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The Corentyne man who on Monday stabbed his ex-lover to death in a shop at Ulverston, has been arrested by Police. He was arrested in the backlands of Lesbeholden, Corentyne, where he had been hiding out since committing the gruesome act. The Police carried out an early morning operation today and arrested the man. He […]
Convicted drug dealer, Barry Dataram, who has started to serve a 5 year jail sentence for cocaine possession, was back in court on Tuesday afternoon and was handed additional time in jail after pleading guilty to three additional charges in relation to his illegal departure from Guyana during his cocaine trial. Dressed in a khaki […]
Consultations were held yesterday between the government and various religious organizations on the establishment of an Inter-Religious television station. If implemented, Guyana would be the second country in the world and first in the Caribbean to have a television station specifically for religious bodies. The consultation was held at Arthur Chung Convention Centre (ACCC), Liliendaal […]
(MOTP) Presidential Advisor on the Environment and former Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Rear Admiral (ret’d) Gary Best was, today, sworn-in by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan to lead a probe into the mining pit collapse in Puruni, Cuyuni-Mazaruni (Region Seven) that resulted in the death of a miner. The swearing-in ceremony was […]
Police in the Berbice area are on the hunt for a Corentyne man who stabbed his ex-lover to death in a village shop at Ulverston, Corentyne, right in front of the shop-keeper. The murdered woman has been identified as 38-year-old Yansen Brusche. Reports from the area indicate that the woman, who worked at a school […]
The Preliminary report into the discovery of an illegal aircraft at Yupakari in Guyana’s interior region, has found that the aircraft originated from Colombia and may have been stashed in the area weeks before it was discovered by a joint police and army patrol. Retired Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Brigadier Collins, who […]
Auditor General, Deodat Sharma came in for harsh criticism from Finance Minister Winston Jordan following the release of his 2015 report on how the government spent taxpayers’ dollars for the year 2015. The Finance Minister reminded that the APNU+AFC government was not responsible for all government spending for the 2015 fiscal year, pointing out that […]
(CricInfo) Pakistan’s bowlers held their nerve to seize a 56-run win over West Indies after an intense, attritional fifth day in Dubai, in which Darren Bravo led his side’s plucky tilt at a come-from-behind victory. Bravo scored a 249-ball 116, taking his side to within 83 runs of the target, before Pakistan finally overcame his […]
Guyana and the United States have formally signed a governmental agreement to combat offshore tax evasion and ensure the implementation of the Foreign Accounts Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). FATCA is a 2010 United States federal law that requires all non-US or foreign financial institutions to report on a US person assets abroad. Guyana’s Finance Minister […]
Public Servants will receive the government announced salary increase at the end of October, Finance Minister Winston Jordan has advised. The increases will be retroactive to January. The Minister made the disclosure on Monday during a press conference at his office. In August the Government announced its offer of a 10% salary increase for public […]
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