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The Guyana government is preparing to pass new legislation to establish a National Intelligence and Security Agency, which will report directly to the President, and can deploy agents to foreign diplomatic missions as well as collect information from any public authority despite existing that may prohibit the disclosure of such information. According to a copy of the National Intelligence and ...

India’s Foreign Minister  Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Saturday said he and his counterparts of the 15-nation Caribbean Community (CARICOM) agreed that there would be annual business summit aimed at boosting trade in goods and services. “We agreed that it would be our endeavour every year to hold an India-CARICOM business summit- one year in the Caribbean, one year in India- ...

Former Guyanese international cricketer Ramnaresh Sarwan is President of the India-Guyana Chamber of Commerce whose formation was announced at a business roundtable where India’s Foreign Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar was the featured speaker. No representative of the new business organisation spoke at the event that was held at the Guyana Pegasus, but the chairman of the proceedings said the chamber ...

The United States (US) has formally refused to share any information about the reason for seizing the mobile phone of Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Mae Toussaint Jr.- Thomas, but pointed to standard reasons for checking on incoming passengers. Her phone was taken away by US Customs Border and Protection (CBP) agents on her arrival in the ...

Amid claims and counter-claims of irregularities in the nomination process for the June 12, 2023 Local Government Elections, police said they were probing reports of threats and intimidation against persons who voluntarily decided to participate in the democratic process. “These acts of unlawful threats and intimidations will not be condoned by the Guyana Police Force,” that law enforcement agency said, ...

Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn on Friday said it was too early to draw any conclusions about the reason behind the United States seizing Permanent Secretary Mae Toussaint Jr.-Thomas’ mobile phone while she was  passing through the United States (US). Asked whether he had been given a reason, he said, “no reason, we are waiting for her return” in a ...

After spending millions of dollars to clear drains and rehabilitate the flood-prone Sandy Babb Street, Kitty, that east-west thoroughfare was flooded again on Friday due to heavy rainfall but authorities said more drainage works were planned. A resident of Sandy Babb Street recorded a video and posted it on Social Media. He was heard complaining bitterly that government had wasted ...

Several wharves are being rebuilt to accommodate the newly-built North West District (NWD) ferry, MV Ma Lisha, which is expected to reduce the cost of goods to communities and ship agricultural produce to markets on the coast, authorities said Friday. Public Works Minister Juan Edghill said in preparation for that vessel, more than GY$2 billion worth of contracts have been ...

President Irfaan Ali on Friday, in a message to mark Eid-ul-Fit’r, called for an end to making charity a business and urged those persons to take advantage of existing opportunities. He was speaking at a ceremony to mark Eid-ul-Fit’r at the Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG), he said those who seek charity have a responsibility to be contented. “Charity ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday said government was mulling the eventual closure of the centuries-old Georgetown Prison on Camp Street, and already the prison population there has already been reduced. “I don’t know whether we’ll shut it down totally yet but the idea is soon most of the prisoners will be out of there so we have not made ...