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The Ministry of Public Infrastructure is advising the general public to take all necessary precautions during the spring tides which began yesterday and will run until April 22. In a statement, the Ministry said the predicted tide indicates above normal levels for the impending period. The Sea and River Defence Department believes a number of […]
Proceedings in the Fort Wellington Magistrates’ Court came to halt today when the woman accused of murdering her own mother, collapsed in the Courthouse. 42-year-old Camilia Jameer appeared dazed as she appeared before the Magistrate and was charged with the murder of her 69-year-old mother, Rookmin Jameer. Just after the charge was read, the accused […]
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo today defended his party’s hiring of a US lobbying firm to represent the interest of the People’s Progressive Party in the United States. The lobbying firm, Mercury Public Affairs, is being paid just over $34 million for its work for the PPP. At his weekly press conference, Mr. Jagdeo told reporters […]
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo was this morning visited by two investigators of the Guyana Police Force, who sought a response from him in relation to statements that were made by him at a rally at Babu John, Berbice. Mr. Jagdeo was told that complaints were filed against some of the contents of his speech, especially […]
From December of this year, passengers traveling between Georgetown and New York on American Airlines will no longer have to go through Miami, as the Airline plans to roll out a direct service between Georgetown and New York. In a letter to the Head of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority, American Airlines’ International Government Affairs […]
21-year-old Baramita resident, Eddie Williams, found himself in Court today, facing four charges of attempted murder, after he allegedly chopped four persons in the North West community. The young man, who it is believed went bezerk over a 4 day period, is accused of slashing Selicia Jacobs, Devon Scott, Rawle Campbell and Bergil Thomas with […]
The Ministry of the Presidency, the Guyana Police Force and the People’s National Congress Reform, all found themselves today refuting statements by the opposition People’s Progressive Party that the Police Force had been given instructions by the Government and the PNC to arrest Opposition Leader Jagdeo on his return to Guyana. The PPP statement, which […]
Police investigators are on the scene of a shooting just outside the Ashmin’s Store on High Street, that has left a money changer dead. The dead man has been identified as Phillip Allen of Grove, EBD. According to reports, Allen worked as a money changer in the America Street area, but was on High Street […]
A multi-agency probe into the working conditions at the manganese mining site in Matthew’s Ridge, where several workers fell ill, resulting in two deaths, has found that the workers were clearing out old mining caves while not wearing protective gear. The Public Health Ministry, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Occupational Health and Safety Department […]
The daughter of the 69-year-old Berbice woman who was found murdered in her kitchen, will face the murder charge after admitting to investigators that she was the one who murdered her own mother. The body of pensioner, Rookmin Jameer, was found sprawled on the floor of her kitchen with her throat slit on Friday. The […]
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