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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 ...

The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) and A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) on Thursday accused each other of irregularities in the nomination process for the June 12, 2023 Local Government Elections, even as the PPPC said its main opponent was contesting in only 45 percent of the constituencies. APNU provided letters of 13 persons mainly in the Union-Naarstigheid Local ...

Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR)-led A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Aubrey Norton on Tuesday accused the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) of forging the signatures of backers for a number of its candidates in the June 12, 2023 Local Government Elections. He promised that evidence would be provided to the media to support APNU’s allegations of ...

The Guyana Police Force on Thursday issued a wanted bulletin for a man and his reputed wife who are the prime suspects in the killing of a policeman almost three years ago and burying his body in a sandpit at Madewini, Linden-Soesdyke Highway. Those wanted for the murder of police constable, Quincy Lewis on June 19, 2020, are Naqueeba Zahid ...

The Chief Scrutineer of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR)-led A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) on Thursday publicly apologised to Guyana Chronicle’s Chief Reporter, Tamica Garnett for cursing her when she called to ask a question related to Local Government Elections (LGE). “As woman to another woman, I wish to apologize for my outburst when Ms. Tamica Garnett called ...

India and Guyana are preparing to hold commercial negotiations that could that Asian giant securing a long-term contract to buy crude oil from this South American nation, the top Indian envoy here said ahead of its Foreign Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar’s  visit to Guyana from April 20-23. “We are an energy hungry nation so we need to work with Guyana because ...