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Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn on Friday ruled out allowing the entry into Guyana of 34 Haitians who have been stranded in Barbados since February, having paid thousands of United States dollars to an agency to come here or Brazil. Mr. Benn said the Guyana government has determined that several of them have fake identities. “We will not (grant them ...

The body of 53-year-old Waynumattie Permaul called ‘Datalin’ was found this morning in a shallow grave in her yard at Kilcoy Chesney, Corentyne Berbice, police said. Her son, 30-year-old cricketer Veersammy Permaul visited the Police Station in Berbice yesterday (April 28th, 2022) and reported that his mom has been missing since April 22nd, 2022. Commander for Regional Police Division #6, ...

A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) Shadow Finance Minister Volda Lawrence on Thursday promised to salvage the cash-strapped National Insurance Scheme (NIS) with 1 percent of current oil revenues, even as she and Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo traded words about which administration was responsible for the state of that social security entity. Ms. Lawrence, in a statement issued ...

Venezuelan woman has been chopped to death and buried in a shallow grave at Eteringbang, Cuyuni River. Police say her reputed husband has since been taken into custody to assist with investigations.  The woman has been identified as 49-year old Deissy Antury Perdomo who was a clothes vendor and small-scale gold miner. Investigators say that she was killed between April ...

  Former Finance Minister Winston Jordan was Thursday detained for questioning in connection with the sale of land at Ogle, East Coast Demerara. Attorney-at-Law, Roysdale Forde says his client was released on self-bail and asked to return to police on May 3, Mr. Forde says the former Finance Minister was contacted by police and asked to report to the police ...

The premier of the British Virgin Islands and the director of the small Caribbean territory’s ports were arrested Thursday at a Miami-area airport by federal agents on charges of conspiring to import cocaine into the United States and money laundering. Premier Andrew Fahie  and manager director of the port authority, Oleanvine Maynard  were taken into custody by Drug Enforcement Administration ...

Hess Corporation on Wednesday said the large Yellowtail oil well would be developed jointly with the nearby Redtail well which are both the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana. “There’s also a Redtail discovery that’s being tied into that as well,” said Hess’ Chief Operating Officer, Greg Hill on the first quarter 2022 earnings call. Industry players have been touting Yellowtail as ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo and Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton are taking different positions on an opinion poll on Guyana’s socio-economic and political conditions. While Mr. Norton declined to go into details about the poll which was conducted for the United States-headquartered International Republican Institute (IRI), he said the findings would be used by his People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR). “As ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Wednesday said an estimated 3,5000 persons, who were not supposed to receive cash relief grants ended up cashing in on the scheme that had been set up to aid farmers who were affected by severe floods last year due to persistent heavy rainfall. Addressing a cabinet outreach in Region Five (Mahaica-West Berbice), he, however, ruled ...

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) on Wednesday announced that it has shifted the dates for the holding of Caribbean Secondary Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. CXC Registrar, Dr. Wayne Wesley told a news conference said the exams have been pushed back by three weeks to May 23, 2022 with plans being ...