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As Guyana prepares to become a player in the international oil and gas sector, the Inter-American Development Bank has approved an US$11.6 million loan to assist the country in its transition towards becoming a major oil and gas producing state. According to the IDB, the project is designed to support the strengthening and the sustainability […]
Justice Jo-Ann Barlow, who is currently overlooking the Sexual Offences Court, today sentenced a child rapist to life in prison. The sentence was handed down after the man, Rodney Kurtzious, was found guilty of raping a one-year-old baby girl. The convict offered no statement to the Court after the verdict and sentence were handed down. […]
As the busy holiday season heats up for the airline industry, Copa Airlines today announced that it has gotten the all clear to add an additional weekly flight to the Guyana market. Copa currently operates four flights per week between Guyana and Panama with onward connections. From December 9, the additional weekly flight will come […]
Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence, told the National Assembly today that when it comes to procurement practices and holding contractors responsible for delayed delivery of drugs, “this time nah long time”. Lawrence and the health sector had come under criticism from Opposition speakers over reports of drug shortages and overpayment and early payment of […]
With tears rolling down her face, 25-year-old, Melissa Playter appeared before Magistrate, Allisha George to answer the charge of murder, committed on her reputed husband, Victor Roberts. The man was stabbed to death on Sunday at his Plaisance residence during a row with the accused. The accused stood quietly as the charge was read to […]
As the third day of the budget debate continued on the inside of Parliament, scores of former sugar workers from the Uitvlugt and Wales estate gathered on the outside to demand their severance packages. Some other sugar workers from Albion and Blairmont joined the protest to demand salary increases. The workers claimed that while many […]
The third day of the debate into the National Budget opened this morning with a focus on the education sector and a clash between the past and present Education Ministers on the sector. Former Education Minister and PPP frontbencher, Priya Manickchand said the education sector saw many improvements under the last government and she was […]
Several new categories of workers in the Caribbean have been added to the list of CARICOM nationals who will become entitled to move freely and work in member states. In a statement last evening, CARICOM Leaders who wrapped up a meeting in Trinidad and Tobago yesterday, said they have agreed to include Agricultural Workers, Beauty […]
A teenager was sentenced to 4 weeks of community service after he pleaded guilty to robbing a woman of two cellphones. The 18-year-old, Omar Kenneth told the Court this afternoon that he is a school drop out and takes full responsibility for his actions. He admitted to the Court that from time to time, he […]
In the Courtroom of Justice Jo-Ann Barlow today, a 35-year-old man was found guilty of raping a 14-year-old girl. He will be sentenced next week. The convict, Esmond Kwasi Slowe, did not appear bothered by the guilty verdict. He stood quietly in the Courtroom as 11 jurors offered the guilty verdict while the 12th juror voted […]
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