Canada has disclosed. According to the High Commission, exports to Guyana for 2021 were valued at CAD$28.6 million, while imports from Guyana were valued at CAD$199.6 million. In 2020, the Canadian High Commission played a leading role in bringing […]
President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union, Mark Lyte is convinced that all is not well in Guyana’s Education Sector, and he has lashed out at the Government over its failure to respond to the multi-year agreement which has been proposed by the union. He has also berated the Government over the non-appointment of the Teaching […]
With a number of branded hotels expected to built in Guyana in the next few years, the Government appears to be setting the stage to make an exit from the hotel business. The Government through its holding company, NICIL, has advertised the sale of the Marriott Georgetown Hotel. In a Pre-Qualification Notice published in the […]
Mayor of Georgetown, Ubraj Narine has issued a public apology for statements he made while protesting on behalf of vendors that the President appears to be turning Guyana into a “muslim state”, with his government’s ongoing position not to engage the City Mayor on municipal matters. The Mayor, who is a Pandit, said that he […]
The contract for the construction of a gas-to-energy plant at Wales was signed today, marking the commencement of what is said to be the largest public project ever undertaken in Guyana. The Contracting firms Lyndsayca Incorporated and CH4 were given the task to build the combined power and Natural Gas liquid plant at Wales. Delivering […]
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