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The Caribbean Community is offering to use its good offices to mediate a peaceful solution to the on-going political and humanitarian crisis in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The offer was made on Thursday as CARICOM Leaders wrapped up their Heads of Government Meeting in Grenada. Chairman of the HOG Conference, Grenadian Prime Minister Dr. […]
CARICOM Leaders have wrapped up their Heads of Government Meeting in Grenada. At the meeting Guyana joined Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts Nevis and St Lucia in formally signing onto The Caribbean Arrest Treaty . The objective of this Treaty is to establish within the Caribbean Community a system of arrest and surrender of requested persons […]
A Linden resident will now spend several weeks behind bars until his case is called again. 27-year-old, Glen McHardy, was today remanded to prison even as he is ailing from a gunshot wound he sustained while being arrested. The man is facing marijuana possession charges, but his Attorney told the court that the charges are […]
The Ministry of Public Security has announced the formation of a task force to tackle the growing problem of noise nuisance across the country. In a statement the Ministry said that it will be working along with various stakeholders who have all recognised the right of citizens to live in an atmosphere of peace and […]
Persons heading to work early Thursday morning made the gruesome discovery of the lifeless body of a security guard. The body bore several stab wounds and a slash to the neck. The dead man was identified as Sammy Powell of Mocha Arcadia. He was attached to the Transportation and Protection Security Agency. He had been […]
A-15-year old boy is in Police custody in Berbice and he is expected to face murder charges after he allegedly stabbed a taxi driver to death as the man taunted him. The dead man has been identified as 37-year-old taxi driver, Deonarine Laljit. The name of his teenage assailant has not been released. According to […]
In the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court today, a Leopold Street man was remanded to prison for robbery under arms. The accused was shot by the Police during their efforts to arrest him and he had to be helped in and out of the courtroom by police officers today. According to the prosecutor, it was on the […]
A Parliamentary discussion has started in a bid to find solutions to the suicide epidemic plaguing Guyana. Elected members of the National Assembly met on Wednesday with the United Nation/Pan American Health Organisation/World Health Organisation (UN/PAHO/WHO) and members of civil society to start a new discourse on the issue. Speaker of the National Assembly, Dr. Barton […]
In a review of the 2017 National Grade Six Assessment results on Monday, the Working People’s Alliance has dubbed President’s David Granger’s recent reassignment of former Education Minister and WPA Co-Leader Dr. Rupert Roopnarine as “premature.” At a press conference at Rodney House, the WPA also griped over what it said is the “contraction of […]
As the dust settles over yesterday’s daring attempted robbery of Republic Bank on Water Street, many staff members of the bank remain traumatized. One of the three gunmen who attacked the bank just as it was opening its doors to start the day’s business, was shot dead. His two accomplices, including an employee of the […]
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