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President Irfaan Ali on Sunday announced that the Parika Market would be expanded and a tarmac built after which no more roadside vending would be tolerated as part of a plan to bring order to that East Bank Essequibo thriving fruit and vegetable market. “We are going to put the investment in, we are going to pout the infrastructure in ...

President Irfaan Ali on Sunday virtually ruled out calling early general and regional elections but indicated that it was ready for Local Government Elections whenever the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is ready. “You must remember we are not like other countries. We only have two terms. Allow the government to make full use of its term,” he said. The President, ...

The Guyana government Saturday night dismissed claims by the Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Aubrey Norton that the appointment of an Interim Management Committee for the Linden Utility Services Cooperative Society Limited (LUSCL) was part of a plan to hike electricity rates. “This is totally untrue as the government has no such plans. Guyanese should therefore not ...

The President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), Timothy Tucker on Friday night singled out the need not only for major lobbying efforts for small business financing but also for big businesses to buy from their smaller counterparts to allow them to grow. He issued the appeal at the launch of that city business organisation’s National Small ...

Indo-Guyanese Attorney-at-Law Nirvan Singh has denied hurling racial slurs at an Afro-Guyanese police woman who had been on duty at his residence last month but declined to go into details because the matter is before the court. “I, therefore, wish to say that the racist conduct, of which I am accused, in no way reflects my philosophy or personal values,” ...

A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) on Friday condemned efforts by the government to amend the rules governing the bipartisan parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC). Currently, the PAC’s rules , officially called “Standing Orders” provide for a quorum of any three members including the Chairman.  But now, the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) administration is next Wednesday expected ...

President Irfaan Ali on Friday announced that the 15-nation Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has decided on the financing and operational model for a regional passenger and cargo ferry service aimed at solving the decades-long sea transportation constraint that has dogged regional agriculture. Addressing the launch of the Agri-Investment Forum and Expo, he said a Request for Proposals for the regional ferry ...

Insisting that Guyana does not support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Irfaan Ali on Friday defended Guyana’s decision to abstain on a vote for the suspension of Moscow’s suspension from the United Nations Human Rights Council. “Let me very clear about this, we are strongly in support of every action to bring this war to an an end and we ...

Guyana is among seven Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member-states that abstained from a vote at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Thursday for the suspension of Russia from the United Nations Human Rights Council. The other independent member states of the bloc that opted to abstain were Barbados, Belize, St Kitts and Nevis, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and ...

A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Skyvan on Thursday suffered an engine failure but landed safely at the Cheddi JaganInternational Airport, high-level government sources said. According to one of the sources, 10 soldiers were returning from Mabaruma, North West District when the right engine failed due to a “power surge” while the aircraft was flying over the Essequibo River. Another source ...