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Police investigators in West Berbice are reporting this evening that one of the suspects in the murder of a 22 year old part time waitress, has confessed to the crime. The man, who is a watchman, was among three persons who were arrested as the probe widened. The partly naked body of the woman was found […]
-by Kurt Campbell- Two senior Government Ministers have found themselves on opposing sides over the decision by Guysuco to begin retrenching Rose Hall sugar workers in December. State Minister Joe Harmon today said Cabinet was surprised when it learnt of the move. But Agriculture Minister, Noel Holder, said he is supportive of the move and […]
Almost six months after Guyanese were promised that the telecommunications sector would have been fully liberalized, Public Telecommunications Minister Cathy Hughes, has delivered yet another promise to have the sector fully liberalized by the first quarter in 2018. During her contribution to the National Budget debates on Tuesday, Minister Hughes said the Ministry will continue to […]
Police Detective, Corporal Derwin Eastman along with his Police colleague, Jemison Williams, were today further remanded to jail over the murder of businessman Godfrey Scipio aka “Saga”. The move came even as the Attorneys for the two policemen pleaded with the Court to take the safety of the men into consideration. Attorney, Dexter Todd today […]
Opposition Parliamentarian, Dr. Frank Anthony touched a raw nerve among government MPs when he used his budget presentation on Tuesday to call on the government to reconsider its move to downsize the sugar industry. Dr. Anthony’s emotional presentation provoked insistent heckling from the government benches as he described the 2018 budget as a lackluster document that offers […]
Minister within the Ministry of Communities with responsibility for Housing, Valarie Patterson – Yearwood, on Monday announced that discussions are ongoing regarding the development of approximately 1,148 lots at Plantations at Cummings Lodge and Industry for the possible relocation of squatters from Sophia, as well as from other zero tolerance areas in Georgetown and its […]
It appears as though the Administration has started to move on the recommendations of the Paul Slowe Commission of Inquiry into allegations of an assassination plot against the president. Senior Superintendent of Police, Wendell Blanhum, who was criticized in the report for his poor investigation of the matter, has been removed as Crime Chief and […]
Region #10, in which the mining town of Linden is situated, will receive its largest Budget allocation in 2018 totally $3.4 billion, which is $280 million more than 2017. This observation was made by government MP Audwin Rutherford during his contribution to the 2018 Budget Debates which got underway in the National Assembly on Monday. Rutherford […]
As the debates into the 2018 National Budget continued in the National Assembly on Monday, the opposition People’s Progressive Party had cause to ask the government whether the political divide meant that they were living in separate countries. The parliamentary opposition advanced arguments that were in stark contrast to the government’s project for the economy and […]
Several family members filled the Courtroom in support of a woman, who claimed that her nephew destroyed several parts of house. The accused, 23-Year-Old, Kelvin Cupidore stood before Principal Magistrate, Judy Latchman and pleaded not guilty to the offence of damage to property. The Court was told that on the 25th November in Guyhoc Park, […]
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