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Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge on Wednesday said Guyana intends to press the United Nations (UN), during the 72nd General Assembly, to move forward with the aim of bringing an end to the ongoing border controversy with neighboring Venezuela. He did not indicate any interest on Guyana’s part to support any […]
Months after popular Trinidadian Soca star, Benjai, was attacked and lashed across the head outside the Palm Court nightclub, a 25-year-old man has been charged for the incident. The accused, Marverick DeAbreau, stood before Magistrate Leron Daly and entered a not guilty plea after the assault and wounding charge was read to him. The Court […]
With real and painted tears rolling down his face, one-time, local social media sensation, “Tear Drop”, found himself before a City Magistrate facing robbery charges. The 23-year-old young man, whose real name is Leon Clark, was granted bail in the sum of $75,000 after he was charged with breaking into the house of East La […]
(DPI) The Ministry of Public Health through the office of the Chief Medical Officer is recruiting medical staff and professionals who will work along with the Civil Defense Commission (CDC), as part of Guyana’s assistance to the hurricane ravaged Caribbean islands. Those recruited will be sent to the British Virgin Islands to provide Medical and […]
His seatbelt was fastened and he was preparing for take off. Instead, a Cummings Lodge man was taken off a Canada bound flight this morning at the Cheddi Jagan Airport after agents of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit received a tip that he was a cocaine swallower. The 39-year-old man was taken to a city […]
“Oil is not the only thing happening to Guyana,” declared Business Minister Dominic Gaskin, as he addressed the Canadian Oil and Gas Trade Mission at the Guyana Marriott Hotel on Tuesday. Minister Gaskin said even with the large amounts of revenue to be earned when oil production begins in 2020, the government remains committed to diversifying the […]
A Linden resident, who worked and lived in Trinidad until recently, is expected to face the Courts in Guyana after he was busted at the Cheddi Jagan Airport with over four pounds of cocaine in his suitcase. The man was reportedly preparing to board a New York bound flight when the cocaine was discovered stashed […]
A 23-year-old man is dead, and his friend has been left in a critical condition following a motorcycle accident in the South Ruimveldt area on Monday. The dead young man has been identified as Sunil Samaroo of Grove, East Bank Demerara. The injured friend, who remains in a critical condition, has been identified as 24-year-old, […]
The Government of Guyana has announced that it will be making an initial donation of US$50,000 towards the relief efforts in those caribbean islands that have been ravaged by Hurricane Irma. In a statement last evening, the Ministry of the Presidency stated that additional assistance will be determined following the completion of a Needs Assessment. […]
33-year-old taxi driver, Lester Joseph, was today remanded to prison after he was slapped with a number of gun related and robbery charges. The West Ruimveldt man, made his first appearance in court before Magistrate, Judy Latchman and denied all of the allegations that have been leveled against him. The Court heard that on the […]
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