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Several persons have been left homeless following an early morning fire in the Kitty area. Firefighters were called to the scene of the blaze in Sandy Babb Street in the wee hours of this morning as the fire engulfed and completely gutted at least three buildings, including one that housed a liquor store. The cause […]
The New Building Society Limited, through Senior Counsel Ashton Chase, has jumped into the parking meter furore in Georgetown and has filed court action against the By-laws governing the parking meters. In the action, which was filed against the Minister of Communities, the NBS, which is lending institution, wants the court to grant a Writ […]
The Regional Executive Officer for Region Nine, Carl Parker, was today slapped with sexual assault charges and placed on $200,000 bail. He is accused of sexually assaulting an official from the same Region Nine community. When the case was called, the proceedings were held in camera, in keeping with the sexual offences laws. After the […]
A 36-year-old Nigerian national was today remanded to prison for intent to defraud two popular retail stores in Georgetown. His name was given as Bab Rasaki, and he was slapped with the fraud charge after he allegedly attempted to purchase a number of items totaling more than one million dollars with a credit card that did […]
In an effort to reverse its decline in revenue stream, the Guyana Post Office Corporation is entering the internet shopping market. The Post Office Corporation has partnered with the PAKYA shipping company out of Miami to ship packages to Guyana. Initially, shipping will be done once weekly to Guyana, this will subsequently move to twice weekly […]
The lunchtime protest against parking meters in Georgetown continued today with a much larger crowd gathered outside City Hall. This time, there were no counter protesters but hundreds more joined the Movement Against Parking Meters, as they declared that they now want a revocation of the parking meter system and not a reduction in the […]
The Special Organised Crime Unit is continuing its probe into a suspected multi million U.S dollar fraud at the Guyana Rice Development Board, under its previous management. Late last week officers from SOCU swooped down on the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRBD) office following the findings of a Forensic Audit. A file has been already prepared […]
(MOTP) Following the public outcry over the implementation of the parking meters project in the Georgetown, President David Granger, on Wednesday afternoon, convened a meeting with the City’s Mayor, Ms. Patricia Chase-Green and Town Clerk, Mr. Royston King at State House. Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, Minister of Communities, Mr. Ronald Bulkan and Attorney […]
Bound in a wheelchair, the 22-year-old man accused of shooting a Durban Street restaurant waitress to death, was on Wednesday remanded to prison for the murder. The man, Shelton George aka “Boorie” was wheeled into the Courthouse to face the murder charge. He was left paralyzed after being shot in neighbouring Suriname and has been […]
British High Commissioner to Guyana, Greg Quinn believes that corruption and money laundering are still problems in Guyana that ought not to be ignored. He made the comments this morning at a seminar on Anti-Corruption, Anti-Money Laundering and Asset Recovery, which was organized by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU). The High Commissioner reasoned that […]
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