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A suspected thief was shot dead early Friday morning after he reportedly rushed to police officers with a chopper. The man was caught red handed in a Regent Street store along with another thief just after 3am when someone spotted the and contacted police. “On arrival, the police managed to arrest one of the men. […]
(GINA) The new administration is keen on opening a Diplomatic Consulate in French Guiana. This was revealed during an interview on Wednesday with President David Granger by French Television Senior Journalist Nicolas Pietrus. “I will ensure that there is a consulate in French Guiana to look after the interest of the Guyanese there”. It was noted […]
The Carter Center on Thursday released its list of recommendations for the Guyana Elections Commission, the Guyana Government and political parties as it seeks to support improved quality of elections in Guyana. In its recommendations to GECOM, the Observer Mission said it wants the Commission to work on cleaning up the voters list and making […]
A Police Sergeant was on Thursday charged and remanded to prison for conspiracy to commit murder when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates Court before Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry. The officer, Leon Lindo was fingered in the murder of city businessman Mohamed Farid Khan who once owned the MFK Trading company on Hadfield Street in […]
The Office of the Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority has ordered that a full investigation be conducted into the disappearance of several cases of high-priced liquor from the warehouse of the GRA. The liquor was seized from smugglers but was discovered missing just over two weeks ago. News Source understands that more that 100 […]
The Credit Union Society of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union has alleged that the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has failed to account for over $154M of employees savings. As a consequence the union has informed its members across the sugar industry that it has requested that the Corporation cease deductions from workers’ earnings and Credit Union savings […]
JOHANNESBURG – SARS officials discovered close to 10kg of cocaine hidden in 10 handbags in a false compartment of a passenger’s luggage on Monday. Customs officers stopped a Guyanese female passenger who had disembarked at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg in transit from Sao Paolo to Maputo. The passenger was brought to the search […]
The United States Embassy in Guyana has outlined its expectations of the new APNU+AFC government which it has acknowledged, comes into office with a very slim majority. Chargé d’ Affaires Bryan Hunt in a Thursday morning interview said it would be imperative that the new government’s focus remains on inclusive governance. “As the President and […]
The United States government has dismissed claims by the opposition People’s Progressive Party Civic that the May 11 elections in Guyana were fraudulent. The PPP has been protesting and calling for a recount. The Opposition party that lost power in government after 23 years has also been chiding the international community for declaring that the […]
The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) has warned that squatting is illegal and persons can be prosecuted. It is therefore urging persons to apply to the Authority for houselots. In a release issued today, the CH&PA pointed out that it has been observed that large groups of persons have been demarcating vacant lands from […]
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