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34-year-old electrician, Sharmo Jones, will be spending the next year in jail after pleading guilty to stealing 24 street lights from the community of La Bonne Intention on the East Coast of Demerara. The Plaisance man was nabbed with the 24 street lights at his home and immediately admitted to stealing them from the power […]
Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) has announced that it has successfully resumed production at several of its facilities following a fire which ripped through its power plant last Friday. In a statement, DDL said the TOPCO plant, responsible for producing Topco fruit juices and Savannah milk products, is fully operational, while the Wines and Spirits plant […]
President Irfaan Ali appears set to appoint Acting Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken substantively to the top position in the Police Force, despite the Opposition Leader still withholding his support. In a letter to the Opposition Leader, Aubrey Norton on Wednesday, Minister of Governance and Parliamentary Affairs, Gail Teixeira noted that the Opposition Leader’s decision not […]
President Irfaan Ali underscored China’s contribution to the development of Guyana in healthcare, education, public infrastructure and economic development on Tuesday night as he joined the Chinese Ambassador, Guo Haiyan in celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Founding of the People’s Republic of China. “Today, we celebrate the peaceful existence of our relationship. We celebrate […]
The new LIAT 2020 airline’s application to begin operating in Guyana is expected to be sent to the Cabinet within the coming weeks for approval. The new airline, which was formed following the collapse and closure of LIAT 1974, is already serving a number of Caribbean destinations and has been eyeing a number of other […]
Almost a week since a Georgetown man, Joshua David, was snatched and abducted from outside a Main Street Restaurant, searches are ongoing by the Guyana Police Force for him. So far, police investigators have carried out searches in a number of areas across Georgetown and the East Coast of Demerara, but have come up empty […]
Residents of Belladrum and neighboring villages in Berbice are pleading with President Irfaan Ali to make good on a commitment made to restore their farmlands located behind Eldorado to Weldaad, and for compensation to be paid for freehold lands at Belladrum and Eldorado, which were expropriated by Central Government without the consent of the proprietors. […]
Police Constable, Mark Forde, who was caught on camera punching away on his 17-year-old son, has been placed under close arrest over the incident. A statement from the Guyana Police Force explained that the incident took place on Monday. According to the Police report, the Police Constable and his teenage son got into an argument […]
Following an embarrassing power outage at the National Stadium, Providence during an internationally televised CPL match on Tuesday night that paused the game for almost two hours, the Guyana Power and Light Company has made it clear that the stadium is powered by independent generating sets and GPL’s technicians were only on standby to assist […]
A mother of two from Good Hope on the East Coast of Demerara died on Monday as a result of multiple injuries sustained in an early Sunday morning accident along the La Bonne Intention Railway embankment. The dead woman has been identified as Salima Heeralall. She was the passenger in a mini-van being driven by […]
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