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The opposition has delivered a stinging backlash to President Irfaan Ali for publicly scolding a number of his ministers, permanent secretaries as well as contractors over the failure to complete works on time, but the Guyanese leader on Wednesday fended off criticisms and said it was his way of providing transparency. “If you look at my style, you have to ...

President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday sought to justify his People’s Progressive Party Civic’s (PPPC) administration to keep the limping state-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) operational in its present form, although the US$1.31 per pound cost of production exceeds the selling price of US$0.35 cents per pound. “We cannot look at sugar only from that measurement that you used because there ...

SBM Offshore, which has been contracted to build an offshore oil production ship, would be using Guyanese workers to fabricate parts for the vessel and shipping them to Singapore for installation, a senior company official said. Country General Manager of SBM Offshore (Guyana), Martin Cheong told Demerara Waves Online News that while the company would not be making money from ...

Three men were Tuesday found guilty for trafficking in 10 kilogrammes of cocaine and each jailed for more than three years and fined more than GY$45 million, the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) said. Those convicted by Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court are Denzil Park, Ricardo Denhart and Patrick Ram. CANU said they were each sentenced to three ...

The United States (U.S.) government has trained and equipped several officers of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) and Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) to intercept illicit firearms and ammunition, the embassy in Guyana said Tuesday. “Training topics included firearms tracing, methods of illicit export, global and regional trends in small arms and light weapons detection, weapons identification and their components, forensic ...

India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi is due to visit Guyana next week for a packed three-day agenda that would include addresses to Guyana’s National Assembly and Guyana’s Indian community, government here ann0unced 0n Tuesday. “The Honourable Prime Minister is also scheduled to address the National Assembly of the Parliament of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana. Also on his agenda is ...

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines on Tuesday announced the addition of Georgetown, Guyana into its global network. Effective the 4th of June 2025, Georgetown, Guyana will be connected to Amsterdam, The Netherlands, with two weekly flights operating on Wednesdays and Saturdays, the airline said. KL789 (KLM789) will be operated in combination with St. Maarten, departing from Amsterdam (AMS) at 10:00 Local ...

A mother and her four children, perished in an early Tuesday morning fire at Number 64 Village, Corentyne, Berbice, police said. Police identified the mother as Hemwatie Singh, a 34-year-old housewife, and her children Kelvin called ‘Rovin’ and school dropout, aged 14; Brandon called ‘Ravin’ and special needs child, aged 10; Tomesh called ‘Arvin’, aged 2, and Cindy called ‘Emily’ ...

Three Portuguese-speaking men were arrested in neighbouring Brazil after they allegedly robbed a Chinese-owned store in Lethem and opened fire on Guyanese police during their escape across the border, police said Monday. “A Joint-Services patrol team was subsequently formed in an effort to locate the alleged suspects — all three of whom were arrested and are in custody in Brazil,” ...

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) is now the first healthcare institution in the southern Caribbean to have acquired advanced technology to conduct laser treatment of enlarged prostate, Chief Executive Officer Robbie Rambarran announced Sunday. He said that type of procedure was being performed with a 100-watt Magneto high-powered laser that was acquired by the publicly-owned hospital. “This is the ...