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Cables released by Wiki Leaks highlighting communication between the US Embassy in Georgetown and the US Government back in Washington in 2006, have revealed that the US Embassy was convinced that it was then Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon who had ordered the 2002 return of spy equipment to drug king pin […]
President David Granger on Friday proposed the construction of light rail tracks to ease the growing traffic congestion in the country, particularly on the East Bank corridor. The President said there are far too many vehicles on the country’s roadways and while the government has no plans to ban the importation of vehicles, there needs […]
The government has announced that Governance Minister Raphael Trotman who holds responsibility for the natural resources sector, has ordered that mining works be halted by the operator of a water dredge near the village of Isseneru in Region Eight. The decision was made following concerns and complaints from the Toshao and representatives of the village. […]
The Guyana Police Force on Friday said heightened presence at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) and in the vicinity of commercial banks and busy shopping areas will form part of its strategy over the next two months as it moves to clamp down on criminality during the Christmas season. The Police’s Christmas policing strategy […]
Guyana’s rice exports increased by six percent during the period January to October 2015 as compared with the corresponding period for 2014. However, the industry is forced to deal with a significant fall in world market price that is affecting export earnings, and the continued insistence of an oversupply in the market, General Manager (acting) […]
The opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has voiced its dissatisfaction with the government’s response to recent incidents of maternal deaths and has called on the government to do more to prevent such deaths. Former Culture Minister Dr. Frank Anthony led the PPP’s charge at a Thursday morning press conference. He said the country continues to […]
Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chairman, Dr. Steve Surujbally on Thursday called on political parties to stop fuelling ethnic division as he disclosed that a request was made by one party for the Commission to specify the ethnicity of some 12,000 Guyanese who worked during the 2015 general elections. Dr. Surujbally explained he may be inclined […]
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states and governments are being called upon to make urgent changes to the way they conduct business and foster more engagements with the private sector lest the region’s economy is left behind. The call was made by Suriname’s Minister of Trade and Industry, Sieglien Burleson during the opening of the 41st […]
President David Granger, who is currently in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, described Guyana’s participation at the Fourth Summit of the Arab and South American Countries (ASPA) as fruitful and a success. He said that it is an important forum for Guyana to advance its interest with some of the major states in the Arab world and […]
With sugar workers and their union aborting another strike action that could further put a strain on the already problem plagued sugar industry, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo believes that sugar workers really have the best interest of the industry at heart. The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU), aborted a planned strike on Sunday, […]
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