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The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) of Guyana on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which aims at enhancing the knowledge base surrounding hate speech and fostering institutional resilience in the face of this growing challenge. This partnership comes when Guyana prepares for the 2025 General Elections, a
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Tirishatha Semple was sworn in on Monday as President of the University of Guyana’s Students’ Society for the academic year 2024/2025, along with the rest of the members making up the Executive Council. The formal installation ceremony was held at UG’s Education Lecture Theatre at Turkeyen Campus, East Coast Demerara. The election for the president
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A total of 389 contracts for small contractors in Region Six (East Berbice- Corentyne) were inked on Tuesday. Altogether, these contracts are worth about $6.9 billion. The contracts were inked as Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo visited the region on Tuesday. The contracts are for various road upgrades. Importantly, the Vice President told residents that
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As part of efforts to make travelling from Lethem to Georgetown much easier, the government may greenlight the construction of a two-lane bridge across the Kurupukari River. This is according to Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo who provided an update on the Linden to Lethem roadway at his recent press conference. “We’re also looking to
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Michael Thomas, 50, a businessman of Bachelor’s Adventure, East Coast Demerara was arrested on Monday night after he discharged a loaded firearm. The incident occurred at about 20:20hrs in the vicinity of the Route 44 minibus park in Georgetown. Police Headquarters related that ranks were on mobile patrol on Avenue of the Republic, in the
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A 58-year-old labourer from Enmore Seadam, East Coast Demerara, was arrested and charged with the brutal murder of 47-year-old carpenter Theodore Baynes. The accused, Keith Jeffrey, known as ‘Pugga’, was charged more than a week following the death of Baynes on September 30, at Haslington North, East Coast Demerara. Jeffrey appeared before Magistrate Sunil Scarce
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A 30-year-old construction worker, Konata Simpson, was arrested on Monday  in the Tucberg neighbourhood of New Amsterdam, Berbice after police found nearly 700 grams of cannabis at his residence, along with a stolen police radio and military-style clothing. The ranks were acting on information they had received, which led them to Simpson’s home. Officers arrived
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A 50-year-old Chinese businessman is in a serious condition after he was shot multiple times during the wee hours of Tuesday. Police Headquarters said the businessman shot is Jianqing Chen. He is the owner of the First Choice Chinese Supermarket on Durban Street, Georgetown. At about 00:07 hrs on Tuesday, Chen was outside the supermarket
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Wales, a community on the West Bank of Demerara (WBD), is being transformed into a massive industrial and commercial hub in Region Three, and will include a major housing development for residents. This is according to the Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal who recently engaged Wakenaam residents on housing plans in the region
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See below full release from the Ministry of Health: The Ministry of Health is pleased to announce that Dr. Frank Anthony, Guyana’s Minister of Health, was nominated as the President of the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) Executive Committee during the 61st Directing Council meeting held in Washington, D.C from September 30th to October 4th,
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