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The Leader of the Alliance For Change, Nigel Hughes and a delegation of AFC Executives, met on Monday with the US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Barbara A. Feinstein, and Katherine Beamer, who is the Director in the Office of Caribbean Affairs at the US State Department. The meeting […]
Media workers, influencers, content creators and disc jockeys (DJs) were among persons consulted today as the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC), United Nations (Guyana) and the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) explored strategies and a plan of action to counter ‘hate speech’ in Guyana. According to the United Nations (UN), hate speech is any kind of […]
The Ministry of Agriculture has launched the Agriculture Information System (AIS), which will be used to gather, analyze, and disseminate agricultural data in real-time. Once operational, the new system will allow farmers, extension officers, and media personnel to access real-time information on agriculture. During the launching on Monday, Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha, noted that the […]
More than 3500 students from over 50 disciplines are expected to walk the graduation stage when the University of Guyana (UG) hosts its 58th convocation ceremony in the month of November. The graduation ceremonies will be hosted over several days between the 7th to the 23rd November. On Thursday November 7, a ceremony will be […]
The Alliance For Change (AFC) has announced that it is exploring a number of avenues in its push for a clean voters’ list’ ahead of the 2025 General and Regional Elections. The party is looking mount international pressure on the government and possible legislative changes to the country’s electoral laws to ensure a clean voters […]
Police investigators have arrested a 48-year-old Brazilian miner, who is linked to the illegal operation of a foreign aircraft in Guyana and its landing at an illegal airstrip. The arrested man has been identified as Robistaine Peixoto Saraiva. The Police also said the pilot of the aircraft escaped from the scene. According to the Police […]
The Bank of Guyana has reported that food prices have increased by 3.2% during the first half of the year, with almost all food categories being affected by the increase. In its half year report, the Central Bank noted that the Urban Consumer Price Index (CPI) year-to-date inflation stood at 1.6 percent, primarily due to […]
With over 125,000 arriving passengers processed in the past month, Guyana is on track to welcome its one millionth arriving passenger by November, according to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport. In a statement, it was noted that between the beginning of January and the end of September, a total of 801,000 arrivals were processed. Chief […]
The Government has withdrawn an additional $62.3 Billion from the Natural Resource Fund (NRF), the Finance Ministry has announced. According to the Ministry, the withdrawal was done in accordance with the Natural Resource Fund Act and the approved 2024 Budget. The $62.3 Billion transfer brings the accumulated withdrawals to date in 2024 to $239.1 Billion […]
The Government of Guyana observed the 125th anniversary of the 1899 Arbitral Award which settled the border dispute between Venezuela and the then British Guiana on Thursday. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs noted that while Guyana still accepts and celebrates the Arbitral Award as stipulated by the Treaty, Venezuela, just after Guyana’s […]
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