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Georgetown City Councillor Sherod Duncan has filed a motion of no confidence against Town Clerk Royston King. The motion has been seconded by Deputy Mayor Lionel Jaikarran. It is likely to be debated in the coming month. King has been coming under widespread criticism in and out of the Council over his management of the […]
Some forty (40) persons, who were affected by a fire that ravaged an apartment complex and two houses in Plaisance on Mashramani Day, received support in the form of cash and other items today, from Ministry of Social Protection, Amna Ally. Minister Ally handed over beds and mattresses, stoves, kitchen utensils and food vouchers to […]
At the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court today, a Baramita resident was charged and placed on $200,000 over allegation of engaging in sexually at with a 6-year-old child, some 16 years ago. 30-year-old, Vel Smith, appeared before a City Magistrate and was not required to enter a plea to the charge when it was read to him. […]
With their hands cuffed to each other, a father and son appeared in Court today and were charged for using fake number plates on two vehicles that appeared to have been stolen. Twenty-three-year old, Ricky Chung and his father, 43-year-old, Nigel Chung pleaded not guilty to the charges. The Court heard that between the 17th August […]
A First Avenue, Bartica Woman made her first appearance before a City Magistrate today and was charged for the offense of attempted murder over the stabbing of a man. The two reportedly were involved in an argument that quickly escalated into a fight. 31-year-old, Venessa Creighton stood before the Magistrate with few expressions and the […]
To the beat of dynamic African drumming, members of the local Rastafarian community and supporters chanted and marched from the East Coast Demerara community of Buxton through the streets of Georgetown in a move to pressure the government into decriminalizing marijuana use here. The march, which started early Monday morning and ended just after noon at the Square of […]
Permanent Secretaries and other frontline implementors of Government’s public policy were Monday told to get serious about public policy management and not see themselves as pen pushers or paper shufflers. The Permanent Secretaries along with their Deputies, Regional Executive Officers and Heads of Budget Agencies are currently participating in a face-to-face training programme on public […]
As fire investigators returned today to the scene of yesterday’s devastating fire, which gutted three buildings in Plaisance, a gruesome discovery was made buried in the still smoking debris. Investigators found the remains of a body, suspected to be that of 82-year-old, James Johnson. Fire Prevention Officer, Andrew Holder, told HGP Nightly News anchor Travis […]
While many jumped and celebrated through the streets of Georgetown during Friday’s Mashramani costume parade, over 30 persons in the East Coast village of Plaisance became homeless. A mid-afternoon fire ripped through two buildings in the community. The fire started in an old hotel that houses several tenants. The wooden buildings which is more than […]
The Guyana Police Force has launched an investigation into the armed robbery of a Deputy Programme Manager at the Caricom Secretariat. The 59-year-old man was shot in the leg and relieved of just over $200,000 as he was about to enter his Atlantic Gardens yard. The official had just left the Republic Bank Triumph branch […]
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