Last Updated on Monday, 2 September 2024, 21:51 by Writer The Venezuela’s President’s plane that was seized by the United States (U.S.) in the Dominican Republic was used on several international flights including last December’s trip to St Vincent for a meeting with Guyana’s President, Irfaan Ali on the Essequibo border dispute. The U.S. Department of Justice said Mr Nicolás ...

Last Updated on Monday, 2 September 2024, 21:36 by Writer NEW YORK — Multiple people were shot at New York City’s West Indian American Day Parade in Brooklyn on Monday, police said. Five people were wounded when a gunman in Crown Heights “fired his weapon numerous times into a crowd,” NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell said, according to a CBS report. Two ...

Last Updated on Monday, 2 September 2024, 21:29 by Writer The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association‘s (CPA) 46th Conference of the Caribbean, the Americas, and the Atlantic Region opened on Monday in Guyana with stirring appeals for parliamentarians to work in the public’s interest, including improving governance, because already people are losing faith in the democratic process. Opposition A Partnership for National ...

Last Updated on Monday, 2 September 2024, 16:32 by Writer Guyanese policeman was prosecution’s witness FOX NEWS:-A New York bank manager sentenced last week to 9.5 years behind bars for a foiled murder-for-hire scheme against her brother-in-law allegedly told the would-be hitman that “rat poison can do a great job.” Reshma Massarone, a 40-year-old branch manager at Mid-Hudson Valley Federal ...

Last Updated on Monday, 2 September 2024, 9:14 by Writer Sugar production slumped by 60.4% during the first half of 2024 with production of 6,739 tonnes of the sweetener reported by the state-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation (GUYSUCO), according to the Finance Ministry’s report on the country’s economic performance from January to June. “This performance is attributed to the carried over ...

Last Updated on Monday, 2 September 2024, 9:03 by Writer The oil sector is continuing to drive Guyana’s double digit real gross domestic product (GDP) for a fourth straight year, with the non-oil sector registering impressive performance of 49.7%, according to the 2024 mid-year economic report. “Growth continues to be driven by expansion in the oil and gas industry, along ...