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Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GUYSUCO), Sasenarine Singh on Monday said that state-owned entity would be initially focusing heavily on packaged sugar as the corporation prepares to get into other value-added sugar-related products and services. “The world market price for sugar is 15 (US) cents now so let’s be real. That’s the dump market we are talking ...

Environmental and Petroleum Engineer, Dr. Vincent Adams was Monday relieved of his duties as Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). He says repeated efforts to contact Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo about often stated plans to hire him to work  in the petroleum sector have failed. He says none of his telephone calls was returned. Dr. Adams says he ...

A 53-year old businessman was early Monday morning shot dead during a robbery at his home. Police have identified him as 53-year old Terrence Dickie. The incident occurred shortly before 12:30 this morning at his residence at Lot 5 Public Road, Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara. Police say the crime was committed by four men who were armed with handguns. Investigators ...

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. ...