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Several Guyanese students who are on scholarships abroad have not been able to receive their stipends with no clear indication from the Guyana Government as to when the situation will be rectified. Government’s Chief Spokesman Dr. Roger Luncheon made the disclosure on Wednesday and said it was due to the absence of an Appropriation Act […]
After being taken as hostages,a policeman and a post office driver are being questioned following an early morning robbery at the busy downtown Bourda post office on Wednesday. Gunmen made off with over $90 Million in cash which should have been used for pension payments at the post office and a high powered rifle. According to […]
Promising increased speed at cheaper prices, the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company on Wednesday morning rolled out its faster internet service which is already available in some East Bank Demerara and East Coast communities. The increased and improved service now offers internet speed of up to 10 Megabits per second which is 10 times faster […]
The United States Embassy in Georgetown on Wednesday took the unusual step in demanding a retraction of an April Fools Joke published by the daily Kaieteur News. The Kaieteur News April 1, 2015 edition carried a front page fictitious story indicating that “US revokes four Govt. Officials visas”, although the report never named the embassy […]
Former Member of Parliament for A Partnership for National Unity, Vanessa Kissoon and four other Linden women were on Tuesday charged for provoking a breach of the peace after they heckled and protested at a public meeting of the People’s Progressive Party in the bauxite mining town of Linden. The incident reportedly took place last […]
Almost one week after the headless and limbless body of a woman was found at the Annandale seawalls, investigators believe they have finally gotten a breakthrough in the case. The woman has now been identified as 40-year-old Samantha Benjamin, who was an overseas based Guyanese who also lived in the community of Buxton. A man […]
Acting on intelligence information, members of the Container Control Programme and the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit moved in to a charcoal mining area at Silver Hill on the Linden Soesdyke Highway and busted a large quantity of cocaine among hundreds of bags of charcoal that was being prepared for shipment. The bust was made on […]
Although she was part of the opposition parties in parliament that used their joint majority to reduce the budget over the past three years, former APNU member Africo Selman is now using her new political platform to criticize the moves that she never objected to while in opposition. Selman served as a Member of Parliament […]
The governing People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) wants the Guyana Elections Commission to exclude the names of members of the disciplined services from the Official List of Electors (OLE) to be used on May 11 and place those names on a separate voters list. According to Party General Secretary Clement Rohee, the inclusion of the names […]
Former President Bharrat Jagdeo will hit the campaign trail in New York for President Donald Ramotar. Mr. Jagdeo is scheduled to travel to New York for a campaign fundraising event in Queens. The meeting will take place on April 11, 2015 at the Hillside Banquet Hall. According to reports, the event has been organised by supporters […]
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