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—disputes GCAA report of several drones, says one belonged to photographer Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed was rearrested tonight, shortly after being released on self-bail from the Leonora Police Station, following an earlier interception which police linked to security concerns near President Irfaan Ali’s private residence.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba unveiled regulations today aimed at attracting foreign investment, trade and tourism to the Caribbean island as it continues to adopt free-market reforms under pressure from Washington and a crippling economic crisis.
The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) has deployed Air Corps assets to assist the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) in containing a savannah fire near Moblissa Ranch, along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway.
Dear Editor, I congratulate the young people of the local, Catholic Church on the successful conclusion of their Diocesan Youth Convention.
(ESPN) PCB chair Mohsin Naqvi has defended his board’s decision to dump half of the squad and head coach after Pakistan‘s 194-run defeat at Lord’s, claiming that there was no other option but to bring in replacements after the harrowing loss sealed the three-match series 2-0 in favour of England.
Dear Editor, Barbershops are bars and hang-out spots in disguise. These licensed and non-licensed business places are permitted to operate (as they think) after midnight with non-enforcement of the law.
(Reuters) – Only a “serious, democratic government” can provide the stability needed by investors in Venezuela’s oil sector, opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado said in a video message today.
By Dr Bertrand Ramcharan Previously Fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and Fellow of the LSE.
President Irfaan Ali yesterday met Linden Mayor Dominique Blair and councillors over the removal of revenue earned from the Mackenzie-Wismar bridge and the Kara Kara toll booth, hours after Local Government Minister Priya Manickchand formally revoked the 2016 by-laws authorising the latter collection.
A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Member of Parliament Terrence Campbell has questioned the independence of the Office of the Auditor General and called for its head, Deodat Sharma to be replaced as he seems to be “a little too close” to the governing People’s Progressive Party (PPP).
Dear Editor, On 1st September 2026, Local Government Minister, Manickchand, wrote the Linden Town Clerk, instructing that the Linden Mayor and Town Council “cease and desist immediately from the imposition and collection of any toll/charges at Kara Kara Public Road.”
-to be delivered to President today A petition backed by 165 organisations and individuals and calling for the resignation of five public officials over the MV Barima disaster is to be delivered to President Irfaan Ali at the Office of the President today.
A man was apprehended after he was allegedly found with a wire cutter at the Bharrat Jagdeo Demerara River Bridge, as police investigate the theft of approximately 90 feet of copper cables valued at more than $1.6 million.
-$500m allocated; facility designed for at least 350 persons Construction of the new Amerindian hostel in Georgetown is expected to begin shortly, Minister of Amerindian Affairs Sarah Browne-Shadeek announced on Tuesday evening, months after $500 million was allocated to start the project.
Following criticisms of it, the Ministry of Labour and Manpower Planning yesterday said that it has launched an investigation into a fatal construction site accident that occurred on Tuesday, September 1, 2026.
he South Rupununi District Council (SRDC) has joined the growing support for Chinese Landing residents in their ongoing standoff over mining equipment, warning that the dispute raises serious questions about Indigenous land rights, community authority and the protection of ancestral lands.
Twenty-seven-year-old shopkeeper Zamal Samuels is currently on trial at the High Court in Demerara, accused of beating customer Aaron Conyers to death at Black Water Village, North West District.
A new 800-kVA generator is expected to become operational at Kwakwani by the middle of next week, increasing the Region Ten community’s electricity-generation capacity from 2.3 MVA to 3.1 MVA.
The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) has warned mining tenure holders against selling or purporting to sell lands granted for mining, saying that irrevocable powers of attorney and private agreements do not establish ownership or lawful tenure.
Dear Editor, President Irfaan Ali’s statement at the opening of Amerindian Heritage Month at the Amerindian Village, Sophia, is nothing but a cynical and desperate attempt to deflect blame for his government’s poor performance at the management of the Transport & Harbours Department (T&HD) under Mr.