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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a 37-year-old citizen of Guyana has admitted to being part of a counterfeit credit card operation that netted hundreds of thousands of dollars in gift cards bought at stores in five northeastern states. The U.S. Attorney’s Office on Monday said that Georgette Jackman pleaded guilty last Friday in federal […]
The 45-year-old man who shot and killed a 1-year-old baby as retaliation for the baby’s grandmother breaking up with him, remains on the run and the Guyana Police Force will issue an official wanted bulletin for him today. The suspected murderer has been identified as Mark Angoy of Annandale, East Coast Demerara. He is also […]
While it has been welcoming criticism thrown at the government over its move to increase the salaries for government ministers and parliamentarians, the opposition People’s Progressive Party is still to decide whether its Members of Parliament will accept the increases. At a Monday morning press conference, PPP General Secretary, Clement Rohee told reporters that the […]
Police investigators on the East Coast of Demerara and Georgetown are on the hunt for a 45-year-old Annandale man who opened fire in the house of his ex-lover, killing the woman’s 1-year-old grandchild. The dead baby has been identified as Ariane Gill. According to the baby’s grandmother, Shelly Norton, she was at her Annandale home […]
The Government of Guyana has announced that it is moving ahead with plans to ban the importation and use of closed-cell extruded polystyrene foam, popularly known by the trade mark brand, Styrofoam, as of January 1, 2016. A move was made to ban the styrofoam containers under the previous government but that was put on […]
(GINA) According to the Mid-Year Report, released by the Ministry of Finance, Guyana’s economy has declined some 2.5 percent in the first half of 2015 as compared with the same period in 2014. According to the Report, at the time of the preparation of Budget 2015, preliminary estimates had indicated the country’s half year growth […]
The Guyana Police Force has announced that the just concluded six-week gun amnesty has ended and 186 illegal guns were handed over to the police along with hundreds of rounds of ammunition. The amnesty ended on October 14 and the Police Force has hailed it as a success. None of the weapons that were collected […]
President David Granger has broken his silence on the salary increases for his Ministers of Government and Parliamentarians and he has defended the decision as one that the Guyanese people will eventually realize was the right decision. Amidst a backlash from the public, the trade unions and several political analysts and rights organizations, the government […]
Venezuelan opposition politician Manuel Rosales has been arrested on his return to the country after six years of self-imposed exile. Mr Rosales, who said he wanted to take part in December’s parliamentary elections, was detained shortly after landing in the city of Maracaibo. He ran against the late President Hugo Chavez in 2006. Mr Rosales […]
President David Granger has outlined a national defence strategy that he believes will bolster the capabilities and abilities of the Guyana Defence Force. Yesterday the president addressed officers of the Guyana Defence Force to update them on the Venezuelan border controversy and the role of the GDF in protecting the nation’s territorial integrity. The president […]
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