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A section of Guyana's Splashmin's Fun Park and Resort.

GUYANA | “A viable Tourism Industry can help sustain Hinterland Development”- Minister Gaskin

GUYANA, Monday, June 05, 2017 - Minister of Business and Tourism, Dominic Gaskin said that Guyana has the most beautiful and most interesting places that are sustainable tourists’ destinations.

June 6, 2017
Published in Tourism

Ambassador Reina Diaz(right) during a press conference on Monday

GUYANA | Venezuela appeals to Regional governments for help

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, May 22, CMC – Venezuela’s Ambassador to Guyana has called on the government of Guyana and other governments across the region to intervene as Venezuela’s political crisis deepens with daily clashes between demonstrators and security forces.

May 23, 2017
Published in Latin America

Attorney General Basil Williams (Left) and Justice Franklin Holder who has recused himself from the case.

GUYANA | High Court judge withdraws from case citing AG’s “disrespectful conduct”

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, May 8, CMC -High Court judge Franklyn Holder has recused himself from a case involving the government and suspended Chairman of the Public Service Commission, Carvil Duncan.

May 8, 2017
Published in Justice

Vice President and Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, Sydney Allicock

GUYANA | Gov't launches study on indigenous women and children

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, May 7, CMC – Guyana has launched a study on Indigenous women and children – the first of its kind in the Caribbean and Latin America.

May 7, 2017
Published in Lifestyle

GUYANA | Opposition Leader nominates new candidates for GECOM top post

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, May 3, CMC – Opposition Leader Bharat Jagdeo says he has nominated six people, including two retired judges, for the position of chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).

May 3, 2017
Published in Politics

GUYANA | Gov't says Reporters Without Borders report “deeply flawed”

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, May 1, CMC – The Guyana government says it is “deeply concerned” at what it considers “to be a deeply flawed and undated report “on the country’s ranking on the World Press Freedom Index by Reporters Without Borders (RWD).

May 1, 2017
Published in Politics

Police investigating an assassination plot against President David Granger

GUYANA | Police investigate plot to kill President Granger

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Apr. 10, CMC -Minister of State Joseph Harmon has confirmed reports that the police are now investigating an assassination plot against President David Granger.

April 20, 2017
Published in Caribbean

GUYANA | New initiative to help curb suicides in Guyana

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Apr 14, CMC – Health authorities say they have developed a tool that will help detect persons indulging in self-harm as Guyana, with one of the highest suicide rates in the world initiates new measures to deal with the situation.

April 14, 2017
Published in Health

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