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As schools reopen on Monday, September 2, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) is urging all road users to exercise extra caution. With children back on the roads, the GPF said it is vital to slow down, especially in school zones, and to “always yield to pedestrians.” In a press statement, the GPF said parents are
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A post-mortem examination, which was conducted on five-year-old Juliana Gounga of Orange Walk, Matthews Ridge, North West District, revealed that she died by drowning. Police said the post mortem was conducted at the Port Kaituma Hospital Mortuary by Dr. Nehaul Singh on Friday, August 30, 2024. The body was later handed over to the relatives
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Some 300 families of Leeds village, Region Six (East Berbice/Corentyne) will soon receive Certificates of Title for lands they have been occupying for decades. The Ministry of Legal Affairs and the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC) on Saturday held a land regularisation exercise in the village and occupational surveys are expected to be completed
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Please see statement from Ministry of Public Work: The Ministry of Public Works wishes to inform all truck drivers that, effective immediately, they are required to use the main road and refrain from using the Railway Embankment corridor. The Ministry has been persistently repairing bridges along the Railway Embankment due to damage caused by heavy
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Please see below full statement from Ministry of Finance:   Georgetown, Ministry of Finance, August 31, 2024: During his address last evening at the opening of the Essequibo Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (ECCI) Annual Agro and Trade Exposition, Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance and the Public Service
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Please see below full statement from Ministry of Finance: Georgetown, Ministry of Finance, August 31, 2024: Despite persistent repercussions of the global polycrisis- lingering public health challenges, the ever-present realities of climate change and exposure to natural disasters, and the domestic pass through of global economic realities and policies-which continued to weigh on the economic
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Citizens Bank, which started out as a service centre at Thirst Park on July 20, 2000 has now opened its latest branch to the tune of $1.8B at Aubrey Barker Road in Georgetown. The 27 employees at the new facility, which is essentially taking over the operations of the original Thirst Park branch, are promising
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Mid-year report: Guyana’s real GDP grew by 49.7% Guyana’s economy has demonstrated remarkable resilience and growth, with President Dr Irfaan Ali announcing that the country’s real GDP grew by an impressive 49.7% in the first half of 2024. This substantial economic expansion is reflective of a strong and diversified economy that has weathered numerous challenges
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A brilliant bowling performance from Leon Reddy and a solid knock from opener Saeed Jumratty guided Berbice to a three-wicket win over Demerara in the second round of the Guyana Cricket Board’s Under-13 Inter-county 40-over competition on Friday at the LBI ground, East Coast Demerara. Demerara’s second defeat in as many games effectively ruled them
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Seven Indian experts in the sugar industry will be embedded in the management of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) “to support further mechanisation and transformation of the industry,” President Dr Irfaan Ali said on Saturday morning. Already, 12 experts from Cuba are in the country to help with the revitalisation of the industry, the President said in a statement live on his Facebook page from the Kingston, Georgetown Seawall.
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