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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 ...

(BBC NEWS).-Irish teen cleared on Guyana president death threat charge An Irish teenager charged with threatening to assassinate the president of Guyana has had the case against him dropped. Prosecutors announced on 30 May that they were dropping the charges against gap year student Cillian Crosson, 17, from Lambtown, Ardee. He had been working as a volunteer teacher in South ...

Leader of the Opposition David Granger has accused Attorney General Anil Nandlall of misleading the public with his statement that no reason has been offered for the non-support of the confirmation of the acting Chancellor of the Judiciary and Chief Justice. Nandlall at a PPP press conference on Monday told reporters that President Donald Ramotar opened talks with Granger soon ...

The rifle that was snatched from a policeman during a robbery at the Wismar Post Office was Tuesday morning discovered in a clump of bushes on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway, well-placed sources said. None of the estimated GUY$2 million that was stolen from the post office has been recovered so far. Three persons, who have been detained, are very well-known to ...