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Thursday, November 14, 2024

President to address Parliament today

Guyana’s Head of State President David Granger will, this afternoon, be addressing the 11th Parliament during the convening of the second sitting since the...

Greenidge explains delay in announcing new heads of missions

Foreign Affairs Minister Carl Greenidge said the delay in announcing the new Heads of Mission, including the Consuls General, is as a result of...

Enrico Woolford joins Commonwealth Observer Group to Vanuatu elections

A former Prime Minister of The Bahamas, Hubert Ingraham, will lead a Commonwealth Observer Group to Vanuatu for its General Election on 22 January. The...

Gov’t slashes budgets for Opposition Leader, DPP, Parliament Office – using one-seat House...

The proposed budgets of several constitutional agencies for 2016, including the Office of the Opposition Leader, the Parliament Office and the Director of Pubic...

Emergency meeting on suicide prevention convened – President says suicide rate disturbing

Following another suicide tragedy, which occurred yesterday at East Bank Berbice, President David Granger today convened an emergency meeting with several of his ministers...

Mahdia’s township status to be delayed

The move to clear the way for the hinterland community of Mahdia in Region Eight to  become a town, before May 26, 2016 may be delayed...

Angry vendors protest outside President’s office – claim M&CC cheating them

What had been decades of hard work seemed to have been reduced to nothingness for vendors of the Merriman Mall, Bourda, Georgetown, who were...

Clarification from OPM on status of the Ministry of Tourism

  The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Prime Minister: OFFICIAL CLARIFICATION: With regard to publicly expressed concerns by some stakeholders about...

Valerie Patterson promises improved services in housing sector …as she takes Oath-of-Office

New Minister within the Ministry of Communities, Valerie Patterson, today promised that she will take a proactive approach in handling the housing needs of...

All talk?…Rohee takes PM Nagamootoo to task on promise to reduce presidential powers

    People’s Progressive Party General Secretary Clement Rohee is taking Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo to task over several promises he made during the last General...

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2nd powership to be stationed in Demerara River, to supply 75 megawatts of power

Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance and the Public Service, Dr. Ashni Singh and Minister within the Ministry...

Paramakatoi to get new $799M airstrip

Paramakatoi in Region Eight is undergoing significant infrastructural development with a $799 million investment earmarked for a comprehensive upgrade of its airstrip. This investment is...

Pres. Ali engages Republic Bank Guyana on Silica City

President Dr Irfaan Ali met with an executive team from Republic Bank Guyana at State House on Tuesday. The team was led by Stephen Grell,...

Linden running out of burial space – Mayor

Noting that the township of Linden records an average of 20 deaths per month, Mayor Sharma Solomon said the Town Council is currently in...

Armed bandits rob Corentyne vendor

By: Andrew Carmichael  Some ten weeks after her husband died, a Corentyne roadside vendor was met with another tragedy when two armed bandits last evening...

Milestone Achieved: 500 million barrels of oil produced from Stabroek Block

See full statement from ExxonMobil Guyana  Georgetown, Guyana – ExxonMobil Guyana and its Stabroek block co-venturers, Hess and CNOOC, today announced they reached 500 million...

Continuous education needed to raise standards of legal fraternity – Nandlall

    Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall said there is a need for continuous education in the legal fraternity, following complaints about...

CANU, GRA receive US training on firearm tracking, vehicle searching techniques

The United States Embassy, through the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) and the World Customs Organization...

“You seem very clear-minded to me” – Magistrate to 23-Y-O alleged chain-snatcher citing mental...

A 23-year-old man appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Monday, facing a charge of simple larceny. Junior Lilly, a resident of Lot 29 Section...

Restorative Justice programme launched in Reg. 7

      The Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall recently launched the Restorative Justice Programme in Bartica, Region Seven (Cuyuni- Mazaruni). The programme...