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A 29-year-old man who attempted to fight off two armed bandits after they grabbed his bag with $3 million cash, is now nursing a gunshot wound to his right thigh. The man was walking along Urquart Street close to the Ministry of Finance when he realised he was being followed. According to a police report, […]
As the Budget 2017 debate continued on Tuesday, Member after Member on the Opposition side of the house continued their calls for the Coalition government to remove the value added tax that will now be added to electricity bills that go over $10,000 per month and water bills that go over $1500 per month. Chief Whip […]
Following months of consultations all across Guyana, the Ministry of Communities, Department of Housing, has made a decision for the age at which someone could apply for a house lot in Guyana to now be 18 years old. The announcement was made on Tuesday as Minister within the Ministry of Communities, Valerie Patterson offered her […]
President David Granger has issued a call on the servicemen of the country to always be watchful and on their guard. He made the comments on Monday while attending a Guyana Defence Force Christmas social event at Eteringbang, near to the Venezuelan border. Mr. Granger told the soldiers stationed at the border location to always endeavour, […]
A 30-year-old Diamond, East Bank Demerara woman was crushed to death after her bathroom wall collapsed, pinning her to the ground on Sunday. The woman identified as Shoia Melissa Europe was apparently in the house by herself on Sunday night when the wall in the bathroom area, which was under construction, fell apart. Her body […]
(BBC) Brazilian club Chapecoense have been awarded the Copa Sudamericana by South American football confederation Conmebol after most of their team died in a plane crash en route to the final. Seventy-one people, including 19 players and staff, were killed in last Monday’s crash on the way to Colombia for the first leg. Colombian […]
Venezuela is issuing new higher-value notes to help deal with some of the practical problems of soaring inflation. A backpack full of cash is often required to pay bills at a restaurant or supermarket. The central bank said that six new bills ranging from 500 to 20,000 bolivars would come into circulation on 15 December. […]
(BBC) A Brazilian Supreme Court judge has ordered one of the country’s most senior politicians, Renan Calheiros, to stand down as president of the Senate. Judge Marco Aurelio Mello issued an injunction saying Mr Calheiros’s position was untenable after the court ruled last week that he must face trial for alleged embezzlement. Mr Calheiros has […]
(NBC) A young off-duty corrections officer was shot and killed as she sat in her car in Brooklyn Sunday night in what authorities described as a “horrific murder.” Alastasia Bryan, 25, was declared dead after being found with gunshot wounds to her head and body in the area of East 73 Street and Avenue L […]
(NY Post) A Guyanese man nearly decapitated his wife on a Queens street corner early Monday — sawing through her neck in front of a witness who mistakenly asked if he needed help before he realized the unfolding horror, authorities and sources said. The 50-year-old man allegedly confronted the woman — identified as being in […]
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