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The road fatality figure for the year climbed by two on Saturday night, when a young CBR motorcyclist and his pillion rider both died after slamming into the median along the East Bank Four-Lane road at Houston. The two dead persons have been identified as motorcyclist, Berket King and immigration officer, Mirwava Chase. The incident […]
SuperSport – American qualifier Sachia Vickery completed an astonishing comeback to stun third seed Garbine Muguruza 2-6 7-5 6-1 in a second-round win at the BNP Paribas Open in California on Friday. Seemingly down and out trailing 3-0 in the second set, Vickery raised her game, brought the Indian Wells centre court crowd alive and […]
A local footballer found himself on the offside of the Courtroom today as he was charged and remanded to jail on connection with a $3 million gold heist. 26-year-old Joseph Osborne aka “Cat”, denied the allegation that on the 22nd September last year at Port Kaituma, he robbed Francisco DaSantos of a quantity of gold […]
Legal Practitioners and other staff members attached to the Attorney General Chambers and the Ministry of Legal Affairs have been barred from attending a major oil and gas law – training and development conference, unless they have the permission of the Attorney General. The Attorney General is currently out of the country on official duties. […]
With direct guidance from the President, government is pushing ahead with the establishment of a special Department of Energy to administer the affairs of Guyana’s oil and gas industry. The new Department will fall directly under the Ministry of the Presidency. But although the way has been cleared for the establishment of this Department, a […]
State Minister Joe Harmon this afternoon told reporters that the President has still not made a decision on who will take charge of the Guyana Police Force as its next substantive Commissioner. Questioned by journalists at his post-cabinet press conference, Mr. Harmon said as it is now, there is an Acting Police Commissioner, but there […]
The Guyana Rice Development Board, has announced that it has dispatched a team of Extension Officers to investigate reports of “worms” that have infected the roots of rice plants in some villages on the Corentyne Coast. The investigative team is being headed by Entomologist Dr. Vivien Baharally. Farmers of the No. 63-68 villages, Corentyne, have […]
Laws surrounding the Oil and Gas sector are taking center-stage over the next two days at a training and development conference organized for members of the Judicial Bench and the Bar Association. With these seminars taking place across sectors, members of the legal profession believe capacity building within the legal fraternity is needed as Guyana […]
Problems in a relationship became physical and a taxi driver was remanded to jail today after he was charged with assaulting his girlfriend. 37-year-old, Curtis Edwards stood before City Magistrate, Leron Daly and denied the allegation made against him. The Court heard that on the 8th July, 2017 at South Road, Bourda, Edwards unlawfully wounded […]
Guyanese women are observing International Women Day amid calls from one local activist for government to take action on policy that discriminate against pregnant women and put in place more robust legislation to protect women and girls from sexual and other forms of violence. Delivering the feature address at a gathering for workers of the […]
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