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Well-known New York-based Guyanese political activist, Rickford Burke is wanted by Guyanese police for questioning about his alleged role in the publication of defamatory libel in order to extort money, according to a bulletin issued late Thursday hours after he released a statement and a recording of part of a conversation purportedly with a businessman. Police said Mr Burke allegedly ...

The then United States (US) Republican-led administration nominee for the Presidency of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Mauricio Claver-Carone,  who had been unequivocally supported by Guyana, has been removed from office, the hemispheric financial institution announced Monday. “The Board of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), following the unanimous recommendation by the Board of Executive Directors, has resolved that ...

Suriname’s acting Foreign Minister Krishna Mathoera has summoned Guyana’s Ambassador to that neighbouring country Keith George, telling him that Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo must be cautious about his utterances over an expected grant of 150 Suriname coastal fishing licences. “During this summons, the Vice-President of Guyana was called upon to await diplomatic efforts and to refrain from making any wide-ranging ...

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) on Saturday said its engineers were working feverishly to restore mobile phone and internet services on the East Bank Essequibo and the Essequibo Coast after its fibre cable was cut as a result of a road accident. “Our engineers are working to resolve as soon as possible. We apologise for this unnecessary inconvenience,” ...

A Britten-Norman Islander plane, owned by Jag’s Aviation, on Wednesday ran off the Eteringbang airstrip on landing, well-placed sources said. Sources said none of the nine passengers was injured in the mishap which occurred at about 4 PM. The aircraft, which bears registration marking 8R-GGT, departed the Eugene F. Correia ‘Ogle’ International Airport at about 2:30 PM under the command ...

President Irfaan Ali has said there is a steep increase in the demand for Guyana passports over the past 18 months, but he stayed clear of saying whether it was linked to his country’s emerging oil and gas sector. He told an inter-faith forum on Sunday in Queens, New York that a shortage of Guyana’s passports due to global supply ...

The Guyana government on Sunday sought to debunk claims that an amendment to the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) with the ExxonMobil-controlled consortium sets the stage for wide-ranging changes so that Guyana can draw down more money from the deal on the prolific Stabroek Block. The Irfaan Ali-led administration aimed to allay likely fears that it could take on board Chartered ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Friday accused Suriname of breaching a written agreement to grant 150 coastal fishing licences to Guyanese fisherfolk and warned that Guyana would take action against Surinamese companies if the issue was not resolved. “We’ve worked with them, they have given commitments, they gave a commitment to the Minister of Agriculture in writing that we would ...

A cleaner, who was attached to the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph’s (GTT) Giftland Mall branch, told police that she assisted in planning the GY$19.4 million dollar armed robbery by bogus security guards who went there under the pretext of escorting the day’s earnings, police said. Police said they recovered GY$2,696,420. In all , six persons pleaded guilty to the charge ...

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the United States (US) have agreed to craft a single food certification regime to facilitate the free trade of agricultural produce within the region and that North American nation, President Irfaan Ali said Thursday. He made the announcement in a video release following talks he and colleague CARICOM leaders held with US Vice President Kamala ...