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The Guyana government has taken Digicel Guyana to court for alleged  unauthorised use of spectrum. The Prime Minister Mark Phillips, who is responsible for telecommunications, has lodged several complaints without an oath against Digicel. A City Magistrate has since issued 14 summons for Digicel’s Chief Executive Officer to appear in court on October 22. Digicel is being accused of unauthorised ...

India’s request for Middle Street and possibly the Promenade Gardens to be renamed after  Mahatma Gandhi has come in for sharp criticism from a coalition of Afro-Guyanese who say his utterances show that he was a “racist.” The call for the renaming of Middle Street and the Promenade Gardens was issued by India’s High Commissioner to Guyana,  Dr. KJ Srinivasa ...

A businessman has admitted that he faked the theft of his Volkswagen vehicle, with GY$500,000 cash and important documents, because he had a dispute with an insurance company and had planned to destroy the vehicle to be paid, police said. “The 27-year-old claimed that he staged the incident because he was frustrated after he was involved in an accident with ...

Guyana will from October 11 be removed from the United Kingdom’s COVID ‘red’ list of countries, paving the way for two way  travel between both nations, the UK government said. “From 4am on Monday 11 October, Guyana will no longer be on the red list for entering England,” the United Kingdom said in its travel advisory. Further, UK envoy to ...

The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) on Thursday said that based on evidence collected from the scene and statements from detainees, investigators have concluded that that the fire that destroyed the Brickdam Police Station was as a result of arson. “At this point, it is concluded that the supposed cause of the Brickdam Police Station fire was suspected arson,”  Chief Fire ...

ExxonMobil increased its estimate of the discovered recoverable resource for the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana to approximately 10 billion oil-equivalent barrels. The updated resource estimate includes a new discovery at the Cataback-1 well, which brings the total significant discoveries to more than 20 within the Stabroek Block. The Cataback-1 well encountered 243 feet (74 meters) of net pay in high ...

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) on Wednesday began verifying speed guns submitted by the Guyana Police Force to ensure that they are delivering accurate readings, the regulatory and testing agency said.  The Bureau, as the National Measurement Institute, said it was using its newly acquired MultaRadar Equipment and Compact Device to test the speed guns. During a press ...

Motorists will from Thursday begin paying less for gasoline diesel as government has cut the excise tax on fuel from 35 percent to 25 percent because world oil prices are now more than US$80 per barrel. The Finance Ministry says the prices at the pump are expected to also be reduced immediately, with gasoline prices expected to reduce from $213 ...

The Ministry of Health said the 13-year old boy, who died two hours after taking the second dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine, succumbed to uncontrolled bleeding of the brain. “The findings indicate a pre-existing condition that led to the death of the 13-year-old. The pre-existing condition identified was a cerebral aneurysm,” the Health Ministry said. Doctors said the post ...

Lawyers for Brickdam Police Station arson accused, Clarence Greene, on Wednesday said he was assaulted during a video recorded interview during which he maintained his innocence in last Saturday’s inferno. When the arson accused was taken back to the fire scene at Brickdam, Mr. Daniels said Mr. Greene was confronted by a detainee who had accused him of being responsible ...