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Leader of the Alliance For Change and Opposition Member of Parliament Khemraj Ramjattan has issued a warning to the governing People’s Progressive Party over its firing of scores of public servants since taking office. The PPP has come under fire from the Opposition and a number of other groups including some trade unions over its […]
Guyana and Brazil have agreed to restart discussions on the road project that would make travel between the two neighbouring states much easier. The Minister of External Affairs of Brazil and a government team paid a one day visit to Guyana and held discussions with President Irfaan Ali and other government officials. In a joint […]
President Irfaan Ali has announced that all healthcare workers across Guyana will receive the equivalent of two weeks of their monthly salary as an end-of-year bonus. The President made the announcement this afternoon and said the money is expected to be paid out before the end of December. He did not provide any additional details […]
The 42-year-old woman who was earlier this week held with more than four pounds of cocaine in her suitcase at the Cheddi Jagan Airport appeared in Court this morning and pleaded not guilty to the cocaine trafficking charges. Plaisance resident, Tommy-Ann Bunbury, who worked in Suriname as a vendor, denied all of the allegations filed […]
The World Bank has announced that it has approved US$7.5 million to aid in Guyana’s COVID-19 Emergency Response Project. The money is to be used to support the country in tackling the current pandemic and strengthening the country’s health system. According to the World Bank’s Country Director for the Caribbean, Tahseen Sayed, the Bank is working […]
The number of coronavirus cases in Guyana is climbing at an alarming level and the increase in new cases is happening across all of the regions. Based on the data provided by the Ministry of Health, since the start of November, Guyana has recorded 1,028 new cases of COVID-19. There have also been 23 deaths […]
President Irfaan Ali brought the curtains down on his official visit to Suriname today with an address to an extraordinary sitting of the Surinamese National Assembly. In the address, the President reflected on the good relations that have existed between Guyana and Suriname over the past years and pledged to strengthen the relationship and the […]
Guyana has recorded its 147th Coronavirus related death. The latest victim has been identified as an 87-year-old man from Region Six. Since the start of November, the country has recorded 21 coronavirus related deaths and 981 new cases of the virus. The number of cases has been climbing steadily with 35 new cases being recorded […]
Attorney and PNC Reform Member, James Bond was this morning taken into custody by the Police as a probe continues into the sale of government lands along the East Bank of Demerara. In a Facebook post, Mr. Bond announced his arrest and indicated that he was asked to take a lie detector test surrounding the […]
Guyana and Suriname today moved one step closer to realizing the plans to bridge the Corentyne river, which separates the two South American states. A Memorandum of Understanding was this morning signed in Paramaribo between the Foreign Ministers of Guyana and Suriname for the bridging of the Corentyne River. President Irfaan Ali and a Government […]
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