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Guyanese are among nationals from 15 countries that have been added to the United Kingdom’s “deport now, appeal later” scheme, which targets foreign nationals who commit crimes in the UK. The policy, according to a BBC report, allows the British government to send foreigners who commit crimes in the UK back to their home countries […]
Banking heavily on a second gas-to-energy project and the construction of a deepwater port in Region Six, President Irfaan Ali believes investments in those and other projects will create “enormous” job opportunities in the Berbice region going forward. Addressing supporters at a public meeting last night in New Amsterdam, the President assured residents of the […]
Billionaire businessman and gold dealer, Tamesh Jagmohan, has denied claims of being part of a gold smuggling ring, as claimed by his former gold buying agent and fellow gold dealer, Junior Baksh. In a late night statement on Monday, Mr. Jagmohan said he is aware of the allegations made against him by Junior Baksh. He […]
Agents of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit arrested four persons on Monday along the Parika Public Road, East Bank Essequibo following the discovery of more than 9 kilograms of cocaine in their possession. In a statement, CANU said its agents were conducting an operation in the area at the time and intercepted a motor car […]
The Alliance For Change (AFC) is proposing to reform the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) through the introduction of a new National Pension Fund. It is also seeking to establish a universal social protection framework in an effort to strengthen social security. In a policy document released today, the AFC said Guyanese workers have a right […]
Venezuela has filed its Rejoinder in the 1899 Arbitral Award case, in which the Government of Guyana has asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to uphold the validity of the award that sets the boundaries between the two countries. Guyana was notified of Venezuela’s submission by the ICJ with the Court explaining that it […]
With just over two weeks before Guyanese head to the polls on September 1, General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Sunday accused his party’s competitors in the upcoming elections of “fueling racism” and attempting to legitimize “criminality”. At a Bath Settlement rally on Sunday, Mr. Jagdeo, who has been […]
Declaring that his party has a well-oiled election machinery in Linden, Mayor of Linden, Sharma Solomon, is encouraging his fellow citizens to hold steady and vote the PPP out of office. Addressing party supporters at a rally on Sunday, Mayor Solomon said he is unfazed by endorsements of the PPP from some high profile Lindeners. […]
A 25-year-old security guard attached to the KGM Security Service has been arrested over the shooting death of a 34-year-old Cuban national in the Real Value Supermarket on Sunday morning. The dead Cuban national has been identified as Pedro Alexander Frometa Slonchak. The incident took place at around 9:47 on Sunday morning. A Police report […]
The President of the Small Miners Association, David Daniels, is encouraging his fellow miners and residents of the Region Seven mining communities to support the re-election of the PPP Civic Government. At a rally on Saturday in Bartica, Mr. Daniels said transformation has been taking place across the mining communities, and he believes that transformation […]
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