Last Updated on Thursday, 7 November 2024, 20:32 by Writer Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday said the Guyana government would be taking advantage of the new Donald Trump-led administration to dispel a number of opposition-fomented lies against his administration. “We’re looking forward to debunk all of the lies particularly with the new administration when it takes office in January,” ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 7 November 2024, 20:21 by Writer A man, who allegedly staged a multi-million dollar robbery and made a false report to police, was arrested on Wednesday and police are searching for his accomplice. The prime suspect, 37-year-old Paramdeo Victor of Rosignol, West Coast Berbice, has since recovered a total of GY$8 million: GY$2 million from his ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 6 November 2024, 22:05 by Writer Guyana will soon begin the production of livestock vaccines for local and regional supply, Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha announced at an international conference in Uruguay. He said that as a solution to create a more sustainable pathway for animal healthcare, Guyana would commence the production of vaccines for all ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 6 November 2024, 21:59 by Writer The regularisation process for land at Block 42, Amelia’s Ward in Linden will soon begin, providing approximately 200 families with secure land ownership and better living conditions, Minister of Housing and Water, Susan Rodrigues announced during an outreach to the Region Ten housing area on Wednesday. Although a survey plan ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 7 November 2024, 9:19 by Denis Chabrol The President and Chief Executive Officer of G Mining Ventures, Louis-Pierre Gignac on Wednesday ruled out the renegotiation of a contract with the Guyana government that it inherited in the buyout of fellow Canadian company, Reunion Gold, earlier this year but was confident that the country would earn corporate ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 6 November 2024, 21:45 by Writer By GHK Lall Donald Trump has won the US presidency. Though still officially unconcluded and unannounced at this point, the writing on the wall is clear and not to be challenged: Donald Trump, Address White House. American voters have spoken, the man has won, and that should be it. It ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 6 November 2024, 21:34 by Writer The Chief Election Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Vishnu Persaud, has found that electronic fingerprint biometric registration and voting would be more secure and aims to address allegations of voter fraud and voter impersonation, but he has flagged several concerns including the US$20.7 million price tag for ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 5 November 2024, 20:14 by Writer Guyana’s umbrella Private Sector Commission (PSC) on Tuesday recommended that government enact one anti-corruption legislation to simplify and fast-track investigations and prosecutions, but the Guyana government said the country was not yet ready for such one-stop anti-corruption body. Chairman 0f the PSC’s Economics and Finance Committee, Ramesh Dookhoo lamented that over ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 5 November 2024, 20:03 by Writer Former Antigua and Barbuda government minister, and independent parliamentarian, Asot Michael, was found in a pool of blood with a “large stab wound” to his chest, Police Commissioner Atlee Rodney said. “There are some injuries to the body which now opens up a homicide investigation as to the circumstances that ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 5 November 2024, 19:56 by Writer Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance, Gail Teixeira on Monday denied social media posts that she was “recently” questioned by United States (US) authorities. She said she travelled in early September to the US but was not questioned. “No, I’ve never been questioned.” “I haven’t been anywhere since early September ...