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Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hugh Todd has told the United Nations Security Council that countries must continue to demonstrate by their collective actions that the UN remains the moral compass of the world. Speaking on the issue of the emerging trend of eroding respect for the UN Charter, Minister Todd said there must be […]
Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit, Matthew Langevine, has warned that the country could face serious consequences if it does not comply with international anti-money laundering standards. Speaking at a private sector led, Illicit Trade forum on Wednesday, Mr. Langevine said although the country feared relatively well at its last round of mutual evaluation by […]
Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson Jr. was scolded by Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo over his treatment of the Administrator of the Burrowes School of Art, Ivor Thom, following an incident two weeks ago. The Administrator had resigned from his position after a meeting with the Culture Minister. However, he later withdrew his […]
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo is highly critical of the 20-point Oil and Gas plan which was released by Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on Wednesday, saying that the plan lacks substance and is replete with duplications. In the plan, the PNC Reform Leader explained that within 90 days of taking Office, a PNCR/APNU Administration will constitute […]
President Irfaan Ali has dismissed a group of Guyanese protesters outside an event he attended in New York as “noise makers”, who will be left behind of Guyana’s development. Before heading to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, the President stopped in Brooklyn at a Guyanese-owned restaurant for a Breakfast Meeting with several persons […]
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo today announced that since the introduction of the Government’s loan forgiveness programme for University of Guyana students, some 346 students have benefitted to the tune of $203.7M. At his weekly press conference this afternoon, Mr. Jagdeo said the Government is seeking to write-off an additional 2,900 student loans this year which […]
The Guyana Water Incorporated has started work on a $130 Million well, which is being drilled in the new LBI Housing Scheme on the East Coast Demerara. When completed, the well will supply water to the more than 3000 house lots that are being developed in the new housing area. During an inspection of the […]
As some residents of Linden pick up the pieces of the devastation left by a freak storm which blew off roofs and downed trees two days ago, the Civil Defence Commission has started to offer assistanc In a statement the CDC announced that acting on the guidance of the government, it distributed 30 food and […]
Citizens of Guyana and the United Arab Emirates will now be able to travel to each other’s country without requiring a visa. On the sidelines of the ongoing United Nations General Assembly in New York, Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hugh Todd and Minister of State for International Cooperation of the UAE, Reem Al Hashimy, […]
President Irfaan Ali addressed the United Nations General Assembly this afternoon and made it known that Guyana will continue to bank on International Law for the peaceful resolution of the border controversy with neighbouring Venezuela. The President told other world leaders gathered at the UN Headquarters in New York that Venezuela has been a threat […]
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