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The community of Enterprise along the East Coast of Demerara will soon enjoy a greater sense of security with a new police outpost. The instruction to establish the outpost was issued by President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali during a community engagement on Wednesday afternoon. President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali The meeting was part of a
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Former captain Steve Smith will lead Australia in the upcoming three-match Test series against Sri Lanka as Pat Cummins will be on paternity leave. Smith, 35, previously served a two-year ban from captaincy following his involvement in the 2018 ball-tampering scandal. Cummins is missing the series for the birth of his second child and seamer Josh
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Guyana Football Federation Press Release The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) is pleased to announce that the 2025/2026 Mid-Season Transfer Window officially opened on January 1, 2025, and will close at midnight on January 31, 2025. The GFF has advised all clubs, regional associations, and Transfer Matching System (TMS) users to review FIFA’s Regulations on the
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Guyana has bolstered its capacity to combat forest and bush fires by acquiring helicopter helibuckets. President Dr. Irfaan Ali revealed this on Wednesday at a Guyana Fire Service event in Georgetown. “We have now acquired the helibuckets for the chopper with the Guyana Defence Force. We have already done training to fight bushfires and forest
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President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday emphasised the role of technology in improving traffic management and law enforcement, citing recent data from newly-installed speed cameras. Data collected over the past five days revealed that, on average, 7 to 11 per cent of road users are speeding. The analysis also identified peak speeding times and according to
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One of the biggest programmes under the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs’ budget remained the Community Service Officers (CSOs) programme which has engaged some 2,759 youths for 2024. The youths are between the ages of 16 and 35 years old, and about 10 to 15 are selected from one village. “The investment is $1.3 billion in
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Recognising that the first few minutes of a fire are critical in preventing loss of life and minimising damage, new volunteer firefighting groups in every Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) should be up and running by the end of January 2025. These groups will consist of persons employed under the government’s part-time job initiative. And President
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See below the full release from the US Embassy in Georgetown:  Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) President and Chair Reta Jo Lewis will visit Georgetown, Guyana January 9 – 12, 2025 to highlight the EXIM Board of Directors’ recent approval of $527 million in financing to support a gas-to-energy project that will double
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Guyana has condemned the latest action of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in asserting claim of the Essequibo, rejecting his plan for the election of a governor to the region. Guyana plans to alert the international community, including the United Nations, the Commonwealth, CARICOM, on Maduro’s latest overture. “The people of Guyana’s Essequibo region are Guyanese
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One day after a 26-year-old man was involved in an accident along the Land of Canaan Public Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD), he succumbed to injuries at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). Dead is Steve Chan of Friendship, EBD. Chan was reportedly speeding in his motor pickup when he lost control and crashed into
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