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President David Granger will be returning to Guyana this evening, having completed the second round of medical treatment and evaluation at the Centro de Investigaciones Médicas Quirúrgicas (CIMEQ) in Havana . According to a statement from his office, the Cuban Team of Specialists on Monday reiterated their complete satisfaction with the President’s response to medical […]
As the trial continues into the $550 million cocaine in timber bust, one of the accused, popular motorcycling star, Stephen Vieira today denied any knowledge of the cocaine, that was discovered in pieces of timber being prepared for export. In an unsworn statement read in Court today, Vieira said he had no knowledge of any drug […]
The ExxonMobil company today donated over $8.3 million worth of specialized equipment to the University of Guyana’s Faculty of Natural Sciences. UG Vice Chancellor, Professor Ivelaw Griffith welcomed the gesture by the company and said the initiative of the company will fall into the University’s efforts to reinvent itself. “It matters; the investment that Exxon Mobil […]
The Deputy Director of the State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA), Aubrey Retmyer in a statement through the Department of Public Information has dispelled as “nonsense”, a Guyana Times article published today headlined ‘SARA Director takes home $4.7M, assistant $3.3M monthly’. According to the article, the Director and Deputy Director of the agency receive monthly salaries […]
A violent row over the sale of eddo leaf callaloo has landed a vendor in hospital and another vendor facing the Court on an attempted murder charge. 38-year-old Julie Ferguson, appeared before the Chief Magistrate this morning to face a charge of attempted murder. She is accused of stabbing fellow Bourda market vendor, Nigel George, […]
Police investigators from A’ Division travelled to the Linden/Soesdyke Highway community of Kuru Kururu this morning following the discovery of the lifeless bodies of a couple. The two dead persons have been identified as 34-year-old Naco Hale and her reputed husband, 48-year-old, Alwyn Butcher. The woman is believed to be originally from Linden. The two […]
Retired Judge and former Attorney General under the PPP Government, Charles Ramson, is no longer the Commissioner of Information. It was revealed today in the National Assembly by Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, that Mr. Ramson was relieved of that position in March of this year. Ramson was appointed to the Constitutional position under the PPP […]
A visit to Guyana by a Venezuela national will be prolonged as a guest of the state, after he pleaded guilty this morning to illegal possession of a firearm. The Venezuelan man, Caesar Chavez, appeared before the Chief Magistrate and decided not to waste the Court’s time. He entered guilty pleas to two gun related […]
The Opposition People’s Progressive Party, is once again raising an issue about the Prime Minister’s continued presence in the National Assembly whenever he is performing the functions of President. The PPP through its Chief Whip in Parliament, Gail Teixeira, wrote the Speaker of the Assembly today informing him of the party’s concern and claiming that […]
The Guyana Police Force this afternoon said it is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a white Toyota Hiace ‘Pitbull’ Minibus and its driver, who failed to stop after striking down a cyclist with a pillion rider. The accident occurred about 6:45pm on Sunday on the Annandale Public Road, East Coast Demerara. The 16-year-old cyclist, […]
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