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The lifeless body of a  32-year old woman was found Sunday afternoon with a broken Guinness bottle in her left side chest in a hotel room, the Guyana Police Force said. Investigators said they have retrieved surveillance video footage and are searching for a man who checked in at Sunset Hotel, David Street and Stanley Place, Kitty, Georgetown with the ...

A Georgetown Public Hospital doctor was early Sunday morning robbed of her Iphone by a man who rushed into her yard shortly after she parked her car, police said. No one was injured during the incident that occurred at about 12:30 am. Investigators did not name the doctor but said she is 29 years old. Police said they were making ...

Venezuela would not invade Guyana even if people vote ‘yes’ to the declaration of Essequibo as a State of that western Spanish-speaking neighbour, that country’s Ambassador Carlos Amador Pérez Silva said Sunday. “No, never,” he said when asked whether Venezuela would invade Guyana, even if Venezuelans vote in favour of the declaration of Essequibo as a State of Venezuela. He ...

The Guyana government on Saturday said it would not meet with a 13-member United States (US) delegation that is expected here next week to investigate opposition claims of discrimination, indicating that the mission appears to be have stemmed from a conference organised by a fierce anti-government critic. “The Government of Guyana will not be engaging this delegation acting in their ...

As Canada continues to strengthen bilateral relations with Guyana, the High Commission of Canada and the National Assembly of Guyana on Friday announced that one Senator and three Members of Parliament from Canada will be visiting Guyana from November 13 – 18 as part of engagements through the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA). “This visit will give Canadian delegates the opportunity ...

A 13-member delegation consisting of elected officials, business owners, human rights activists, and educational leaders from the United States will be embarking on an official fact-finding mission to Guyana, Team Leader and former Chair of the Georgia Black Caucus, Dee Dawkins-Haigler said Friday. “The purpose of this visit is to engage in constructive dialogue with various leaders, community groups, business ...

President Irfaan Ali and the President of Brazil, Luis Inacio ‘Lula’ Da Silva held talks on Thursday on a range of bilateral issues, according to Foreign Secretary Robert Persaud. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Mr Persaud said the two South American leaders discussed defence and military cooperation, respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, respect for the rule of ...

The United Kingdom-based BB Energy Trading Limited and JE Energy Limited have won bids to market Guyana’s crude from the three Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels, Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat said Thursday. “It’s the first time we will get a premium,” he told Demerara Waves Online News Under the one-year contract to each company, BB Energy ...

The Guyana government appears reluctant to engage in collective bargaining with recognised trade unions that make unrealistic demands for wage and salary increases and are aligned to the opposition, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo indicated Thursday. “When you look at it, they make some outrageous demands: ‘Oh, we want a hundred percent increase, we want 50 percent increase. In the whole ...

Even as the Guyana Prison Service (GPS) announced on Thursday that Bibi Gopaul would be recalled to continue serving her 25-year sentence for the murder of her daughter, Neesa Gopaul, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said those responsible for her premature release of the woman could be punished. “When a full investigation is held, the question of accountability will have to ...