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In a bid to expand its operations in Guyana, Fly Jamaica Airways on Friday opened the doors to its new ticketing office, located at 86 Carmichael Street, Georgetown. The Carmichael Street office will be opened to the general public from Monday, October 31st, 2016 with business hours from 8:30hrs to 16:30hrs daily. Situated a stone’s […]
Two persons died on the spot on Friday night following a collision between a minibus and a truck along the Linden/ Soesdyke Highway. The accident occurred in the vicinity of the Moblissa Bridge. Several other passengers were also seriously injured and had to be rushed to the Linden Hospital for treatment. One of the dead […]
Opposition People’s Progressive Party Members of Parliament (MPs) on Friday boycotted an event organized by House Speaker, Dr. Barton Scotland to reflect on and celebrate Guyana’s 50th Independence Anniversary. Invitations to the event were sent to all MPs but while the PPP has acknowledged receipt of those invitations, a deliberate decision was taken to stay […]
A 31-year-old woman was on Thursday busted with a quantity of cocaine strapped to her body while attempting to leave Guyana’s shores for Suriname. The Police said the bust amounted to 668 grams and the interception was made at No. 78 Foreshore, Corriverton, Berbice. The woman was identified as Senimelia Alizzia Lewis, of 84 Sugar […]
The Private Sector Commission joined citizens and other stakeholders on Friday to register its concern over the “inability” of the state to protect citizens from widespread gun inspired crime. The PSC said citizens now feel threatened, regardless of where they happen to be, because of the belief that they are under threat from violent gun […]
Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan on Friday said that “operational but remediable deficiencies” exist within Guyana’s main drug fighting agency, the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU). Ramjattan confirmed that these deficiencies were unearthed during a recent investigation into the unit’s operations. The government had ordered the investigation after self-confessed drug lord Barry Dataram had made some […]
In keeping with his promise to operationalise the Public Procurement Commission by the end of October, President David Granger on Friday appointed the persons who will serve as the Commissioners on that body. The five persons, nominated by both the government and opposition, took their Oath of Office at the Ministry of the Presidency and […]
The government has announced that it intends to push ahead with criminally investigating several officials of the former People’s Progressive Party government who were involved in the hosting of World Cup Cricket here and the granting and acquisition of lands at Sparendaam, referred to as Pradoville 2. The two forensic audits were recently reviewed by […]
(BBC) A landslide on a major highway in Colombia has killed at least six people, officials said. On Wednesday, tonnes of earth engulfed the main highway leading north from Colombia’s second-largest city, Medellin. The mud from the mountainside covered an area the size of two football fields and buried two cars, a lorry and two […]
The National Sports Commission (NSC) has joined forces with IntellectStorm – an Information Technology based solutions and marketing company – to implement Guyana’s online National Sport Database. The announcement was made on Thursday at the NSC on Homestretch Avenue. It is being done at a startup cost of $2.8 million. The company will be gathering data […]
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