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Even as United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stressed that State-owned enterprises are not the best fit for development, President Irfaan Ali said a deal with the United States to promote the private sector does not lock out China’s investments through the Belt and Road Initiative. “There is no counter to anything. We are open to investment all over. ...

President Irfaan Ali on Friday said the Shiprider Agreement  would not be used by the United States (US) to conduct covert operations against Venezuela through Guyana’s territory under the guise of anti-narcotics operations. Speaking with the media shortly after exchanging notes for the activation of the 19-year old Shiprider Agreement from next Monday, the President referred to the protocols that ...

A bandit grabbed a shoemaker’s needle, stabbed him to his chest and robbed him of GYD$17,000 cash Twenty-five year old Michael Ramcharran told police that at about 7:30 PM Thursday, he was in the the vicinity of Beardman Gas Station, Independebce Street, West Bank Demerara when he was attacked by three men one of whom stabbed him. “He was approached ...

Police say they have combed the back lands of Number Two and Number Three Villages, West Coast Berbice but have found no evidence related to the killing of Joel and Isaiah Henry. The search was conducted yesterday by 75 soldiers and police. They were accompanied by Government Pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh during the search that lasted 7 AM to 2 ...

The Chief Executive Officer and Commissioner of the Lands and Surveys Department, Trevor Benn has been ordered to  take his 42 days annual leave and hand over responsibilities to the acting head. This directive was issued to him today in writing by the Permanent Secretary of the Office of the President, Abena Moore. Mr. Benn has been asked to hand ...

United States (US) Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Guyana late Thursday afternoon on a whirlwind four-nation  South American tour, under tight security and lingering scepticism about whether his visit is linked to plans for eventual regime change in Venezuela. Despite clear assurances by Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo that the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) would not sacrifice Guyana’s territorial ...

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) owes the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) owes GYD$7 billion over the past two years and the power company hopes that the now more than one-month old Irfaan Ali-led administration would help to pay off some of that debt, a senior GPL official said Thursday. GPL’s Divisional Director of Finance Loris Nathoo told a Public ...

Guyana and the United States (US) would be activating a 19-year old Shiprider Agreement that would allow the two countries to interdict drug traffickers, the US State Department said ahead of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s visit. “Following the Secretary’s visit, a bilateral Shiprider Agreement will come into force, enabling joint maritime and airspace patrols to interdict narcotics,” according to ...

The United States (US) Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to stress the importance of “inclusive and transparent governance” in Guyana during his two-day visit this oil-rich South American nation. “We stand together with diverse population of Guyana, as inclusive and transparent governance will be key to building a sustainable future,” the State Department said in a fact sheet ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Wednesday sought to assure Guyanese that the country’s territorial sovereignty would not be compromised, but he acknowledged that the Guyana government was concerned about the political situation in Venezuela. “We have grave concerns. We support democracy everywhere. We have grave concerns about democracy anywhere where it is violated including in Venezuela but we will defend ...