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One week ago, Prison Officers Cleveland Ross and Adul Parmasu were in charge of overlooking and keeping an eye on prisoners, today they found themselves chained to the feet and handcuffed as they were remanded to jail after charged with possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking. The two appeared in Court today just […]
A Leopold Street man who is no stranger to law enforcement was remanded to jail this morning after being slapped with multiple armed robbery charges. 27-year-old Akeem Rajkumar appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore and denied the allegations against him. The Court was told that on the 30th April, armed with a handgun, he robbed Rodwell […]
Government and Opposition Parliamentarians were at odds today over the progress being made to finalize all Land Titling issues for Amerindian communities. The issue came up when Indigenous People’s Affairs Minister Sydney Allicock appeared before the Parliamentary Natural Resources Committee and was grilled by opposition MPs including Indigenous House Members Pauline Sukhai and Yvonne Pearson. Pressed […]
The Ministry of Business and the Guyana Office for Investment are joining forces with the Caribbean Export Development Agency and Private Sector agencies in Guyana to host the first Guyana Trade and Investment Exhibition. The event is geared to be a business to business interface with new investors and markets for Guyanese products and companies […]
US Carrier, American Airlines is set to begin its operations to Guyana as early as November. The airline was originally looking for a December start date. The carrier has filed all of its documents with local aviation official and everything appears set for a November launch, according to Director General of the Guyana Civil Aviation […]
City Councilor and AFC Executive Member, Sherod Duncan, has been named the new General Manager of the Guyana Chronicle. Staff Members of the state-owned newspaper learnt of the development at a General Staff Meeting today. The announcement was made by the Chairperson of the Board, Geeta Chandan. Duncan, who also sits on the Board of […]
Linden’s golden athletes Chantoba Bright and Daniel Williams were gifted with house lots in Amelia’s Ward, Linden. The athletes were presented with their documentation at Linden’s 52nd Independence Flag Raising Ceremony, on Saturday. The two athletes have made Guyana proud on several occasions and recently returned home with medals. Bright won a gold medal at the 2018 CARIFTA Games in the Girls U20 Long Jump. […]
A Soesdyke mother, who is now pregnant with her fourth child, was today charged for unlawfully killing the father of her children. It is alleged that the woman strangled the drunk man to death, ending years of abuse. 28-year-old, Melissa Silas appeared before Magistrate Leron Daly and was not required to enter a plea to […]
One week after the Supply Manager of a local mining company was found dead in his Georgetown apartment, the main suspect in the stabbing murder made made his first Court appearance this afternoon. He was remanded to jail after being charged with the capital offence of murder. 20-year-old mechanic, Anthony Ragnuath, appeared before Magistrate, Leron […]
The Board of Directors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved a loan of US$1.3 million to assist in the upgrading of the water sector in Guyana. The funds, provided to the Government of Guyana, will be used to provide consultancy services to develop a national water policy, as well as to provide designs […]
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