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President Donald Ramotar on Wednesday announced that if re-elected next month his administration will grant licenses for more commercial banks and create more conditions for development financing. “My intention is to issue more commercial banking licenses in the future once I am elected again,” he told a Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) Business Luncheon. “I think that is important ...

Amid fears raised by the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) that the military would not act professionally if the opposition coalition is re-elected because its top brass includes ex-army officers, the Chief-of-Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Brigadier Mark Phillips told soldiers not to campaign for any party and the army would be taking instructions only from President Donald Ramotar. ...

The People’s Progressive Party Civic’s (PPPC) Prime Ministerial candidate, Elisabeth Harper on Wednesday condemned Health Minister Bheri Ramsaran’s verbal attack on opposition rights activist, Sherlena Nageer earlier this week. Harper called Ramsaran’s description of Nageer as a “little piece of shit” and someone whom he considered slapping for fun and arranging for some of his women to strip as “unacceptable ...

The Guyana government on Wednesday praised the United States (US) for standing by the South American country in staving off threats to its natural resource-rich territory, even as it pledged to improve transparency and accountability in the natural resources sector. In apparent reference to recent aggression by Venezuela, Natural Resources and Environment Minister Robert Persaud commended the US for “being ...

The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) Tuesday night denied that it has been discriminating against sections of the Guyanese community as it targeted a traditional opposition stronghold to vote for the incumbent party. “Despite all the charges that come with feelings of insecurity with each other, a case cannot be made that there has been discrimination and differentiation in our ...

An American mother of one was Tuesday arraigned on a charge of being in possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. Twenty-seven year old Patricia Dalrymple pleaded guilty to the charge that states that on April 20, 2015 she had 937 kilogrammes of cocaine in her possession for the purpose of trafficking. At the time she was an outgoing ...

The Guyana government appeared to have bartered rehabilitation of the Lethem-Georgetown state-owned fibre-optic cable in exchange for several pairs of the cable to a contracting company. The duration of the contract was not disclosed. Office of the President was quoted by the Government Information Agency (GINA) as saying that one source had estimated that the 20 percent damage to the ...

Just hours after news broke that Health Minister Bheri Ramsarran cursed anti-government rights activist and called her “shit” he has apologised. Ramsaran was heard on a recording telling Sherlena Nageer to “F-off” and harbouring thoughts of slapping her for fun and getting a number of women to strip her. Following is the full text of the Health Minister’s statement. “On ...

An elderly overseas-based Guyanese was Tuesday morning shot and robbed shortly after returning to Guyana through the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, police said. Investigators said a woman has been arrested. According to a police statement, about 9:30 AM (April 21, 2015), 83-year old Glednon Cadogan, was shot and injured during an armed robbery at Shirley Field-Ridley Square, Georgetown. “Investigations revealed ...

A joint security team is probing the discovery of a yacht on the Essequibo Island of Wakenaam earlier this week, according to a senior law enforcement source. Residents said the catamaran washed up at Moor Farm, northern Wakenaam about four days ago. There was no one aboard. Sources said the vessel has no name or other visible identifying marks. However, ...