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Shadow Education Minister Dr Nicolette Henry this afternoon confirmed that she will no longer be a member of Parliament, possibly paving the way for People’s National Congress Reform Leader Aubrey Norton to emerge as a parliamentarian and Opposition Leader. “This is my final budget presentation in this Honourable House,” she said. She thanked former President David Granger and the people ...

A Surinamese man was Wednesday in police custody after he was arrested allegedly with two shotguns and ammunition at the ‘back track’ area at Springlands, Berbice, the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) said. CANU said that 38-year old Benjamin Juda Ibrahim Koningferander was arrested during an operation by the Joint Support Team. The items that were allegedly found in possession of ...

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a gold miner in the Middle Mazaruni River, amid claims that the canoe went down with him and a co-worker. Dead is gold miner, 19-year old Renaldo Rampersaud. The Guyana Police Force said he drowned at about 4 PM Tuesday when the vessel sank between ‘Luw Luw’ Island Point and Banana ...

An illegal Cessna plane has been found in a canopy of forest near an illegal airstrip in Kuruduni, about 20 kilometres from the Kurupukari crossing, the Ministry of Home Affairs said Tuesday. The Home Affairs Ministry strongly suggested that there was no trace of narcotics. “A search was conducted in and around the aircraft but no illegal substance was found ...

Opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) frontbencher, Amanza Walton-Desir on Monday slammed the 2022 National Budget, saying that the tax breaks and relief measures would only favour large private sector businesses. “The truth is that by and large those measures are geared towards favouring big business,” she said, adding that the evidence shows that trickle-down economics to ...

After a more than 20-year search for oil offshore Guyana, the Canadian oil exploration company, CGX Energy, has finally found crude in commercial quantities, the company confirmed Monday night’ Drilling was being done by the semi-submersible drilling rig Maersk Discoverer. The joint venture partners had projected last month that the cost of drilling had been projected to rise as much ...

Police  on Monday said the captain of the MV Malali Ferry was piloting the vessel under the influence of alcohol. The Guyana Police Force says that the Transport and Harbours Department asked for help to conduct a breathalyser test on the boat captain, Jermaine Blackman. At the time of the test, the MV Malali was en route to Leguan.  Police ...

A Guyanese man, who has had brushes with the law over the years, has been named as an investor in a start-up Surinamese airline, according to reports from that neighbouring South American nation. The company named Angel Airways, said it recently partnered with Guyanese businessman and Chief Executive Officer of Aaron Royalty, Jayson Aaron, giving him a 40 percent stake ...

Local Government  Minister Anand Persaud on Monday urged Georgetown Mayor Ubraj Narine to pull the trigger on improving the conditions of City, even as government put local government councils that they need to give value for money. “I’m calling on the Mayor to end his playing of politics at the Council in Georgetown,” he said, adding that over the years ...

A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) parliamentarian, Ganesh Mahipaul on Monday flayed government’s record on local democracy, highlighting that that there was no reference to local government elections in the 2022 National Budget. “Was there any mention of local Government Elections in the budget presentation? To my recollection, the answer is a resounding NO! This regime is not ...