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President Irfaan Ali has welcomed the United States’ rejoining of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent in another nine years. Dr. Ali was quoted by government’s  Department of Public Information as welcoming the US’s decision earlier this year to rejoin the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and applauding US ...

Reproduced from the BBC Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse has been killed in an attack on his home in the nation’s capital, according to the country’s interim prime minister. Claude Joseph said the president’s residence in Port-au-Prince was stormed by unidentified armed men at 01:00 local time (05:00 GMT). The First Lady was reportedly also injured in the attack. Mr Joseph ...

The 15-nation Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Tuesday justified the imposition of visa restrictions, weeks after Guyana reinstated that requirements for Haitians coming here due to concerns about people smuggling to neighbouring countries. Speaking at a news conference at the end of a summit of regional leaders, CARICOM Chairman- Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne agreed that nationals of member ...

The Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Retired Assistant Police Commissioner Paul Slowe on Monday afternoon said he did not receive a reply from Police Commissioner Nigel Hoppie concerning the issuance of  a special promotions order for more than 130 officers. Mr. Slowe said now that Mr. Hoppie has breached the midday, Tuesday 6th July, 2021  deadline that was ...

A Magistrates Court today dismissed the murder charges earlier today against Vinod Gopaul and Anil Sancharia who were charged with the murder of Isaiah Henry, the Guyana Police Force confirmed.  The civilian law enforcement agency said it would be issuing a statement later Tuesday on the dismissal if the charges. The hacked bodies of Isaiah and Joel Henry, who are ...

The opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) on Tuesday filed no-confidence motions against Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony and Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn. “The APNU+AFC Coalition, in filing these No Confidence Motions, is acting on behalf of hundreds of thousands of Guyanese who have lost all confidence in the performance of these two incompetent ministers to ...

A goldsmith of Enmore, East Coast Demerara was last night crushed by a truck that had just started reversing, police said. He has been identified as , 38-year old Rajin Persaud of Enmore-Hope, East Coast Demerara. The accident occurred Monday at about 7:30 PM at Hope West, Enmore Access Road. Police were told that 34-year old Tillackram Dindial reversed motor lorry ...

Eleven suspects in Linden have been arrested and police have recovered the 9 MM pistol and ammunition that had been  stolen from a retired police officer’s car three days ago, police said.  The Police Force explained that the first detainee was arrested with a firearm and eight matching ammunition which is the property of  Retired Deputy Superintendent Grantley Rodney that ...

The Director of Public Prosecutions has asked the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) for more information about the shooting death of a suspected bandit  in mid-May by a policeman while the suspect was being transported to a station, a DPP Chambers official said Tuesday. The Police Force had dispatched the file to the DPP last week for advice on how  to ...

The cash-strapped Georgetown Municipality is set to shutdown a number of sections and the Day Care centres and lay off at least 50 workers , in a bid to reduce its wage and salary bill, City Mayor Ubraj Narine confirmed on Tuesday. The decision, which was taken by the elected councillors, was Tuesday being discussed by the Local Government Commission ...