Last Updated on Tuesday, 24 October 2023, 22:02 by Denis Chabrol Two persons lost their lives Monday evening when the truck they were travelling in on the Lethem trail slipped off a rotten bridge and fell into a creek, police said Tuesday night. Those who perished were the truck driver, 29-year old Orlando King of North Rupununi and occupant, Orin ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 24 October 2023, 19:29 by Denis Chabrol President Irfaan Ali and Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton jointly denounced Venezuela’s planned December 3 referendum to make Guyana’s Essequibo County a State. The country’s two top political leaders also dismissed Venezuela’s attempt to give legitimacy to the intended annexation of Guyana’s territory through the 1966 Geneva Agreement, a framework ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 24 October 2023, 17:22 by Denis Chabrol One of three Venezuelans, who were arrested allegedly with unlicensed guns, ammunition and narcotics at Arakaka, North West District, on Tuesday pleaded guilty to the offences and was sentenced to six years imprisonment, police said. The Guyana Police Force said Eliezer Vera was sentenced to three years imprisonment  and ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 24 October 2023, 16:54 by Denis Chabrol President Irfaan Ali and Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on Tuesday held talks about the escalating tension between Guyana and Venezuela ahead of a December 3 referendum that seeks to annex the county of Essequibo in clear violation of international law. Amid concerns that one of the referendum questions seeks ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 24 October 2023, 7:25 by Denis Chabrol The way is now almost clear for Guyanese to keep their existing phone numbers and decide whether to change the phone companies, the three telecommunications providers and the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) said. “The operators are about to enter a final testing period before the launch of number portability,” ...