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The Guyana Revenue Authority has announced that it has released the Cypriot vessel, M/V DeltaDiep which was detained following the discovery of 185 packages of cocaine in a 40ft flat rack container on January 6, 2015. The total weight of the cocaine found on board the vessel was 420 pounds which carries a street value […]
University of Guyana Law Professor and former Judge at the Caribbean Court of Justice, Professor Justice Duke Pollard is of the opinion that the President erred in his announcement of an election date without the parliament being first dissolved. In a letter in Saturday’s Stabroek News, Justice Pollard pointed out that “the President and his […]
Attorney General Anil Nandlall announced on Friday that judgment was granted in favour of the Government of Guyana in its case against Surendra Engineering with regards to the construction of the Specialty Hospital. The judgement was handed down after Surendra failed to appear in court to answer to the lawsuit. Government was awarded judgment in […]
A 37-year-old female patient of the Georgetown Hospital jumped to her death on Friday evening from the fourth floor of the female medical ward. The woman died instantly after she landed on the concrete yard below. She has been identified as Shaneza Farouk of West Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara. Patients and nurses were left traumatized […]
Former Government Minister under the People’s National Congress administration and Child Psychologist Dr. Faith Harding passed away on Friday afternoon at the St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital. She was admitted to the hospital in early January after complaints about her breathing. She went into a critical condition moments after being admitted and never fully recovered although […]
Antigua recorded its first road fatality for 2015 on Thursday morning, when Murtland Bagot lost his life in a traffic accident on the Sir Sydney Walwyn Highway. The 51-year-old Guyanese national was with a number of construction workers who were on their way to Crabb’s Peninsula to board the ferry for Jumby Bay. The truck they were […]
The European Union has confirmed that it has put millions of dollars on hold in funding under the budget aid banner in Guyana. In a statement on Friday, the EU said that it has two on-going budget support programmes in Guyana, one for the sugar sector (EURO 28.9 million) and one for sea defences (EURO 14.8 […]
Leader of A Partnership for National Unity, retired Brigadier David Granger has issued a clear warning to the governing People’s Progressive Party over the distribution of “propaganda” fliers that were allegedly made and distributed by the PPP. At his weekly press briefing, Mr. Granger said the PPP was now “playing with fire”. His warning came […]
Following several failed attempts to reach an agreement with the administration at the University of Guyana, the University of Guyana Workers Union has decided to begin strike action from Monday, January 26 2015 to Wednesday January 28, 2015. The protest action will take the form of a “sit in strike” and the beginning of the […]
The Police Office of Professional Responsibility has launched an investigation into the death of a 22-year-old man who was found hanging in a cell at the East Ruimveldt Police Outpost on Thursday night. The dead man has been identified as Tiffon Peters of East Ruimveldt. He was arrested by the police on Wednesday after being […]
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