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The building, which housed the People’s National Congress Reform’s (PNCR) office in Lethem, Region Nine for the past 43 years, was early Thursday morning demolished, party official Carl Parker said. He claimed that Claims and Objections reports that should have been submitted to the Guyana Elections Commission on Thursday were destroyed. He also said the history of the PNCR in ...

Police on Wednesday said they found 260 rounds of suspected assault rifle ammunition in Kara Kara Creek, South Amelia’s Ward, Linden shortly after receiving information that a number of men had been seen in the area with large bags Investigators said that between 4 PM and 5 PM, they responded to the report and found one rice bag tucked away ...

The Guyana government  would be filing court proceedings in Trinidad to enforce a Guyana High Court order that a Trinidad company refund GY$6.5 million (US$28,449.54 and pay GY$500,000 in damages after it failed to supply two eco-pods, Attorney General Anil Nandlall said Tuesday night. “Currently, our law permits us to enforce this judgment in Trinidad and we will pursue that ...

People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) executive member, Coretta Mc Donald on Wednesday said her party was working feverishly to heal divisions dating back to when the coalition was unseated from government but she appealed to party faithful to do much more to bring about party unity. “As it is right now, we are working very, very hard, extremely hard to ...

The Trinidad-based engineering consultancy firm, WSP Caribbean, has picked five companies to construct the Corentyne River bridge that would link Guyana and Suriname, Public Works Minister Juan Edghill confirmed briefly late Wednesday night. The names of the companies were not immediately available, but Starnieuws reported on Wednesday that the two-lane bridge could cost at least US$300 million which means that ...

Teleperformance, an international Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) company, on Tuesday announced that it would be further expanding its operations in Guyana to hire as much as 5,000 persons. “I dream of a Guyana that not only stands at 2500 teleperformers. I dream of a 4000, 5000 company that is not only going to be a big company in size but ...

The continuous and increasing valid complaints from consumers engaged in the purchase of vehicles have prompted the Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission (CCAC) to alert consumers to have vehicles they intend to purchase thoroughly checked by a mechanic of their choice before signing off on the final agreement of purchase. Already for 2023, the CCAC said it has received 27 ...

The A Partnership for National Unity councillors on the Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) Council on Tuesday approved a no-confidence motion against Regional Executive Officer (REO) for Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica), Donald Gajraj, citing his alleged maladministration and poor accountability. That motion came in the wake of the physical altercation between him and Regional Chairman Daniel Seeram on 22nd February – the eve ...

The High Court on Monday gave the International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly- Guyana (IDPADA-G) and the Guyana government were given more time to discuss proposals concerning the release of more than GY$49 million in subvention for that organisation. Government last year ceased providing the subsidy, saying that there was no evidence that African Guyanese had benefitted from ...

A Brazilian pilot, who allegedly landed a helicopter near an illegal mining camp in at Aishalton, Rupununi, on Monday pleaded not guilty and was remanded to prison until his trial next month. Speaking through a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) interpreter, Pilot Alexander Felix pleaded not guilty to the three aviation charges- operating a civilian aircraft without an Airworthiness Certificate, without ...