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Fending off claims that a man was forced by police to confess that he burnt down the Brickdam Police Station, the Guyana Police Force said no written statement was ever signed by the man. Police said they only had in their possession a video recorded “explanation” by Clarence Greene about his role in setting alight the 19th century colonial wooden ...

Guyana’s rapidly emerging oil sector continues to drive the country’s economic growth, with the Finance Ministry forecasting  an overall 19.5 percent Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for 2021. According to the Mid-Year Report, which is to be presented to the National Assembly, non-oil GDP will be 3.7 percent. Already, for the first half of this year, GDP is 14.5 percent and ...

A minor fire of electrical origin was Tuesday afternoon brought under control at the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development building on Fort Street, Kingston. When  reporters turned up on the scene, no smoke or fire was seen. Sources said firefighters responded to a call after workers smelled something burning. Guyana Power and Light (GPL) technicians removed two pieces ...

Chairman of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Volda Lawrence on Tuesday issued a stirring appeal for unity at a flag raising ceremony to mark her party’s 64th anniversary. “I wish to affirm today it is clear that political confrontation would lead us nowhere. Our actions must be set towards unification,” she said twice to small gathering of executive members, ...

A man has identified the motorcycle and cellular phone that was found in the possession of two men who allegedly shot and killed electrician Joshua Denny,  the Guyana Police Force said The man has identified Quacy Jupiter and David Smith, who police subsequently shot and killed last Saturday evening, as the men who beat and robbed him. Police said that ...

A 13-year old boy from Kamwatta, Moruca, North West District died on Monday, two hours after he received the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine. The Health Ministry says the cause of death is not immediately known and is urging the public not to speculate. The Health Ministry says he was observed for 20 minutes after taking the jab and ...

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on Monday said it was ready to support Guyana’s agriculture proposal for the wider Caribbean Community (CARICOM). The announcement was made by FAO’s Assistant Director General, Julio Antonio Berdegué in his address to the opening of Caribbean Week of Agriculture 2021. Recalling President Irfaan Ali’s proposal on agricultural diversification and food security, to colleague ...

Guyana is among several Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states that on Monday inked a declaration to combat Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing, even as the region prepares to tap into assistance from Norway to tackle the scourge that experts say is linked to a range of other transnational crimes. The Declaration would, among other things, see Guyana and sister ...

A mere few hours after President Irfaan Ali strongly suggested that the burning down  of the Brickdam Police Station might be politically inspired, the Guyana Police Force said one of the 16 detainees confessed to setting the wooden  heritage building alight. The President earlier Sunday sought to link the blaze to utterances in the United States. He did not name ...

  President Irfaan Ali on Sunday said he was “bothered” about the fire that flattened most of the buildings in the Brickdam Police Station complex, headquarters of Guyana’s main police division. “Why am I bothered? This is coming on the heels of threats made on the capital city from New York and this is not the first time and I’m ...