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President Irfaan Ali on Monday said a new Local Government Minister would”very soon” be appointed to replace Mr Nigel Dharamlall who resigned amid a rape allegation by a 16-year old schoolgirl. He made the announcement in remarks after the swearing in of Mayors and Deputy Mayors who were elected at the June 12 Local Government Elections. He later reiterated to ...

President Irfaan Ali on Monday said he has extended the tenure of Mr Clifton Hicken as Police Commissioner. “I’ve already issued a letter extending the services of the Commissioner of Police,” he told reporters Asked for how long, Dr Ali said “to a date to be determined.” Mr Hicken officially reached the retirement age of 55 on July 22, 2023. ...

A 37-year old man has been arrested at a cargo company adjacent to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport allegedly with GY$27 million worth of cocaine, a gun and ammunition, the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) said Monday. That law enforcement agency said Christopher Michael Douglas of Lot 1070 Providence EBD & 127 King Edward Street, Albouystown, Georgetown was nabbed on Sunday, August ...

A number of Eastern Caribbean nations are likely to send  English to French Creole translators to Haiti as part of a Kenya-led United Nations-backed multinational force, United States (US) Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Caribbean Affairs and Haiti, Barbara A. Feinstein said Friday. “There has been mentioned, for example, that in the Eastern Caribbean, there are certain countries that ...

Former Chief Education Officer Dr. Olato Sam was shot dead early Friday morning on the Plaisance Line Top,  the Ministry of Education confirmed. Ironically, up to the time of his passing he was finalising a plan for the Ministry of Education to combat school violence. “He was working on several things but particularly a holistic national plan for addressing violence ...

The Inter-American Development Bank (CDB) is conducting a feasibility study on whether a glass bottle plant should be constructed in Guyana to satisfy demands by the two major beverage companies, amid lingering concerns that a Trinidad-based glass bottle manufacturer would be unable to satisfy regional demand, President of the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA), Ramsey Ali said Thursday night. ...

A man has confessed to killing a shopkeeper at ‘Mer Meria’ Backdam, Surinamo Landing, Middle Mazaruni River, police said Thursday. The suspect, 34-year old Fabian Smith, admitted to stabbing 55-year old Andrew “Shortman” Harris, during a video interview at the Bartica Police Station on Wednesday afternoon. The Guyana Police Force said the suspect “confessed to stabbing the victim during an ...

A gold mining pit caved in late Wednesday night at Moonlight Backdam, Kamarang, killing two miners, police said. Those who perished are Trayon Hastings,38, of Kamarang Landing, Upper Mazaruni and Rocky Norton. Investigators, who visited the scene at about 1 AM Thursday, said the incident occurred at about 10:30 Wednesday night. Police said gold miner, 37-year old Mark Embleton of ...

Guyanese police and officers of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) are to be deployed to Chinese Landing in Region One (Barima-Waini) to suspend all gold mining to deal with concerns by the Indigenous Carib community, in response to precautionary measures that have been issued by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and demands by the Village Council. ...

The Turks and Caicos Islands-headquartered InterCaribbean Airways has been asked by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) to explain why passengers were being inconvenienced by flight delays and cancellations, and Aviation Minister Juan Edghill on Wednesday said the carrier promised to reply this week. In a letter dated July 25, 2023 to the Chairman of InterCaribbean Airways, Lyndon Gardiner; GCAA ...