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The Telecommunications Agency (TA) is about to allocate additional frequency spectrum to Guyana’s three major telecommunications providers, according to a publication in the Official Gazette. “The proposed frequency assignments are to facilitate 4G and 5G service deployment by the said operators,” TA Director Andre Griffith told Demerara Waves Online News/ News-Talk Radio Guyana 103.1 FM. The spectrum is earmarked for ...

The opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC)  on Friday flayed the Irfaan Ali-led administration for preferring pumps instead of food from Trinidad and Tobago to assist flood-affected residents. The coalition said flood-hit communities were still suffering from severe food shortages and there was no reason for Guyana not taking food from Trinidad. “Thousands of flood victims are ...

Canada, which has already donated GYD$8.4 million to aid with flood relief, had committed to assisting with long-term recovery efforts, Canadian High Commissioner, Mark Berman said. “On behalf of the Government of Canada, we are very pleased to assist Guyana in combating their flooding situation, and I just want to state our resolve to help Guyana address the immediacy of ...

The European Union (EU) on Friday said it was channeling more than 150,000 Euros (GYD$37 million) to the Guyana Red Cross Society to support people affected by the recent wave of intense floods that has hit communities across the country. The EU says the Guyana Red Cross Society, which is present in all affected districts, will be providing the relief. ...

A distressed mother on Friday recounted that she had always appealed to her two sons to love each other and live as one, in the wake of of one of them killing another on Cummings Street, Georgetown during a heated argument. “How I’m going to feel? I’m not feeling very well. I’m not feeling good about it. It’s not like ...

President Irfaan Ali on Friday rejected reports that Guyana has rejected an offer of flood relief by Trinidad and Tobago. “That’s absolutely not true,” he told Demerara Waves Online News/ News-Talk Radio Guyana 103.1 FM. In an invited comment on a Trinidad Guardian report, the President explained that Guyana told its sister-Caribbean Community member states that it does not need ...

The Guyana Police Force’s Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) has been increasing its staff and working closely with the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to go after financial crimes, Attorney General Anil Nandlall announced on Thursday. “The Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) has recruited additional staff in the areas of law, forensic audit, accounting and investigations. Inter-agency cooperation between SOCU ...

President Irfaan Ali has withdrawn the automatic six-month stay of Haitians on arrival in Guyana, now resulting in nationals of that former sister-Caribbean Community (CARICOM) having to get visas here. The order, which  is dated June 22, 2021 and signed by President Irfaan Ali, removes Haitians from the list of nationals who can enter this country without visas. His order ...

Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand on Wednesday floated the idea of licensing teachers in Guyana, even as an educator strongly underscored the need for training to prepare teachers to become principals. They were participating in a virtual discussion on Legislative Action- Education as part of the observance of the United States’ National Caribbean Heritage Month. Ms. Manickchand said eventually Guyanese ...

Even as Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon continues to insist that the Health Ministry suspend use vaccination with 200,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccine until he gets satisfactory answers, one of Guyana’s top health experts says more than 50 percent of those who died from COVID-19 are Afro-Guyanese. Head of Medical Services and Cardiology at the Georgetown Public Hospital, Dr. Mahendra ...