Mr. James Singh has been reappointed Head of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU), an agency of the Ministry of Home Affairs, and the National Anti-Narcotics Agency (NANA) has been disbanded, well-placed sources said. Well-placed sources said Mr. Singh is expected to meet with staff this week, following the decision by Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn to recall him to ...

Some executive members of the Alliance For Change (AFC) are pushing for their party to leave the coalition with A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) after repeated instances of bad faith negotiations, even as David Patterson remained adamant that he would not be withdrawing his resignation as AFC General Secretary, well-placed sources said. “The Party considered the Letter of Resignation ...

Police late Sunday afternoon cleared sections of the West Coast Berbice Public Road of  debris including old tyres that were set alight by protesters demanding justice for the two youths who were killed and their bodies mutilated. Guyana Police Force spokesman, Assistant Commissioner Royston Andries-Junor says the road was cleared at about 5:45 PM yesterday. Persons claiming to be relatives ...

Four persons have died in one day from the coronavirus, COVID-19, pushing the death toll to 90. The Ministry of Health said last night that the latest fatality was a 56-year old man from Baramita in Region One (Barima-Waini). He reportedly died while receiving care at a government health facility. The Health Ministry says  samples were taken on admission and ...

The Heads of the Police, defence force, prisons  and fire service on Sunday say they are wary of an apparent plan to break down law and order. The Joint Services Chiefs referred to the  attacks on Police Commissioner Nigel Hoppie on Social Media intending to tarnish his character ad those of several of its members, saying they had expected  them ...

There is fresh unrest on the West Coast Berbice where residents are Sunday blocking the Number 5 Village Public Road, almost one month after the Henry cousins had been killed and their bodies found on a coconut estate. Residents have thrown debris and old tires are being burnt to protest the planned exhumation of the boys bodies, a usually reliable ...

Suriname’s President Chandrikapersad Santokhi says the bridge across the Corentyne River will be built within five years with financing through a public-private partnership between Guyana and Suriname. “There are financiers ready, but we have to prepare well and go through the file carefully so that we do not make mistakes with matters that were agreed in the recent past,” he ...

In the wake of a sick out by several nurses of the Georgetown Public Hospital for increased salaries and COVID-19 risk allowances, Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall on Friday said COVID-19 patients could die and he warned the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) that if the industrial unrest continues people could be charged and workers could ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Friday announced that Guyana would next week be formally liberalising the telecommunications sector, four years after modern legislation was passed, marking the end of a more than 30-year old monopoly on international voice and data. “Liberalisation is a promise that we made a long time ago. Both parties agreed to this and we need to ...

The General Secretary of A Partnership for National Unity Joseph Harmon on Friday said a communication breakdown led to the non-implementation of an agreement  for the Alliance For Change to hold the Vice Chairmanship of Region Four (Demerara- Mahaica). “My understanding is that there might have been some breakdown in communication but that is a matter that is being investigated ...