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Two months after a fire that destroyed two buildings at the corner of Camp and Robb Streets, the owner has received an insurance settlement of GUY$70 million, according to the insurance broker. Raj Singh Insurance Brokers says the payment was made in favour of RNK Investments Limited from Diamond Fire and General Insurance Inc. Describing the claim as a “full ...

President David Granger slipped out of Guyana without informing the nation again that he was leavng the country. He was in Trinidad and Tobago on Wednesday where he held bilateral discussions with recently-elected Prime Minister Keith Rowley on Wednesday at the Office of the Prime Minister in St Clair on several issues of mutual interest. The Ministry of the Presidency issued ...

Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo Monday night unveiled a three-pronged strategy for the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) to regain power- rebuild the party, use local government elections to mobilize,  and fan-out the “strongest” persons in opposition strongholds where there was multiple voting. Addressing a Symposium to mark the 23rd Anniversary under the theme, “Achievement since October 5th 1992; Democracy under threat ...

Disappointed that government ministers have hiked their salaries by at least 50 percent after a mere four months in office and offered a meager five percent increase in salaries; the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) is demanding more money for thousands of teachers countrywide. GTU General Secretary, Coretta Mc Donald said the union’s executive has decided to formally indicate to the ...

The search would shortly begin for someone to act as Chief Justice because Senior Counsel, Ian Chang is about to proceed on pre-retirement leave. Attorney General, Basil Williams said Chang’s successor would be the subject of meaningful consultations between President David Granger and Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo. “The question of a vacancy occurring in the Office of Chief Justice would ...

Attorney General, Basil Williams said Wednesday that Guyana was not enthusiastic about setting up a local Law School because the coffers did not have money for such a project. “It is not a priority in this type of economy that we have inherited,” he told a news conference. He, however, did not have any details about the costs for setting ...

Two men have been arrested in connection with the stabbing death of a fisherman aboard a boat offshore Lichfield, West Coast Berbice. Dead is Ronald Emmanuel Reid, 27 years, of Costello Housing Scheme, Georgetown. The incident occurred on Tuesday aboard a fishing boat off the Lichfield foreshore, police said. “Investigations have revealed that Ronal Emanuel Reid was involved in an ...

General Secretary of the Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) Clement Rohee says the APNU+AFC Government should reconsider the decision it has taken to increase the salaries of Ministers, Vice Presidents and Members of Parliament. Rohee made the call at a press conference on Wednesday where he noted that the decision was particular strange given that the Minister of State Joseph Harmon had declared ...

Guyanese may never know the truth about what caused a man to shoot dead his child’s mother and then turn the gun on himself. Hours after 22-year old Mark Moses committed the act, he died at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). Police confirmed that he “succumbed to his injury.” Before shooting himself, he opened fire on 20-year old Amanda ...

Reproduced from TeleSurTV The Venezuelan president denounced U.S. interference in the dispute over the Essequibo region, shortly after a statement from the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry was released on Tuesday. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro rejected declarations from the new U.S. Ambassador Perry Holloway, regarding the dispute over the Essequibo region. (Guyana regards the issue as a controversy over the 1899 Arbitral ...