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Director of the Energy Department, Dr Mark Bynoe on Tuesday met with a high-level Ghanaian delegation in Guyana to engage the Government on areas of mutual interest in the oil and gas sector. The team was led by Ghana’s Deputy Minister of Energy In Charge of petroleum Dr Mohammed Amin Adam and included Ambassador of the Republic of Ghana, Napoleon Abdulai and 15 others. The team later paid a courtesy call on Minister of State Dawn Hastings-Williams, who was accompanied by Natural Resources Minister, Raphael Trotman. During the meeting with…

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…Buju tells Guyana’s youth Jamaican reggae and dancehall artiste, Buju Banton performed to a sold out crowd at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence on Saturday night. During the concert, Banton, who was recently released from a United States prison after serving for drug trafficking, preached messages of peace, harmony and urged young people to stay away from violence. In a high energy performance, Banton did not disappoint the well over 19,000 fans who turned up at the national stadium. He bellowed out some of his old school classic driving the…

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The Education Ministry recently inked an agreement with the Organisation of American States (OAS) and the ProFuturo Foundation which will see a digital learning platform being developed to bridge the technological gap between the coastal and the hinterland regions of Guyana. According to the Ministry, the technical assistance cooperation agreement was signed on May 25, by Education Minister Nicolette Henry on behalf of Guyana; while Luis Almagro, Secretary General of the OAS, and Sofia Ferandez de Mesa, General Director of ProFuturo Foundation attached their signatures to the document. Some 28…

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The decomposed body of a cane harvester was fished out of a canal in the cane field in Berbice, Region Six. The man’s slippers were found a short distance away. Dead is 65-year-old Hukumchand Inshanally also called “Oil” and “Sugrim” of Lot 43 Persaud Street, Rose Hall Town, Corentyne. He reportedly left home for work on Friday last but never returned. According to his wife Neerpati Inshanally, her husband was expected home at about 13:00h on Friday last. She said that at about 14:00h, she asked her son to enquire…

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– 36 rounds of .38 ammunition, suspected warhead found A Police Constable is now nursing a gunshot wound to his left side chest at a private medical facility in Georgetown after he was shot by a Brazilian miner in the Aranka Backdam, Cuyuni River, Essequibo River, on Sunday morning. The police rank has been identified as Anthony Weekes who is attached to the Bartica Police Station. Reports are that around 05:30h on Sunday, Weekes along with two other policemen acting on information ventured into a mining camp at Aranka in…

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The decision by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to proceed with the house-to-house registration process, while legal proceedings are pending, is a complete and utter disregard for both the local High Court and the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). This is according to former Attorney General Anil Nandlall, who on Tuesday said that one gets the clear impression that GECOM is acting with the specific intention of defeating and frustrating orders, which these courts may make. He added that clearly, this is not conduct becoming of a constitutional agency. “It…

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The Guyana Government has repaid some G$132 million in interest owed on the G$30 billion bond borrowed for the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) by the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL). This is according to Finance Minister Winston Jordan. When asked by Guyana Times International during an interview on Tuesday, Jordan revealed that the money was paid as of last week. “The first payment came up on 24th of (May). We have been able to make that payment, with some stress. But we did make it, we didn’t default…

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In just under five months, the lives of at least five women were snatched at the hands of their lovers and has sprouted worry among almost every Guyanese. Former Education Minister Priya Manickchand, who was at the forefront of a number of legislation to protect women’s rights when she was Human Services Minister and Opposition Member of Parliament (MP), has been very vocal on violence against women and was, in fact, representing a young mother, who was found dead earlier this month. Manickchand said that she is deeply saddened over…

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Guyanese from all walks of life flocked the route to observe and participate in this year’s Guyana Carnival Parade in observance of Guyana’s 53rd Independence Anniversary. As expected, the revellers rocked the streets and delivered, even though the inclement weather prevented the events from starting at the scheduled time. The three main “party trucks” assembled at the corner of Camp and Carifesta Avenue, Georgetown, around 14:00h before heading to the D’Urban Park around 18:00h where it concluded. Thousands of Guyanese who came out to support the event were blown away…

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Citizenship Minister Winston Felix on Wednesday said he is considering a proposal of financial support from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to enhance the services available in communities where Venezuelan migrants have settled. Minister Felix was at the time leading the Multi-Agency Coordinating Committee on Venezuelan migration to Guyana in a meeting with the IDB, which was held in the boardroom of the Department of Citizenship. He noted that the Government has been trying its utmost to host Venezuelan migrants, which has put some strain on its resources. “As a…

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