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Guyana wants the United States (US) to clarify why it is apparently still engaged in activities under an American-funded project that government has abandoned on grounds that it was not properly consulted. Funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the US$1.5 million Leadership and Democracy Project was expected to fund political parties, strengthen the National Assembly, support ...

There has been a four percent increase serious crimes largely to a spike in gun-related robberies in Georgetown, Deputy Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud said Wednesday. He made the disclosure at the Guyana Police Force’s annual awards ceremony held at the Tactical Services Unit Square, Eve Leary, Georgetown. “The area that impacted this increase is gun-related robberies where we see a ...

(TORRENT FREAK).-The Pirate Bay has set sail to a new domain for the third time in a week. After just a few days Peru decided to suspend the site’s .PE domain forcing the torrent site to move to the Guyana-based .GY ccTLD. The Pirate Bay team is not too worried about the domain whack-a-mole and says they have some 70 ...

A Caribbean-wide recognized aeronautical engineering school based in Guyana-now a full member of the United States-based Flight Safety Foundation- plans to train students in jet repair and maintenance. The Chief Executive Officer of the Art Williams and Harry Wendt Aeronautical Engineering School (AWHWAES), Capt. Malcolm Chan-a-Sue made these announcements at the 2013 Graduation Ceremony held on Monday at the hangar ...

A two-month old baby was killed Tuesday afternoon in a road accident involving a Mahdia-bound minibus, police sources said. Ten persons were injured and rushed to the Linden Hospital Corporation (LHC) where the baby, Ryan Anthony, was pronounced dead on arrival. The baby’s mother, Yhonesa Monrose, was said to be injured but not in a critcal condition. The minibus driver, ...

As the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) prepared to hold daily marches through the streets of Georgetown, the Progressive Youth Organisation (PYO) on Tuesday warned that hefty salary increases would fuel inflation. The PYO- the youth arm of the governing Peoples Progressive Party (PPP)- also accused the GPSU of siding with the opposition to destabilise the country. “The GPSU has ...

Guyana has recorded the highest ever gold declaration of 458,105 ounces as at December 16, 2013 surpassing the previous highest level of 455, 918 ounces in 2011; which included the declarations of both Omai and small scale operators. This announcement was made by the Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Hon. Robert M. Persaud. He pointed out that “this ...

Even as retired telecommunications workers continued to agitate for higher pensions, the Guyana Postal and Telecommunications Workers Union (GPTWU) said it was willing to forgo retroactive lump sums owed and settle for pensions far higher than the GUY$18,000 being currently paid. The aged retirees of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T)- many previously employed by the state-owned Guyana Telecommunications ...

The Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) on Monday dismissed suggestions that its trade union arm, Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU), was sabotaging the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuco) with strikes and higher wages and salaries. The cash-strapped and highly indebted sugar corporation had three years ago threatened to derecognize GAWU because numerous strikes for better pay and working conditions had ...

The ruling Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) on Monday scoffed at speculation by sections of the public that a parliamentarian for A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) might have offered special consideration by government to abstain from a vote for money for the security sector. “I am not aware of anything like that as the Leader of the PPP and I ...