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A Muslim leader whose United States visa was revoked last year due to his association with OFAC-sanctioned businessman, Azruddin Mohamed, has come in for grave insults, and lies peddled against him by members of the WIN political party. Imam Badrudeen Khan, who heads the East Street Darul Uloom Masjid that is linked to the Mohameds,…
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In his 2025 re-election bid, President Irfaan Ali last evening committed to further developing the annual Bartica Regatta into a world class tourism event that attracts tourists from across the globe. He made this announcement during the PPP/C re-election campaign rally in the township of Bartica, region seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni). The President said that just as…
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  The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is assuring its employees and the wider public that it is actively working to address the long-standing issue of wage and salary “bunching” within the sugar industry. The matter, described as a “general question” affecting employees across the sector and not confined to any single estate, has drawn the…
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As part of its ongoing commitment to modernise the nation’s security and correctional infrastructure, the Government of Guyana officially commissioned three significant projects at Mazaruni Prison. The ceremony was led by the Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn, alongside Permanent Secretary Mr. Andre Ally, Director of Prisons Mr. Nicklon Elliot, Superintendent Mr. Mark Smith, Assistant…
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President Irfaan Ali Saturday night encouraged residents of Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) to begin scouting investment opportunities, which he said the PPP/C will support through tax incentives and a special development fund after it is re-elected to office on September 1. “We are going to give you tax incentives to invest, build your tourism facilities, hotels,…
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The governing People’s Progressive Party (PPP) plans to expand the mining sector through significant tax relief, infrastructure development, and community support in its next term in government, President Irfaan Ali said on Saturday night as he addressed a re-election rally in Bartica. He said this will be done while rolling out a comprehensive development plan…
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President Irfaan Ali and other leaders of the incumbent PPP/C used the party’s rally in Bartica to pay tribute to educator Daniel Williams, who died tragically last Monday night while addressing a public meeting at Agatash, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni). “He died in service. He died fighting for a better Guyana…convincing people about what that better…
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Voters, especially those in Amerindian communities, have been warned by General Secretary of the PPP/C, Bharrat Jagdeo, not to be fooled by Azruddin Mohamed and his promises, saying that when he loses the elections, he will vanish, and they will not get anything he promised. Speaking at a PPP/C rally in Bartica on Saturday, Jagdeo,…
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Drawing upon his military experience, Prime Minister Brigadier (ret’d.) Mark Phillips is of the firm belief that political parties challenging the PPP/C for leadership of the country have already been defeated. “They are already defeated. I am a military man, so I know when the enemy is defeated. They are already defeated,” PM Phillips told…
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Stalwart of the incumbent People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Gail Teixeira has urged voters in Region Seven to hand the PPP control of the region and ensure that the massive development seen over the past five years continues. “Your vote is your power,” she said at a PPP rally in Bartica, the mining town considered the…
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