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Guyanese miner to invest $620M in quarry project poised for 2022 start-up

Lorenzo Alphonso, an avid Guyanese developer with a number of mining interests, is proposing to make a whopping $620M investment...

Five more die of COVID-19; death toll is 587

Five more persons have lost their lives to the novel-coronavirus, taking the death count to 587. According to the Health Ministry,...

High Court suspends magistrate’s order to grant bail to Brazilian nationals in cocaine-laden plane...

Justice Sandil Kissoon has granted an Interim Order staying and suspending the Order by Senior Magistrate Moore dated July 22,...

Man on remand for Meadowbrook Gardens shooting

Following a shooting at Meadowbrook Gardens which had police on the hunt for two suspects, a businessman was today charged...

President Ali and CARICOM SG discuss food security, regional development

President, Dr Irfaan Ali assured newly appointed CARICOM Secretary-General Dr Carla Barnett of Guyana’s continued support for regional development. The Head...

Gov’t to repair critical hinterland roads damaged by flooding – Finance Minister

Senior Finance Minister Dr. Ashni K. Singh today indicated that Government is allocating funds to address the damage to critical...

Chain saw operator dies after getting pinned by tree

Winston Meredith, 48, a chainsaw operator of Nottinghamshire, Upper Demerara River died yesterday after he was pinned by a tree...

AG challenges magistrate’s granting of bail to Brazilian nationals charged for cocaine-laden plane

Senior Magistrate, Alex Moore on July 22, 2021, granted bail in the sum of $3M each to two Brazilian nationals,...

Extra-budgetary $2.6B COVID-19 relief sustainable-Dr. Singh 

While President Irfaan Ali’s recent announcement of $2.6B in COVID-19 relief is not catered for in the 2021 budget or...

Captain injured in Bartica boat fire

A boat captain leaped into the Essequibo River yesterday after his boat caught fire around 16:00hrs at Fourth Avenue Beach,...

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