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A retired British soldier who kept a 50 year promise and returned to Guyana for the Golden Jubilee celebrations is pleading for the return of his valuable jewellery that he was robbed of at the Stabroek Market square on Monday. The retired soldier, Edward Constant, was last in Guyana back in 1966 when Guyana became […]
(NY Daily News) A 16-year-old girl was shot dead while babysitting her little cousin inside their Brooklyn apartment Tuesday — and now cops are looking for her boyfriend, police sources said. Shemel Mercurius moved four years ago from her native Guyana to the East Flatbush apartment she shared with her aunt and cousin, relatives […]
A number of women miners have broken their silence on the issue of alleged conflict of interest involving Junior Natural Resources Minister Simona Broomes. On Tuesday the women threw their support behind Broomes who worked in the mining industry for over two decades. The women miners said it is time the issue be put to […]
A Guyanese man who lives in New York was killed in a fatal hit and run incident in Schenectady, New York. But investigators believe the hit and run might have been deliberate. Police have identified the victim as 47-year-old Inshan Ali, of Schenectady. According to a report carried by NEWS10 ABC, Ali was two weeks away […]
Three firemen attached the Mahaica Fire Station were taken into police custody for questioning early on Tuesday morning just after responding to a fire along the East Coast of Demerara. Fire Chief Marlon Gentle confirmed that the three men were being questioned by police after a phone was reported missing from the home where they […]
Police in the mining town of Linden are probing an apparent suicide case after a woman was spotted jumping into the Demerara river from the Mackenzie-Wismar bridge. Her identity is unknown, according to reports. A search has been launched for the body. The incident took place early on Tuesday morning even as vehicles were traversing […]
The Department of Housing in the Ministry of Communities has announced that persons who still need to complete payments for their allocated plot of land as part of the 50/50 Jubilee land deal, now have until June 2, 2016 to complete the payments to take advantage of the offer. The announcement comes after a number […]
At the age of 80, a now visually impaired, retired Lieutenant Colonel Compton Hartley Liverpool, has launched a book that captures a tremendous amount of detail of events leading up to the formation and the earlier times of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) as well his own experiences while serving in the local military. It is […]
The largest airline in Latin America, Latam, says it is suspending its flights to Venezuela because of the worsening economic situation. The suspension came a day after Germany’s Lufthansa said it would suspend its services to the country. The German company said Venezuela owed it millions in ticket revenues. Oil-rich Venezuela has been hit hard […]
A special commission in Haiti has recommended throwing out the disputed results of last year’s first-round presidential election and holding a new vote. Commission President Pierre Francois Benoit said “zombie votes” and other problems meant last October’s ballot could not be considered legitimate. Haiti has been under an interim president since February. A run-off vote […]
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