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Students who wrote CXC exams in 2025 to be reimbursed for at least eight subjects –President Ali
Guyana Chronicle
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July 3, 2025
STUDENTS who sat this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) will be reimbursed for at least eight subjects, President, Dr. Irfaan Ali said, on Thursday. The Head of State made...
Political heavyweight Jermaine Figueira resigns from PNCR
Guyana Chronicle
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June 29, 2025
THE Opposition People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) has been hit with another blow; the resignation of one of its strongest members, Jermaine Figueira. Figueira, a Member of Parliament, emailed his very brief resignation on Saturday night to...
Guyana intensifies efforts to block Venezuelan gold smuggling
Caribbean National Weekly
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June 29, 2025
The Government of Guyana has stepped up measures to block the illicit smuggling of Venezuelan gold into its territory, aiming to prevent funds from flowing to the administration of Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro. President Dr. Irfaan Ali,...
From Ghana to Guyana: Is PM Modi’s Global South push India’s silent strategy to lead a new post-West world order?
The Economic Times
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July 4, 2025
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is currently on a five-nation tour from July 2 to 9, and it's becoming clear that these visits are about more than just diplomacy and photo-ops. Over the past year, Modi’s foreign trips, especially to countries across...
Guyana to choke Venezuelan gold smuggling from financing Maduro’s government
Demerara Waves
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June 28, 2025
Last Updated on Friday, 27 June 2025, 22:29 by Denis Chabrol President Irfaan Ali on Friday said Guyana has taken steps to block Venezuelan gold from being smuggled into the country to help finance the Nicolas Maduro-led administration. Dr Ali...
Guyana to block smuggling of Venezuelan gold
Jamaica Observer
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June 28, 2025
Guyanese President Dr Irfaan Ali June 28, 2025 GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – The government of Guyana has taken steps to block Venezuelan gold from being smuggled into the country to help finance the Nicolas Maduro-led administration. According to...
Guyanese-born British actor ‘Ram John’ Holder revisits his Georgetown roots
Stabroek News
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June 29, 2025
British-Guyanese actor John Wesley ‘Ram John’ Holder John Wesley Holder, well-known for his role in the British sitcom “Desmond’s”, may have moved away from Guyana 72 years ago to pursue professional interests, but not for a day did he lose his...
Guyana calls on Israel, Iran to comply with obligations under international law
Guyana Chronicle
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June 17, 2025
GUYANA has issued a strong appeal for de-escalation in the Middle East, urging both Israel and Iran to respect international law and refrain from further military action following Israel’s recent airstrike on Iranian facilities. During a United...
PM Modi Gifts Ram Mandir Replica, Holy Waters To Trinidad And Tobago Prime Minister, Underscoring Cultural Ties With India
Free Press Journal
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July 4, 2025
Prime Minister Narendra Modi gifted a replica of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. | X @narendramodi Port of Spain: Prime Minister Narendra Modi gifted a replica of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, along with holy water from the Saryu river and the Mahakumbh...
Looking at the people who criticise the government
Guyana Chronicle
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July 4, 2025
NOTHING shocks me in the realm of politics in this country, but I have to confess that Kit Nascimento’s words about what Chris Ram did him indeed shocked me. You can produce books on Mr Ram’s criticisms of the government because he is a relentless...
President commits to doing more to stem gold smuggling by Venezuela through Guyana
News Source Guyana
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June 28, 2025
President Irfaan Ali has assured the Government of the United States that his Administration will put “enormous resources” into the fight to combat illicit gold smuggling, amid a stern warning from the US about the threat of gold smuggling...
CANOC President Keith Joseph urges CARICOM leaders to broaden sporting vision beyond cricket
Guyana Chronicle
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July 3, 2025
PRESIDENT of the Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees (CANOC), Keith Joseph, has issued a bold appeal to the Heads of Government of CARICOM, urging a fundamental shift in how sport is approached and prioritised across the region....
President Ali hails years of collaboration with U.S.
Guyana Chronicle
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June 28, 2025
-emphasises Guyana’s commitment to deepening defence, security co-operation -says substantial resources being pumped into ‘uprooting’ gold smuggling, other illicit networks PRESIDENT Dr Irfaan Ali has reaffirmed Guyana’s commitment to expanding...
Students who wrote CXC exams in 2025 to be reimbursed for up to eight subjects –President Ali
Guyana Chronicle
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July 4, 2025
STUDENTS who sat this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) will be reimbursed for up to eight subjects, President, Dr. Irfaan Ali disclosed on Thursday. The...
Man charged with unlawfully killing Guyanese woman in May, remanded to HMP
The Antigua Observer
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July 4, 2025
- Advertisement - The police have charged a man for the killing of 19-year-old Joyleen Abraham, a national of Guyana, who, according to earlier reports, had died after she jumped from a moving vehicle. Victor Ince has been slapped with two charges...
Guyana and West Indies cricketer accused of rape
CNC 3
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June 29, 2025
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – A Guyanese and West Indies cricketer has allegedly been accused of raping a young woman two years ago, According to reports in Guyana’s Kaieteur News, the alleged incident took place on March 3, 2023, at a residence in New...
Unravelling Guyana’s gold smuggling web
Stabroek News
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July 4, 2025
The issue of gold smuggling in Guyana has evolved from a matter of domestic concern into a regional geopolitical threat. On June 28, 2025, President Irfaan Ali acknowledged this continuing crisis by pledging to take “extra steps” following a visit...
Digitised Human Services databases will yield better service – minister
Stabroek News
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July 3, 2025
Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr. Vindhya Persaud (left) at the launch (Ministry of Human Services photo) One hundred and thirty thousand persons including such beneficiaries as senior citizens, persons requiring public...
Gov’t to set up insurance mechanism for 6,000 rice farmers – President
Stabroek News
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July 4, 2025
Following three years of global negotiations, the government has made a breakthrough, securing funding for climate insurance that will benefit some 6,000 rice farmers across Guyana, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said yesterday....
OPINION: The more the president dodges, the more he disintegrates
Demerara Waves
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July 3, 2025
Last Updated on Thursday, 3 July 2025, 5:18 by Denis Chabrol By GHK Lall US lobbying firm, Continental Strategy LLC (lobbyist), now of Tweet infamy, is working for some entity. The president said that his PPP Government had nothing to do with the...