GOVERNMENT’S efforts to increase funding for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) victims, as well as its ability to identify and assist more victims for the third consecutive year, are among the reasons the State Department of the United States has cited Guyana for demonstrating “serious and sustained efforts” in combating the issue. The State Department of

Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited Friday morning said that new measures to guard against fraud involving its international VISA OneCard have resulted in some online transactions being blocked. The Bank noted that “some fraudulent transactions were processed” and affected customers are being reimbursed where it has been “proven to have been fraudulently withdrawn.” The company described…

Two men met an untimely end last evening after the car in which they were travelling in crashed into a tree and caught afire. Dead is Danny Ross, age 23 and another man whose name was given as ‘Ajay’. Reports are that the men in which they were travelling crashed into a coconut tree and

Two 15-year-old school girls from Wakapoa in the Pomeroon River, Region Two were admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) on Tuesday after they ate pepperpot and cassava bread. Two of their relatives have already died after eating the meal. The girls were admitted to the Wakapoa Health Centre and were later transported by relatives…

The American, British, Canadian and European envoys in Guyana in a two-line statement this afternoon said issued a call for the parties in Guyana to find an agreement on the way forward in wake of the rulings handed down by the Caribbean Court of Justice. In a joint statement, the Diplomatic Missions said “the Caribbean…

…says gov’t’ on right path after 23 years of stagnation under PPP administration …declares respect for CCJ ruling; but maintains no confidence vote was invalid President David Granger has urged Guyanese to support him and the APNU+AFC Coalition at the next elections, even as he declared his respect for Tuesday’s Caribbean Court of Justice rulings

Fly Jamaica Airways says it is making efforts to pay its ex-employees monies owed to them since November of 2018. The company in a letter to the employees on Tuesday informed them that they will receive a redundancy payment and other benefits but did not give a deadline by which these payments will be made.…

Almost two weeks after one of six youths charged with the murder of a retired Professor opted to plead guilty to manslaughter, two others are following her footsteps. At the High Court on Monday, the two accused, Nikisha Dover and Orin McRae appeared before Justice Navindra Singh and opted to enter a plea of guilty…

…CCJ also rules GECOM chair appointment flawed The Caribbean Court of Justice today ruled that the no confidence motion against the government was validly passed and the appointment of the chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission(GECOM) was flawed. The two landmark rulings have consequence for the governance going forward and the parties are to meet