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Former President Donald Ramotar has taken the APNU+AFC government to task over the crime situation in the country and is urging more involvement of members of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) in crime fighting activities. Mr. Ramotar who was ousted from government back in May, was at the time reacting to the invasion by armed […]
Two men, one of whom admitted to swallowing more than 20 cocaine pellets, were on Tuesday refused bail after being charged for conspiring to traffic the illicit substance. The duo made their appearance in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Judy Latchman and employed several strategies to avoid having their photographs taken by the media. […]
Local cable service provider E–Networks has officially launched its new user-friendly and cost-effective Orange Box cable service. With the new service, E–Networks customers are afforded ten channels for a one time payment of $19,500 and no monthly fees. Customers are also being given the option of paying the one time fee in three installments. During […]
Guyanese could begin to enjoy the long anticipated reduction in tolls to cross the Berbice River Bridge as soon as December 1, 2015 once the ongoing negotiations conclude as the APNU+AFC government anticipates. Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson is optimistic that the government could reach an agreement with the bridge company that will pave […]
The United States Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) on Monday signed an agreement which exemplifies the two countries commitment to keeping each other’s skies safe and secure. The agreement was signed between United States Ambassador to Guyana, Perry Holloway and Guyana’s Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson. It signals […]
Venezuela’s claims to Guyana’s Essequibo Region and parts of its oil rich maritime space will be “the issue” for Guyana at the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Malta. During the weekly “Public Interest” tv programme, the President made it clear that the Venezuela issue will top his agenda. “That is my agenda, few […]
Police in Region Seven are investigating a strange case of an alleged attempted robbery and beating at a Region 7 mining camp. According to reports out of the area, on Sunday, six armed men along with three well-known businessmen who are also involved in mining, attacked and demanded gold from a Brazilian mining camp in the […]
After first declaring that the salary he was being paid as a Government Minister was the same that he paid to new attorneys at his law firm when he was in private practice, Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, has now decided to start donating the increases in his salary as a government Minister to various […]
Cables released by Wiki Leaks highlighting communication between the US Embassy in Georgetown and the US Government back in Washington in 2006, have revealed that the US Embassy was convinced that it was then Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon who had ordered the 2002 return of spy equipment to drug king pin […]
President David Granger on Friday proposed the construction of light rail tracks to ease the growing traffic congestion in the country, particularly on the East Bank corridor. The President said there are far too many vehicles on the country’s roadways and while the government has no plans to ban the importation of vehicles, there needs […]
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