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Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon on Friday said his A Partnership for National Unity (APNU+AFC) coalition would support national initiatives to bring relief to volcano-affected residents of St Vincent and even take in some evacuees if necessary. “We urge, that if it becomes necessary, the PPP regime puts suitable measures in place to accommodate Vincentians in Guyana who need to be ...

St Vincent and the Grenadines’ La Soufriere volcano erupted Friday morning, less than 24 hours after authorities declared an emergency and ordered about 20,000 residents to evacuate. News has been sketchy from all reputable information sources, but the state-run National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO) said  on Twitter that “Explosive eruption at La Soufriere” and called on residents and other persons ...

Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II’s husband, has died aged 99, Buckingham Palace has announced. The prince married Princess Elizabeth in 1947, five years before she became Queen, and was the longest-serving royal consort in British history. The BBC quotes a  statement from Buckingham Palace as saying: “It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen has announced the death ...

President Irfaan Ali on Thursday said the Guyana government was on standby to provide relief to St. Vincent where residents in the northeastern part of the island were ordered to evacuate because a the La Soufriere volcano could explode at any time. The Guyanese leader said he and St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves spoke earlier ...

More than 1,000 persons in the mining district of Aranka in Region Seven were Thursday reeling from the effects of severe flooding caused by heavy rainfall, the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) said. The CDC said the Region Seven Chairman and the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) “confirmed that about half of the village’s population has been affected. Aranka is ...

A guard attached to North West Security Service has been arrested in connection with the accidental discharge of a shotgun cartridge while he was on duty. Police say the 12-gauge shotgun, cartridge casing  and live ammunition have been seized and the guard, whose name is Dequan James,  has been arrested. At the time of the accidental discharge of the firearm ...

A waitress of Sita’s Bar at Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara and a man have been arrested in connection with an armed robbery committed on several persons there last night. Among those robbed is 34-year old Glezel Roberts of Diamond, East Bank Demerara. Mr. Roberts says he was robbed of GYD$260,000 cash, and two cell phones valued GYD$174,000. He told ...

The Suriname-based Assuria Insurance company plans to construct an GYD$800 million five-storey main office in Georgetown, Managing Director Yogindra Arjune said Wednesday. Speaking at the symbolic turning of the sod on the plot of land at Church and Carmichael Streets, Georgetown, he said the five-storey modern building would be finished in 14 months. “We are here to stay and contribute ...

As the coronavirus death toll continues to rise steeply in recent weeks, Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony said on Wednesday that Guyana does not know what variants of the virus are here. “As it pertains to what variant or variants we have in Guyana, we don’t know because while we would have sent samples to CARPHA for genetic sequencing, results ...

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on Wednesday told an opposition-associated High Court election petition hearing that that elections management authority did nothing wrong by formulating a recount order because difficulties had plagued the March 2, 2020 general and regional election process. “Even if your Ladyship may find a breach, then there were no consequences which effected the conduct or result ...