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A Port Kaituma businessman was late Wednesday night beaten in his head with a handgun and tied up after three robbers carted off a huge sum of cash and mercury, he said. Police have since arrested two suspects and found GUY$100,000 in possession of one of them. No firearm was reportedly found. Police were hunting a third man. Reynold Moore, ...

The APNU has joined the AFC in publicly stating its opposition to the president and his Cabinet retaining any role in the awarding of public contracts whenever the Public Procurement Commission is set up. The AFC last week vowed to oppose government’s intention to amend the Procurement Act to allow Cabinet oversight to be retained. The Act, which was passed ...

The Guyana government on Wednesday deemed as unconstitutional” Opposition Leader David Granger’s suggestion that the posts of Chief Justice and Chancellor of the Judiciary be advertised. “The President appoints! Not the President and the Leader of the Opposition appoint. There is no defined process that involves the Leader of the Opposition other than agreeing with or not agreeing with the ...

US Ambassador in Georgetown Brent Hardt says it is vital that local government elections be held this year as signs of yet another postponement emerge. The envoy made the remark on Wednesday at an event in observance of World Environment Day at the Umana Yana where he said that the garbage situation was part of the larger problem of local ...

Guyana will ask Argentina for information about claims that Iran has been setting up terrorist cells here and other parts of South America and the Caribbean, a senior government official said Wednesday. Luncheon’s announcement came less than one week after an Argentine Special Prosecutor Alberto Nisman claimed that the 2010 conviction of two Guyanese men for conspiring to blow up the ...

The Jamaica-based Fly Jamaica Airline has been given the green light to fly the Georgetown to New York and Toronto routes. This announcement was made by Cabinet Secretary Dr. Roger Luncheon on Wednesday. “Cabinet granted its approval to Fly Jamaica, the airline to operate the Georgetown/New York and the Georgetown/Toronto routes. The approval came after the standard evaluative procedures by ...

The 15-nation Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was Wednesday due to begin region-wide consultations on identifying priorities and overhauling the Guyana-based regional headquarters, the Secretariat said in a statement. The pilot of national consultations on a Five-Year Strategic Plan for CARICOM, regarded as a critical aspect of reforming the regional integration movement, is slated to be held in Barbados from June 5 ...

Laparkan has been lauded for the service it has provided over the past 30 years which has helped to maintain a vital link between the Caribbean region and its Diaspora in North America. The accolades came at the official opening last Saturday of the company’s new 12,000 square foot warehouse and office located at 416-428 Stanley Avenue in Brooklyn, East ...

A frequent flyer was Tuesday afternoon caught attempting to smuggle cocaine to Canada through the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), according to police sources. The 41-year old man from 46 East La Penitence, Georgetown was caught when a suspicious object was spotted by Narcotics Police at the baggage scanner. When a search was conducted, two kilogrammes of cocaine were found ...

As it becomes increasingly apparent that Guyana’s long-delayed local government election is unlikely before year-end, Chairman of the Private Sector Commission Ronald Webster wants an Interim Management Committee (IMC) to rescue the insanitary city. Webster said that with plans to hold the polls are dragging on since the last one was held in 1994, he has now shifted his position ...