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A day after the Guyana Police Force was criticised for robberies and discharge of several rounds in the air during  Friday night’s concert by Jamaican artiste, Skeng, at the National Park, police  Saturday night seized dozens of scissors from patrons at the Jouvert at the same venue. However, no mention was made  about whether marijuana was found in the possession ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Saturday encouraged part-time government employees to take up opportunities to become qualified, even as the administration appeared poised to allow foreigners to take up jobs in the booming oil-related economy. “I hope that all of you, who are going to work on the programme, you see this as a stepping stone for something bigger, not ...

Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton, on Guyana’s 56th Independence Anniversary, urged an end to “lip service” on tackling racial disunity and socio-economic and political marginalisation. In a message to mark the end of British colonial rule on May 26, 1966, he said Guyanese need to do better to entrench their shared values, strengthen their sense of “One Destiny” and rejuvenate their ...

Three children were early Thursday morning burnt to death in a house at Mocha, East Bank Demerara, Fire Chief Gregory Wickham said. Other sources identify them as Timothy Kippins 8, Trayshaw Flur, 6, and 1-year old Zhlia Flur. The sources said they were working on the theory that the fire was deliberately set by their mother’s partner while she was ...

President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday night, to usher in Guyana’s 56th Independence Anniversary, stood in Essequibo and thumped his nose at Venezuela’s continued disregard for the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) ability to hear and settle the border controversy over that county. “We do not intend to deviate from the judicial path which has been taken to address the controversy ...

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph’s (GTT) is moving to phase out its reliance on contracted fibre-optic cable technicians, and employ its own who will be promoted and paid increased salaries based on training and performance, company and union officials said Wednesday. Speaking at the signing of an accord between GTT and the Guyana Postal and Telecommunication Workers Union (GPTWU) in ...

A consortium of Guyanese auditors, backed by a specialised external entity, has been awarded a more than US$700,000 contract to conduct a cost recovery audit of the US$9 billion worth of transactions for the exploration and production of oil in the Stabroek Block, Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat said on Tuesday. Mr. Bharrat said the consortium has been hired ...

An Afro-Guyanese former policewoman plans will be mounting a legal challenge against the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) decision to withdraw a private criminal charge of inciting racial hostility that she had filed against Indo-Guyanese Attorney-at-Law Nirvan Singh. Shawnette Bollers’ lawyer, Eusi Anderson, said the DPP should  have allowed the Magistrate Court to decide the fate of Mr. Singh. He ...

Flood waters from steadily rising rivers in neighbouring Brazil on Monday forced more than 50 persons in Lethem, the capital of  Region Nine (Upper Takatu-Upper Essequibo), to evacuate their homes and seek refuge in now filled-to-capacity government shelters, a regional spokeswoman said. Ms. Norma Griffith said in addition to the 19 families at shelters, including little children, others have abandoned ...

The National Library on Monday turned down a previously granted permission to The Forbes Burnham Foundation to hold an exhibition to mark Guyana’s 56th Independence Anniversary but there appears to be a mix up over the real reason for doing so. Foundation Chairman, Vincent Alexander said approval was granted by the National Library on April 25, 2022 to hold the ...