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Moments after taking the oath of office, the new Chair of the Public Utilities Commission said the Commission will be focusing heavily on ensuring all systems are in place to ensure a smooth transition to liberalization of the telecommunications sector. Attorney-at-Law, Dela Britton, took the oath of office before President David Granger on Wednesday morning, […]
Attorney General Basil Williams is denying that he is the author of an email that is being circulated showing re-election strategies for the coalition government. In a statement last evening, Mr. Williams said the email is fake and though the email address is similar to the one he uses, it is not the same and […]
The former Accountant of the Guyana Rice Development Board, Peter Ramcharran has been arrested in Canada. He is wanted locally in connection with a massive multi million dollar fraud at the Guyana Rice development Board. Ramcharran is expected to face an immigration hearing that could prepare the way for his return to Guyana. He has been […]
Justice Navendra Singh today sentenced a 33-year-old, Soesdyke man to 60 years in jail after a jury found him guilty of murder. The convict, Steve Allicock, smiled his way in and out of the courtroom as the sentence was handed down. The case dates back to 2009 when Allicock and his brother attacked another man, […]
The Campbellville Health Centre is reporting that it has seen more cases of conjunctivitis, which is known as “red-eye”, in the past week that it saw in the entire month of May. Between the 12th and 16th June 2017, the Health Centre saw 179 cases, as compared to 24 cases during the entire month of […]
In the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court today, a store clerk was sentenced to 36 months in jail by a city Magistrate after pleading guilty to stealing money from her place of employment. 28-year-old Rondelle Junior, appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman to answer to the charge, which stated that between March 1st and March 16th, while being […]
The Ministry of Education has started to hire counsellors and set up counseling rooms in schools, as part of an effort to tackle as part of an initiative to support students who may be facing social and other issues. According to a statement from the Government Information Agency, there are currently, ten (10) counseling rooms […]
The Customs Anti Narcotics Unit has reported that a Mahaicony man is now in its custody after he was nabbed at the Eugene F. Correia International Airport with cocaine in his stomach. The man has been identified as Randolph Muir, who is also known as “Roach”. According to CANU, one of its vigilant ranks arrested […]
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo, used his weekly press conference on Monday to fire back at Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, after the Minister lashed out at him and described him as the Doctor of Doom during a sitting of the National Assembly last week. Mr. Jagdeo dismissed Trotman’s criticism and said he has never […]
Caribbean Airlines has announced that due to the Tropical Storm warning in effect for Trinidad, Tobago and Grenada, a number of its flights have been cancelled for the rest of today. For Guyana, only the Miami to Georgetown via Port-of-Spain flight has been cancelled. But connecting several connecting flights out of Trinidad and Tobago have […]
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