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The Guyana government is investing GYD$780 million into the restoration of City Hall which has fallen into serious disrepair over the years, Minister of Local Government Nigel Dharamlall. He told Demerara Waves Online News/ News-Talk Radio Guyana 103.1 FM that the restoration work is being fully-funded by Central Government, with the first tranche of GYD$100 million already allocated in the ...

A late Friday night fire destroyed the North-West Secondary School, after several explosions rocked the wooden and concrete building located at Mabaruma, police said. Investigators said the cause of the fire was not immediately known, but the security guard said that about 10:10 PM the security guard, Mark Knights, of Baranabo Hill, Mabaruma heard the explosions. Police said the man ...

Police on Saturday said they were hunting a man, who allegedly gave a 12-year old girl drugs and alcohol to consume, at Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara. Date. 2021-09-24 The girl’s aunt told investigators that a male relative had given the victim drugs and alcohol to consume. The girl was taken to the West Demerara Regional Hospital where she was checked ...

Hours after an off-duty policeman was robbed at knife-point outside Muneshwer’s Hardware Store on Water Street, Georgetown, a suspect was arrested and the haversack believed to have been stolen was recovered, the Guyana Police Force said. The law enforcement agency said the suspect was arrested at about 5:30 PM at High and Hadfield Streets, Georgetown and the haversack has since ...

President Irfaan Ali on Friday denied that Guyana’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Carolyn Rodrigues had resigned and that she was persuaded to rescind it. “I don’t know about Ms. Carolyn Rodrigues resigning. I have never received a letter. I appoint Ambassadors but I don’t know what is the question in relation to rescinding resignation,” he said in response ...

Hours after Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali indicated that his country was waging an international diplomatic offensive to convince Venezuela to recognise the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in settling the border controversy over the Essequibo Region, the Venezuelan government again bluntly stated that it was only interested in a bilateral settlement. “Venezuela urges Guyana to abandon the unilateral path of ...

President Irfaan Ali on Friday rejected claims by sections of the opposition that the recent killing of Essequibo businessman, Orin Boston, marked the return of extra-judicial killing of Afro-Guyanese, saying that an opposition-generated list of victims had already been debunked years ago. “The propaganda that was used in the past about extra-judicial killing was dismantled,” he said, adding that an ...

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) on Wednesday punctuated its entire news conference with calls for Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony to resign, alleging that he has been mismanaging the COVID-19 pandemic resulting in increasing deaths and infections. Repeating its call for the opposition to be integrally involved in helping to manage the pandemic that has so far killed 740 ...

President Irfaan Ali on Thursday heaped criticism on key Western Nations that have decided to block entry of nationals from other countries that have taken vaccines that have not been approved by their regulatory authorities or the World Health Organisation (WHO). Addressing the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, he said access to vaccines has led to the ...

The file concerning the police shooting death of Dartmouth, Essequibo businessman Orin Boston has been dispatched to the Police Complaints Authority (PCA), the Guyana Police Force said Wednesday night. “The Guyana Police Force has forwarded the file in this matter to the Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority for review. This is in keeping with the legal procedure when dealing ...