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Facing serious allegations of misconduct in office, Assistant Commissioner of Police Calvin Brutus was Wednesday dismissed from the Guyana Police Force. His dismissal was communicated via a letter from the Police Service Commission. His dismissal is effective from Wednesday (February 5). The dismissal was recommended by a Police Service Commission Tribunal, which was established to
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Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh noted that work on the 2022 Census is at an advanced stage despite the challenges faced in collecting data across the country. Dr. Singh addressed questions about the Census during a sitting of the Parliamentary Committee of Supply on Wednesday when Parliamentarians scrutinised the allocations for the Ministry of Finance.
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday prohibiting transgender women and girls from competing in female sports. The measure, called the “No Men in Women’s Sports Executive Order,” is the fourth executive order targeting transgender people he has signed since he took office on January 20. “The radical left has waged an all-out campaign
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Public servants will enjoy the full benefit of their 8% salary increase this year, Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh said on Wednesday. Dr. Singh, who also has responsibility for the Public Service, fielded questions about increases for public servants from Opposition Parliamentarian Tabitha Sarabo-Halley during the consideration of the budget estimates. Per a multi-year agreement
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Officers from the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) made a drug bust on Monday, 3 February 2025, while carrying out narcotic interdiction duties at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA). During a routine search of an outgoing passenger, who was due to board flight BA2158 to Saint Lucia with onward connections to Gatwick International Airport in
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An accident Wednesday morning, around 06:25hrs, on the Covent Garden public road, East Bank Demerara claimed the life of a pedal cyclist. The collision occurred between Motor Lorry #GAF 9065, owned and driven by 21-year-old Joshua Lim of Kuru Kururu, Soesdyke-Linden Highway, and 65-year-old Vakeanand Sukdeo, from Lot 113 Back Street, Little Diamond, East Bank
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The parliamentary Committee of Supply on Wednesday approved the budget for the Ministry of Health for 2025, with a significant emphasis on the expansion and modernisation of health infrastructure across the country. Defending the budget, Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony highlighted the government’s ongoing efforts to address the challenges in the health sector, especially
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By Avenash Ramzan avenash@newsroom.gy Hard-hitting youth cricketer Shamar Apple continued his meteoric rise in the sport, slamming a belligerent century to highlight the opening weekend of the Georgetown Cricket Association’s City Cricket Cup and Friends Mayor’s Under-17 Hundred Overs competition. Playing for home side Transport Sports Club against Everest Cricket Club, the national Under-15 batsman
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In revising the Local Content Act, the Local Content Secretariat has said it wants to ensure that local businesses participate fully and benefit from procurement opportunities. Director of the secretariat, Dr Martin Pertab, told the News Room on Wednesday that in order to address this “burning concern,” the body will develop a schedule of upcoming
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Exciting developments are unfolding in Suriname following last year’s announcement of a substantial US$10.5 billion investment in the country’s Block 58 oil and gas project. As the Dutch-speaking nation prepares for an oil boom in the years ahead, the President of neighbouring Guyana, Dr Irfaan Ali, is encouraging the Surinamese government and private sector to
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