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As political and economic unrest in neighbouring Venezuela spreads, the Guyana government on Friday said it was paying keen attention to the welfare of Guyanese in the neighbouring eastern Venezuelan town of Puerto Ordaz and would be willing to help them return if the situation worsens. “If we felt that life, limb and property of Guyanese who are there, and ...

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon on Friday slammed the opposition People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) for failing to propose a rescue plan for the ailing Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco), even as he said government was willing to accept a “workable” plan from other stakeholders at a time when there is exciting interest from prospective investors. “What is important to note ...

Reproduced from New York Daily News Dhanraj Mangra and his wife escaped the violence of Guyana to start over in New York City. Twelve years after they made the move to safer shores, the 68-year-old father of five was dead. Mangra was found unconscious on Jamaica Ave. near 207th St. in Queens Village at 8:30 p.m. on Jan. 3, cops ...

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) is challenging the legality of government paying half of the severance pay to 4,000 former workers of the state-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco) by month-end. “It seems that while the grass is growing the horse is starving and it is apt to note that the workers’ redundancy payments are a legal requirement. ...

  The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MOPI) on Thursday said it has begun efforts to access a US$200,000 bond to refund passengers who were left stranded by Dynamic International Airways, LLC. Government says the passengers will be pad back in collaboration with Dynamic’s local handling agent, Roraima Airways Inc. “The funds will be used to refund passengers in Guyana who purchased ...

Police say they are investigating a robbery under arms committed on a 22 year old cashier at the C&F Mall located at Bagotstown Public Road, East Bank Demerara by two males, one of whom was armed with a handgun, of an undisclosed amount of cash. An investigation revealed that about 10:25 Thursday morning the victim was in the cashier cage ...

Guyana Police Force investigators on Wednesday ruled out the possibility that the manager of Korner Kick Restaurant and Bar, Tevin Parris committed suicide. “It was not self-inflicted,” police said in reference to a single gunshot wound. An autopsy performed by Government Pathologist, Dr. Nehaul Singh revealed that Parris that the warhead entered Parris’ right nostril and exited the middle of ...

Guyana’s President, David Granger on Wednesday announced that ministerial budgets would be slashed to ensure that thousands of sugar workers receive part of their severance pay this month-end and the remainder in mid-2018. “The Government is committed to the welfare of sugar workers and their families. It has…embarked on an extensive review of expenditure in every sector to the extent ...

Four Colombian men, a Venezuelan woman and two Guyanese men were Wednesday charged with aiding a Guyanese man in trafficking 11.4 kilogrammes of cocaine. The Guyanese man, Gavin Adams, was charged with trafficking in the cocaine between September 1, 2017 and January 2, 2018. Appearing before Chief Magistrate, Ann Mc Lennan, they pleaded not guilty to the drug trafficking offences. ...

Fly Jamaica Airways on Tuesday agreed to establish a 24-hour call centre in Guyana to respond to inquiries by hundreds of Guyanese who have been stranded in recent weeks, as the carrier takes steps to acquire aircraft to alleviate the situation. The decisions were taken at a meeting to which airline executives were summoned by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority ...