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Guyana’s economy grew by an estimated 4.5% for the first half of the year, according to the Ministry of Finance’s 2018 Mid-Year Report. The document was presented by Minister of Finance Winston Jordan during Wednesday afternoon’s sitting…

Two Russian nationals are in custody as Police continue to probe video footage showing them assaulting a Guyanese miner. Police Headquarters said that following the circulation of the video on social media of “a confrontation and assault…

The Region Three business community is hoping to garner funding for the rebuilding of the Vreed-en-Hoop Stelling under the Ministry of Business’s Regional Flagship Tourism project. The project gives each administrative region an…

President David Granger Wednesday swore in members of the Public Service Commission (PSC) which has been out of operation for approximately one year. The Commission is responsible for appointing persons to service in public offices and…

The Executive Council of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) has endorsed the appointment of Dr. Mark Bynoe as Head of the Department of Energy, Ministry of the Presidency. A statement from the GPSU noted that “Dr. Bynoe brought to…

Monica Lakhan thought the years of suffering her 29-year-old daughter endured with an abuser 13 years her senior was coming to an end but she had no idea her daughter would meet her death in such a brutal way at her Kilcoy, Corentyne…

Former Minister of Natural Resources, Robert Persaud wants the ExxonMobil Foundation to reconsider the role of the US$10M it earmarked for investment in Guyana over the next five years. The oil giant’s philanthropic arm announced last…

Two men appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court today, charged with shooting at the police on Emancipation Day at John and Chapel Streets, Georgetown. Twenty-one-year-old Jamal Jeriah, of Albert Street, Queenstown, Georgetown and…

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) Tuesday received 50 food hampers from DeSinco Trading Limited, which will be transported to the 260 confirmed Venezuelan migrants, who are occupying areas in Barima-Waini (Region One), the Ministry of the…

Two experts from the eGovernance Academy (eGA) of Estonia have returned to Guyana on a second visit, and as part of the first phase in a project to develop the Action Plan for the creation of a Digital Governance Roadmap. The experts…