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(BBC) Venezuela has extended a partial border shutdown with Colombia and sent another 3,000 troops to the area in a crime crackdown. Mr Maduro has shut a crossing in the state of Zulia and declared an emergency in three of its cities. He says the border area has been infiltrated by Colombian paramilitaries and criminal […]
(GINA) Private developers who are in possession of hundreds of acres of land in prime areas on the East Bank of Demerara were urged to start, or in some cases, resume works or the government will take necessary actions. This came as Minister within the Ministry of Communities, Keith Scott, visited several commercial zones and […]
The Government of Guyana on Wednesday expressed heartfelt congratulations to the new government in Trinidad and Tobago being headed by Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley. Guyana’s Minister of Governance, Raphael Trotman, told a post Cabinet media briefing that it is with great anticipation that Guyana looks forward to continuing the already good relations it has with […]
On the heels of criticism from Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo, the government on Wednesday declared that Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo is the best person to lead a government team into National Unity talks with the People’s Progressive Party (PPP). On Tuesday, Jagdeo laughed off Nagamootoo’s announcement of being appointed to head a committee that will […]
A man who was caught with three other persons in a car with two stolen goats was shot in the buttocks during an escape bid as he attempted to attack a policeman with a scissors. According to a police it report, it was just after 5:30 this morning that the police cornered the car with […]
A Guyanese national is among three persons arrested in Greece following a major cocaine bust in a shipment of scrap iron from Guyana. Greek Authorities have not released the names of the suspects but have said that the three were part of a major drug trafficking ring which oversaw the shipment of the cocaine from […]
The Guyana Police Force has reported that there continues to be success with the one month gun amnesty programme that is currently underway across the country. In a statement last evening, the Guyana Police Force revealed that so far, over 7 illegal firearms including shotguns have been turned over to the police. Additionally, well over […]
Just over a week following a meeting with President David Granger and several Government Ministers, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has opened up about that meeting and sternly called on the government to set aside what he said was a “campaign mode” that it continues to revel in and “get on with business of managing the […]
Two People’s Progressive Party nominated Commissioners of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) have resigned. The two Commissioners are Mahamood Shaw and Athmaram Mangar. The resignations were confirmed by Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo on Tuesday. He said that two names have already been submitted as replacements for the resigned members. He gave the reasons for the […]
Police in West Palm Beach, Florida are investigating the murder of a Guyanese man who lived in the area and was discovered dead last Friday. Thirty-one year old, Michael Sears was reported missing on August 28. His body was found on Friday, September 4, 2015 in a lake close to his house in West Palm […]
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