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The Ministry of Public Health is reassuring citizens that the tablets being distributed for filarial prevention are safe and it is confident that all of the drugs being administered as part of the nationwide campaign are safe. The statement comes in wake of the death of a young child whose relatives claim that she became […]
High Court Judge, Gino Persaud, today denied the application of Marcus Bisram to have the murder charge against him dismissed. In his ruling to throw out the application, Justice Persaud also fined the applicant $250,000 for wasting the Court’s time following a recent effort to withdraw the application. In a statement to the Court, Bisram’s […]
He came to Guyana, claiming that he was here for a job interview, but today Trinidadian national, Sawak Maraj, found himself appearing before Guyana’s Chief Magistrate facing charges of staging his own kidnapping. The 33-year-old man denied the allegations presented to him at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court that he knowingly conspired with others to gave […]
Ahead of observances for Tourism Awareness Month, Business Minister Dominic Gaskin is urging operators across the sector to up their game in an effort to raise standards. Tourism Awareness Month was launched on Tuesday and will be observed during the month of November under the theme: “Sustainable Tourism – a tool for development.” Mr. Gaskin […]
Two men, who were armed with a handgun, were arrested just before 9 o’clock this evening after being nabbed by members of a Police patrol in Sixth Avenue, Diamond. The men were reportedly cornered after a failed carjacking attempt. Residents raised an alarm after dogs in the area started barking loudly and the two men […]
Two male commercial sex workers who had previous brushes with the law, were remanded to jail today on a robbery charge. 19-year-old, Godfrey Cox and 21-year-old, Kevin Forester appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman and denied the robbery allegation. The charge stated that on the 24th October on Croal Street, the two robbed Victor Best of […]
Smiles plastered the faces of the Executives of the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) as they emerged from a one-hour meeting with the President David Granger just after 12 noon on Monday. “The union will no longer be going forward with the planned strike for Thursday and Friday,” GTU President Mark Lyte told reporters. He said […]
One day before the Demerara Harbour Bridge is slated to return to its normal retraction schedule after a week of disruptions, the Bridge’s Management is bracing for the possibility of further downtime and disruptions to marine traffic. A new and unexpected problem has been uncovered on the 40- year-old bridge, affecting one of the Hydraulic […]
Agents of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit have taken a shipping broker into custody following the discovery of 147 pounds of cocaine in rice shipments that were about to leave Guyana for Belgium. According to a statement from CANU, the shipment of cocaine was found concealed in sealed 45kg bags of rice. CANU and the […]
The Rockstone Fish Festival turned tragic on Sunday with the drowning of a 13-year-old girl and a 50 year-old relative who tried to save her. The dead girl has been identified as Yasha Prince of Bagotstown. The man who tried to save her and also drowned has been identified as her uncle, Gavin Moses of […]
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