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Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo has shot down criticism by Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo on his selection by the government to lead a government team into National Unity talks with the People’s Progressive Party (PPP). In a facebook post on Saturday, the Prime Minister said “Jagdeo cannot be the loser and chooser at the same time. […]
Police and Army troops early Sunday morning began a journey to the Kaieteur Falls to retrieve a body that was spotted last evening by Park Rangers. The discovery comes almost two weeks after a female Tourist went missing during a visit to the falls. While authorities remain unsure whether the body is that of the […]
A Truck bearing Surinamese license plates was intercepted at # 5 Villages, West Coast Berbice on Sunday last and found smuggling four hundred (400) boxes of chicken with an aggregate value of over $2.8M, the Guyana Revenue Authority said. According to the GRA, the truck and its contents were detained by officers from the Law […]
The Guyana Police Force reported on Friday that there continues to be an increase in criminal activities across the country. According to the police, at the end of August 2015, a 12% increase in serious crimes was recorded in comparison to the same period in 2014. The Police statement said that the country has recorded […]
As Guyana continues to fight to reverse the number of cases of suicide, the government on Thursday unveiled a five year Suicide Prevention Plan (2015 – 2020) as it joined in global observances to mark World Suicide Prevention Day. The Ministry of Public Health teamed up with Miss Guyana World Lisa Punch and at a […]
Police investigators are this morning probing the death of a 43-year-old Herstelling man. According to a police report, the body of Nathan Persaud was found just after 10 o clock Thursday morning in his premises with several wounds to his head. He was taken to the Georgetown Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival. […]
(SKNVIBES) CHARLESTOWN, Nevis – POLICE on Nevis are investigating the death of a Guyanese national, who is said to have committed suicide by ingesting a poisonous substance. SKNVibes was told that the suicide victim is a Guyanese national of East Indian ancestry known as Oma Devi Balgobin and was residing in Low Street, Charlestown. Information […]
A Guyanese national was nabbed trying to smuggle a rum and coke drug cocktail in his luggage at Kennedy Airport, authorities said. Cleveland Charles arrived in New York on Saturday aboard a Caribbean Airlines flight from Georgetown, Guyana, and was selected for inspection by Customs and Border Protection officers. Sharp-eyed officers focused on a bottle […]
At least two Western Diplomats in Guyana have responded with consternation to claims by Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo that the new government is allowing itself to take instructions from foreign representatives in managing the affairs of Guyana. The Opposition Leader, at a Tuesday press conference said “foreign representatives from where-ever seem to be instructing the government […]
The government on Wednesday dismissed concerns raised by the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) and pushed ahead with the debate and passage of the Local Authorities Elections (Amendment) Bill 2015 in the National Assembly. At the start of the sitting, Prime Minister and Leader of government business in the House, Moses Nagamootoo moved a motion, urging […]
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