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The United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) is set to assist Guyana in strengthening its port security that would see the two countries using fingerprints to track down suspects. Under the agreement inked by Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn and US Ambassador to Guyana, Nicole D. Theriot, an FBI technical team would be deployed here to “support the ...

Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on Sunday promised public servants across Guyana an annual one-month bonus if his coalition of A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) wins next year’s general and regional elections Departing from the APNU+AFC administration’s scrapping of the one-month bonus for members of the Disciplined Services, Mr Norton said if the coalition is returned to office, ...

President Irfaan Ali on Monday appealed to people in the Caribbean and Latin America to return to the days of taking home-cooked food to work and school and reduce their dependence on fast foods. “How do we ensure that the next generation just don’t eat but eat food with greater nutritional value? How do we go back to the bowl ...

Member of the Guyana Public Service Cooperative Credit Union (GPSCCU), Patrick Mentore has refused to immediately hand over specific figures and other information about the Special General Meeting (SGM) of that financial institution, instead saying that the matter is still before the High Court. “Relative to the requested information, we are prepared to provide same, but have been advised by ...

In observance of World Social Work Week 2024 being observed from March 18 – 22, the University of Guyana’s Faculty of Social Sciences and ChildLink Guyana will host the Guyana Social Work Education and Practice Conference from March 19th – 20th, the university said. The conference will be hosted at the university’s George Walcott Lecture Theatre (GWLT), Turkeyen Campus under ...

A  convicted rapist, who escaped from the Mazaruni Prison one month ago and was the prime suspect in the chopping death of a man and his mother, was Sunday shot dead after he charged at police and soldiers with a cutlass, police said. The Guyana Police Force said Akeem Wong was fatally shot at around 1:40 PM Sunday at ‘Groete ...

Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Khemraj Ramjattan has accused Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member-nations, including Guyana,  of discriminating against Haitians by blocking their free movement across the region. “It is in my opinion, looking at the demeanour and even the expressed words of some of the CARICOM leaders; they always give the impression that Haitians are second class in ...

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) would soon acquire two new aircraft from India with a US$23.27 million loan from India’s Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM Bank), according to the Finance Ministry. The financing agreement was signed on Friday by Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh and Deputy General Manager of EXIMBANK, Sanjay Lamba. “This agreement represents the latest instalment of the ...

The High Court has ordered well-known public commentator, Anthony Vieira to pay Public Works Minister Juan Edghill GY$15 million for defamation that occurred 13 years ago on CNS TV6. Chandra Narine Sharma, owner of CNSTV6, has also been ordered to pay Mr Edghill GY$250,000 for broadcasting the commentary on May 4, 2011.  The court said that amount was for nominal ...

Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Aubrey Norton on Friday said he was confident that he would win a second term as party leader, and that his integrity was a major advantage in confronting the incumbent People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) administration. “I’m convinced that when the congress comes, I would be re-elected leader to be a thorn ...