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The 2025 National Toshaos Conference opened this morning with President Irfaan Ali, highlighting his Government’s development in many of the indigenous communities across the country. The President told indigenous leaders that there has been transformation in Health and Education, and more investment is earmarked for the indigenous communities this year. The President, who delivered the […]
Ahead of the General and Regional Elections to be held in Guyana this year, Chairman of the National Toshaos Council, Toshao Derrick John has urged political parties to be responsible in their campaigning even as he made it clear that Indigenous people have the right to support any political party of their choice, as much […]
President Irfaan Ali has affirmed that Guyana will not give up a square inch of its territory even as Venezuela continues to move ahead with its plans to host an election for a governor and council of Guyana’s Essequibo. Earlier this month, Venezuela’s National Electoral Council announced that for the first time it will hold […]
Passengers and staff were quickly ushered out of the Departure lounge at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport this morning after a fire, suspected to be of electrical origin, broke out in the ceiling of the check-in area at the departure lounge. Persons were seen hurrying out of the building as the smoke quickly spread around […]
Three months after the Government got approval for its massive $1.3 Trillion budget, it has returned to the National Assembly seeking $57.5 Billion more in supplementary funding. The Minister responsible for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh laid the supplementary budget paper in the National Assembly on Friday. In a statement, the Finance Ministry indicated that the […]
Almost 25 years since he was found guilty of conspiracy in the largest US visa fraud case in US State Department history, Guyanese businessman, Halim Khan, who was deported on the completion of his sentence more than two decades ago, has now been sworn in as a Justice of the Peace and Commissioner of Oaths […]
Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton led a protest outside the Office of the President this morning, demanding justice for 11-year-old Adriana Younge who was found dead three weeks ago in a pool at the Double Day Hotel at Tuschen, one day after she was reported missing. The child is still to be laid to rest as […]
The Chief of Defence Staff, Brigadier Omar Khan has warned that Venezuelans living in Guyana will be arrested and deported if they participate in the controversial May 25 planned Elections by Venezuela to elect a Governor of Guyana’s Essequibo region. There are no preparations taking place in Essequibo for any such elections, and the Government […]
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo contends that the Opposition has not been completely locked out of power, however, he believes power sharing at the level of the Executive requires “trust.” Mr. Jagdeo addressed the issue of “shared governance” at his Thursday press conference in direct response to a recent column written by former Auditor General, Anand […]
Chief of Defence Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Brigadier Omar Khan, could not say when the report into the deadly December 2023 Helicopter crash that killed members of the military will be released. The Guyana Defence Force conducted its own investigations in addition to the investigations that were carried out by the Guyana Civil […]
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