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One of the architects and a judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Professor Duke Pollard, died on Tuesday in a hospital in the United States, close friends said. He was 86 years old. Sources said he passed away in a hospital in New York shortly before he was due to return home. Mr. Pollard was a former Legal ...

The Commissioners of Inquiry into alleged attempts to rig the March 2020 general and regional elections were sworn in on Tuesday before Chief Magistrate Ann Mc Lennan. They are Chairman of the Commission – Retired Justice of  Appeal of the Turks and Caicos Islands,  Stanley John; Former Attorney General, High Court Judge and Acting Justice of Appeal in the Eastern ...

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) says it has increased the availability of fibre connectivity to 25,000 homes in 26 communities over the past year, and plans to fast-track that availability figure to 75 percent. Official figures show that one in every three homes within the past two months is connected to GTT fibre. GTT added that it expects ...

The Housing and Water Ministry’s Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA), is set to commence major infrastructure works in Millie’s Hideout, Linden, Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice). Housing and Water Minister, Collin Croal said works in the new housing development will commence within a few weeks. These include land preparation for the construction of roads and drainage in the area which ...

In the wake of President Irfaan Ali’s fiery response to a call for government ministers to involve the elected Mocha-Arcadia local council and a concern that  the four  opposition-controlled neighbourhood councils in Region Four were not given a GY$4 million clean-up grant, the Chairman of the Mocha-Arcadia Local Council Rudolph Adams said he was left aghast by the Guyanese leader’s ...

President Irfaan Ali on Sunday issued a public challenge to critics of his government to prove that it is practising racial discrimination. “I challenge anyone to do an audit and tell me where the sensational and stupid narrative of marginalisation comes from,” he told a packed top flat of the Mocha-Arcadia Primary School. His challenge came against the background of ...

The ExxonMobil-controlled Esso Exploration Production and Guyana Limited (EEPGL) on Saturday said at least one barrel (42 US gallons) of crude oil leaked into Guyana’s Atlantic Ocean waters, but sought to downplay the severity of the incident. “On Friday, September 9, 2022, the team on the Liza Unity FPSO observed a sheen on the water in the vicinity of the ...

The Guyana government has instructed companies that are working in the oil and gas sector to pay Guyanese within 45 days. The updated five-year plan must now include a payment period of between 30-45 days upon the correct receipt of an invoice. This will allow Guyanese companies timely and appropriate access to contract and payment terms that facilitate competitive funding ...

Entries for Massy Group’s first Art Competition in support of suicide prevention and mental health awareness close today, September 10, World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD), the company said. Over the next four weeks, Massy and the E.R Burrowes School of Art will judge the entries and the winners will be announced on World Mental Health Day, October 10, 2022. Four ...

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GTT) on Friday said it was supporting its workers who were threatened and assaulted during a GY$19 million robbery Thursday night. “We have accounted for all our team members and continue to provide support to them through our HR (Human Resource) Employee Experience,” GTT said in a statement. The telecommunications company said as a result ...