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The National Milling Company (NAMILCO) on Friday said the price of flour has been increased by 15 percent. The company says this is due to a steep increase in the price of wheat at a time of the war between Russia and Ukraine. The company notes that the price of wheat has skyrocketed by 40 percent since February 15. NAMILCO ...

People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Leader, Aubrey Norton on Wednesday credited his now three-month long leadership with establishing party groups across Guyana and gearing up to put behind the 2020 general election campaign that he deemed the “poorest run” . “I don’t want to get into the details of what the People’s National Congress Reform has become under the previous ...

President Irfaan Ali on Thursday recommended that representatives of the judiciary and the Guyana Police Force discuss problems and find solutions and cost them. “I want to propose that we have a strategic session because the judiciary can also help us to identify areas of weakness and we can also raise concerns so unless we can come in a room, ...

Police Commissioner Nigel Hoppie on Thursday said talks have started between the force and the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) on licensing electric cycles and scooters. He told the opening of the 2022 Annual Police Officers’ Conference that the police force has “engaged” the GRA “towards implementation of rules governing their use.” Mr. Hoppie later told reporters that among the concerns ...

Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Aubrey Norton on Wednesday laid down additional conditions for shared governance but said he had no faith in Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo because he had a track record of back-pedaling on decisions. In an address and interaction with a large number of party faithful in New York, Mr. Norton said that in ...

A United States (US)-based Guyanese was early Wednesday morning stabbed to death outside a wedding house at Corentyne and two of the three prime suspects have since been arrested, police said. Dead is 21-year old Chatterpaul Lakhan also known as Rickash. The incident occurred at Grant 1802 Crabwood Creek, Corentyne, Berbice at about 1 AM Wednesday. Police were informed that ...

Three men were arrested late Wednesday afternoon at a house on Unity Street, Festival City, Georgetown after two guns and ammunition were found, police said. Investigators said the guns were unlicensed. One of the men tried to escape but was “pursued and apprehended”. The Guyana Police Force said  a search ofthe property unearthed one 9MM Glock pistol along with three ...

A woman’s body found on the Kingston foreshore earlier this week has been identified as that of former Information Technology (IT) Manager, Jennifer Sweetnam. Police said no marks of violence were found on the woman’s body when it was found on March 3, 2022 on the shore aback the Marriot Hotel. Police said investigators were informed that the 57-year old ...

ExxonMobil’s controlled Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) on Wednesday said it was very close to reaching agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on a US$2 billion assurance to help fund a clean-up should there be an oil spill. EEPGL’s Vice President and Business Services  Manager, Phillip Rietema said his consortium and the EPA were quite close to ...

The High Court on Wednesday afternoon ruled that now former Chairman of the Police Service Commission Paul Slowe can challenge the suspension of himself and the other then commissioners by President Irfaan Ali. But Attorney General Anil Nandlall hours later filed a notice of appeal saying that the Judge’s decision  is “unlawful, unconstitutional, and is not supported by established legal ...