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Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Friday announced that Guyana would soon have to import stone from Canada and other countries to avoid a shortage as the government fast-tracks its road construction and rehabilitation works in 2023. “We might have to import from Canada and other places now so we need a lot of aggregate. Without that, the road programmes can’t ...

After months of delay, new members of the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) were Friday sworn in  by President Irfaan Ali who underscored the importance of appointing teachers based on merit and taking disciplinary action based on fairness. “If our children are to benefit from a high quality  education, then Such appointments and promotions must be based on merit and devoid ...

Guyana has been identified as one of several Caribbean countries that could be part of a regional ferry network which is expected to be cheaper than airfares if slower vessels are used, and the proposed Public-Private Partnership model would have to include the upgrading of wharves, according to a study done for the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA). ...

Two 16-year old schoolboys were early Tuesday morning arrested after one of them allegedly stole his uncle’s handgun and gave it to his friend who lives at Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara. The Guyana Police Force said a licensed firearm holder of Aubrey Barker Road, South Ruimveldt reported at about 10 AM Christmas Day at the Ruimveldt Police Station that he ...

Police on Tuesday said they were investigating the alleged theft of several guns and a quantity of ammunition from Radar Security and Supplies’ Georgetown office. Investigators said they have since arrested a security guard and the Weapons Training Officer in connection with the theft that allegedly occurred between 10:00 AM, December 25 and 6:30 PM on December 26. Police said ...

Two brothers on Sunday- Christmas Day-  confessed to the killing of well-known interior Land Surveyor, Ricky Oswald Ambrose, after he allegedly shot at their camp and threatened to kill them if they did not move from the land on which they were working, police said Monday. Investigators said Randel Layne and Mario Moses confessed that they waylaid Ambrose,40, on October ...

Outgoing Guyana High Commissioner to India, Charrandass Persaud has publicly apologised to an well-known professor and animal rights activist in that Asian nation for verbally abusing her, but said it boiled down to women’s desire for equality with men. Recounting his altercation with Professor Sonya Gosh on August 1, 2022, he said “it’s a confession, it’s an admission and it’s ...

The Director-General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), Retired Lt Col. Egbert Field has confirmed that the Dominican Republic-headquartered low-cost airline, Arajet, is interested in adding Guyana to its routes. He said the carrier wrote the GCAA last month asking about the procedures and requirements for serving the Guyana market. Lt. Col. Field’s confirmation came after Arajet on December ...

Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) of the Guyana Fire and Rescue Service are disappointed that they are ineligible for the one-month bonus for members of the Joint Services and have not been granted a salary increase although they are health care first responders. “When responders went to the bank yesterday to check for the money, there was no money and some ...

Soldiers, police, fire fighters and prison service personnel are to get low-interest mortgages and some construction materials, President Irfaan Ali announced on Wednesday during his visit to the Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) headquarters, Camp Ayanganna. “This is real work. This is how we are committing ourselves to your development and this is not only for you. This is across the ...