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President Irfaan Ali will be paying a three-day official visit to neighbouring Suriname to mark that country’s 45th independence anniversary. Starnieuws reports that he will leave Guyana Monday evening and will return on Thursday. As guest of honour, he will be the only visitor to address a special sitting of Suriname’s National Assembly. President Al and his Surinamese counterpart, Chandrikapersad ...

Reproduced from the Washington Post President-elect Joe Biden is planning to announce that he has selected Antony Blinken, one of his closest and longest-serving foreign policy advisers, as secretary of state. It puts Blinken in one of the highest-profile cabinet positions at a time when Biden is planning to prioritize foreign policy as a major pillar in his administration, with vows to ...

Guyana’s coronavirus death toll has risen to 146, with three more deaths reported Sunday night. The Health Ministry says those who succumbed are a 29-year old man from Region Seven- Cuyuni/ Mazaruni, an 89-year old man from Region Six- East Berbice/ Corentyne and an 88-year-old man from Region 10 (Upper Demerara- Berbice). The Health Ministry says they died while receiving ...

The Guyana government’s holding company for State assets- National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL)- said a document that its former Chief Executive Officer Colvin Heath-London is using in his defence does not exist in its records and is alleging that it was forged. “In any event and most importantly, the content of that document and the decisions contained therein ...

Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony at the weekend said the success in fighting COVID-19 in Kwebanna, North-West District in Region One highlights the importance of following the measures to fight the viral disease, even as he boasted that 80 percent of the more than 5,000 infected people have recovered. Latest statistics released on Sunday by the Health Ministry show that ...

Police say a female flight agent has been robbed in front of her yard on Prince William Street, Plaisance, East Coast Demerara. The 28-year old woman says two men, one of whom was armed with a gun, snatched her shoulder bag valued GYD$9,000, her cellphone valued GYD$45,000 and cash valued GYD$31,200. The victim has been identified as 28-year old Koretta ...

Almost one month after Colvin Heath-London was fired from the post of Head of the Special Purpose Unit of government’s holding company for State assets, he on Sunday remained in police custody for almost 72 hours concerning the lease of lands but his Attorney, Nigel Hughes, said records show that decision was taken before the no-confidence motion in December, 2018. ...

More than 100 persons in Region Six- East Berbice/ Corentyne- have been arrested for breaching the COVID-19 measures, as police in that Region prepare to intensify enforcement of the gazetted measures to combat the spread of the viral disease. Divisional Commander, Jairam Ramlakhan says  most of the 116 persons have been released on self-bail and a few of them have ...

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) on Saturday called on civil society to flood President Irfaan Ali with letters, appealing to him to get international experts to assist police in resolving the early September killing of the Henry cousins and Haresh Singh. While organisations are free to compose their messages, the GHRA suggested that religious, trade unions, corporate, professional and ...

The  Rotary Club of Garden City (Georgetown) Guyana – the first cause-based Rotary club- has been formed to help spruce up and maintain Georgetown and other areas of the country. It is named the Rotary Club of Garden City was launched on 10th November and it’s the 7th club to have been chartered in more than 10 years. “The Rotary ...