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Under pressure from journalists and the Guyana Press Association (GPA), the Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Monday broke its days of silence about an alleged rape allegation against former local government minister Nigel Dharamlall. The following statement was issued by the Police Force less than three hours after the GPA slammed that law enforcement agency for refusing to respond to ...

Two teenage students – 14 and 15 years old – have been arrested in connection with the stabbing death of a man in the heart of commercial Georgetown last Friday night, the Guyana Police Force said. Dead is 33-year-old John Williams, a machine operator of Lot 102 Martyr’s Ville, Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara. “The said two suspects were questioned, ...

The Ministry of Education on Sunday declared a deadlock in salary talks with the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) and officially asked the Ministry of Labour to mediate between the two sides, one day before striking teachers were expected to take to the streets. “Pursuant to the provisions of the 1990 Memorandum of Agreement “the avoidance and settlement of disputes” between ...

Leader-hopeful for the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Roysdale Forde said a vision is needed to stem deep-seated disinterest among youths in that party who are on the other hand, induced by the incumbent People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) with trinkets. “Your people are losing consciousness and when we recognise this, as a political party, we will then be able ...

The teachers’ strike that resumed on Thursday is seeking to force government to go to arbitration for increased salaries for 2019 to 2023, President of the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU), Dr Mark Lyte said Friday. “We are at a stage where the union has to find a way to force the action and force the hand of the powers-that-be to ...

A woman on Friday accused former government minister Nigel Dharamlall of raping her almost four years ago but he hours later denied the allegations, even as the Guyana Police Force (GPF) refused to comment on whether there was such a report and what was the status of the probe. The woman, who identified herself as Sarah Aneesah Hakh, said she ...

Representatives of ExxonMobil Guyana Limited and RAMPS Logistics on Friday pleaded not guilty on behalf of their companies in connection with two separate charges of allegedly falsifying customs declarations to the amount of US$12.1 billion for imports of oil well equipment and other supplies. Mr Steve Gentry of ExxonMobil pleaded not guilty to the charge of having caused to be ...

European Union (EU) Ambassador to Guyana, René Van Nes on Thursday announced that the 27-member bloc was likely to approve this country’s request for a mission to observe next year’s general and regional elections. “I’m happy to tell you that the government of Guyana has officially invited the European Union to observe the general elections of 2025 and we are ...

Venezuela on Thursday reacted sharply to two United States (US) fighter jets overflying Georgetown and surrounding areas as part of defence cooperation, accusing Washington and Georgetown of conspiring to provoke regional peace. “The Bolivarian National Armed Forces strongly reject these repeated provocations by the Southern Command, sponsored by the government of Guyana, which has assumed the role of a new ...

The United States (US) embassy said two military fighter jets, F/A-18/F Super Hornets, would fly over Georgetown on Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock. “Today, at 2:00 pm, with collaboration and approval from the Government of Guyana, two U.S. Navy aircraft, F/A-18F Super Hornets, embarked on the USS George Washington, will conduct a Guyana Defence Force-coordinated and approved flyover of Georgetown ...