July 2025

President Irfaan Ali, on Wednesday night, said his government has big plans to give more to part-time workers in his second term in office. The Government introduced its part-time employment programme in 2022 to offer job opportunities and skills training to boost the long-term earning potential of families in rural areas. “Our plan is not
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Guyana’s lone Olympic medallist, boxer Michael Parris has declared his unequivocal support for President Irfaan Ali’s bid for a second term. This monumental endorsement was made on Wednesday. Parris, in articulating his decision, declared that the Dr. Irfaan Ali’s administration has consistently illustrated recognition, acknowledgement, and overall support for his legacy and the larger Guyanese
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Boasting a CT scanning machine, three surgical theatres, two dialysis units, a medical imaging room, a 24-hour pharmacy and laboratory, a 24-hour accident and emergency unit, an Intensive Care Unit (ICU), an oxygen plant and other facilities, the Bath Regional Hospital in Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice) was officially opened on Wednesday by President Dr. Irfaan Ali.
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The main opposition People’s National Congress (PNC) recently sold $83 million worth of its shares in Republic Bank (Guyana) to a Trinidad company, as it struggles to finance an elections campaign it is running under the APNU coalition banner. It has been revealed that the PNC owns half a billion dollars in shares with Trinidad-owned
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Beyond sweeping promotions for over 2,000 ranks, President Dr. Irfaan Ali has announced that his government will go further, promising to restore pride, dignity and the right resources to the Guyana Police Force, saying officers will no longer have to “beg for water.” Addressing ranks at the Police Officers’ Mess on Wednesday morning, the President’s
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More than 2,000 ranks of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) will receive long-awaited promotions from August 1, 2025, in a sweeping move announced by President Dr. Irfaan Ali during a visit to the Force’s Headquarters at Eve Leary on Wednesday morning. Addressing hundreds of officers, President Ali acknowledged their dedication and years of service, noting
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Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn, believes much of the ongoing violence in Guyana are perpetrated by toxic men, and so, he made a plea for urgent change, beginning firstly in schools and homes firstly. “Of course the men are insecure, dysfunctional, they can’t handle the fact maybe somebody who is perhaps their daughter, is
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Magistrate Faith McGusty on Wednesday led a site visit to the Ashmins Building in Georgetown- a central location referenced throughout the fraud trial into the 2020 elections, where several key witnesses identified specific areas referenced in their testimonies. The Ashmins Building housed the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Command Centre during the 2020 elections. The visit
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