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By Kenton X. Chance At least seven persons, mainly students, died after a minibus plunged into the sea in Rockguter, an area between Owia and Fancy on the northeastern tip of St. Vincent Monday morning. Police and government officials say that five bodies were recovered from the sea, and one person died in hospital, and […]
PARAMARIBO, Suriname (CMC) – The Suriname government says while Guyanese bus drivers have the right to operate in the country, they must first apply for the necessary license to do so. The Ministry of Transport, Communications and Tourism (TCT) made the announcement after bus drivers earlier this month called on the authorities to find a […]
The British Government has issued a warning that Guyana could face possible Commonwealth sanctions with the ongoing prorogation of parliament. Just three days after the British Foreign Minister issued a statement from London calling for the President to lift the suspension of Parliament; British High Commissioner to Guyana Andrew Ayre repeated that call and said […]
(Trinidad Express) Ravindranauth Roopnarine, a fugitive wanted in the United States for financial and fraud-related crimes, is the latest criminal to be extradited from Trinidad and Tobago, according to a release from the Office of the Attorney General. Roopnarine, who was born in Guyana, is the third person to be extradited in three days. Trinidadian […]
Police investigators are probing yet another murder in the mining district. A miner was stabbed to death on Saturday night at Issanno in the Mazaruni river during an argument over a pack of cigarettes. According to a police report, the miner, Quincy Jones was at a shop with some other men consuming alcohol when he […]
A 24-year-old Guyanese woman is in the custody of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit after she was busted at the Ogle International Airport with just over 2 pounds of cocaine in her suitcase. The woman was preparing to board a LIAT flight to Barbados at the Ogle airport when agents of CANU decided to examine […]
Considered as the country’s largest foreign currency earner for seven years with a record breaking production in 2013, the gold and diamond mining industry in Guyana is now facing significant challenges following the sharp drop in the world price for gold in 2014. That drop has resulted in a fall in production, declarations and earnings […]
A Cessna Grand Caravan aircraft belonging to the Trans Guyana airline, “hard” landed at Matthews Ridge in Region One early on Friday morning causing damage to the plane but no injuries to passengers or crew. The plane which carries registration number 8R-GAB, had been chartered by the Sky West Charter company to operate a passenger […]
Officials of the Transportation Security Administration of the United States Department of Homeland Security are expected in Guyana next week for a 10 day visit to assess the security conditions at Guyana’s Cheddi Jagan International Airport. The visit will begin on January 12, 2015. During their stay, the TSA officials are expected to observe all […]
The government of India has approved a US$50 Million line of credit for the construction of a major road that would link the East Bank of Demerara to the East Coast of Demerara. India has also agreed to concessional credit to supply a passenger ferry to help Guyana overcome transportation problems in the northern region. The […]
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