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President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday night hinted that he and his Surinamese counterpart, President Chandrikapersad Santokhi hours earlier arrived at major decisions in a number of areas including oil and gas. Addressing a State Dinner in honour of Mr. Santokhi and his high-level delegation, Dr. Ali said the bilateral  talks would continue on Thursday. The Guyanese leader indicated that already ...

One person has been killed and two others robbed at Toroparu Backdam, Cuyuni River, police said. The robbery and homicide occurred at about 7:45 Tuesday night. The only name of the dead person has been identified only as “Saw-man” . The robbery victims are a 38-year-old miner and his 36-year-old Venezuelan girlfriend. Police said the four suspects wielded a handgun ...

A Roraima Airways plane late Saturday morning suffered an engine failure and made an “emergency landing” at Haags Bosch a short distance from the East Bank Demerara landfill, but no one has perished, officials said. “The cause of the accident is unknown at this time,” the local carrier said. The passengers included two adults and one child. The Director-General of ...

Investors in the large-scale planting of soya bean and corn say that trials at a ranch, located in the Upper Berbice River area, are already showing good prospects. The group of investors, which comprises the owners of Guyana Stock Feed Limited, Royal Chicken, Edun Farms, SBM Wood, Dubulay Ranch, and Bounty Farm Limited, along with the Brazilian-owned N F Agriculture ...

The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) says so far it does not believe that the three kilogrammes of cocaine that US agents found on a  Caribbean Airlines plane was loaded on the aircraft in Guyana. “Preliminary indicators do not suggest that that the narcotics was placed on the aircraft while it was parked at CJIA (Cheddi Jagan International Airport),” CANU said ...

Three men, including the driver who allegedly transported the bandits with more than GYD$59 million in cash and raw gold that they carted off from a gold dealership, are wanted by police, the Guyana Police Force said. They include taxi driver Dequan King called Titus or Quanie of 20 ‘D’ Field, Sophia. “Dequan King is also the principal offender and ...

As pockets of anti-vaccination protests continued in several areas of Guyana, Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony on Wednesday night said healthcare workers and public transportation operators have been given until August 25 to be vaccinated against COVID-19. “I have examined the request and wish to announce that healthcare workers, public transport operators and conductors will be given two weeks to ...

Police said a car that was allegedly used to transport the suspects who carried out a daring robbery at Wallison Enterprise in Gordon Street, Kitty on Thursday last when they escaped with $58M in cash and raw gold has been found. Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum said in a Guyana Police Force release has indicated that the driver of the car ...

A Superbet outlet cashier last night faked a robbery of $450,000 from the outlet at Patentia, West Bank Demerara after she had gambled and lost more than $300,000, police said. Police said the 22-year old female cashier who works at Best Bet Superbet  eventually took police to her home where the stolen money was recovered. “She eventually took the police ...

The National Assembly on Monday passed amendments Petroleum (Exploration and Production) Act to allow landowners to be compensated for lands to be acquired for the laying of a 30-mile long gas pipeline from the Atlantic seashore to Wales. Natural Resources Minister Vickram Bharrat also said a fibre-optic cable that would carry real-time data about oil production and other activities of ...