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The Guyanese businessman and pilot Khamraj Lall, who was charged in Puerto Rico for smuggling a large sum of cash was granted bail on Monday when he appeared before US Magistrate Judge Marcos E. Lopez in a Puerto Rican courtroom. However, as part of the granting of the bail, the businessman’s attorney requested that documents […]
Relatives of the Meteen-Meer-Zorg fisherman who died after being badly beaten up while in police custody, stepped up their protest action outside the office of the Commissioner of Police on Monday afternoon. The fisherman, Asif Raheem Khatoon, died last Thursday at home just a week after he was badly beaten while in the custody of […]
The governing People’s Progressive Party has announced its support of the 5% and 8% increases in wages and salaries for public servants across Guyana. Public servants earning more than $50,000 per month will get the 5% increase while those earning less than $50,000 per month will be given the 5% increase on their monthly salaries. […]
A Dynamic Airways flight to New York from Georgetown, Guyana was cancelled on Sunday night after the 767 aircraft veered off the runway and got stuck in mud during its taxi to take off from the Cheddi Jagan International Airport. Passengers were forced to leave the aircraft after it had to be pulled from the […]
A Prospect man is dead after shooting himself to the head and his neighbour is nursing a gunshot wound in a strange story about an argument that became deadly when the police were called in and the policeman lost control of his firearm. The dead man has been identified as 46-year-old taxi driver Samuel La Fleur […]
The main opposition party, A Partnership for National Unity(APNU) has lambasted the Ramotar government for once again imposing a small salary increase for public servants while dodging any negotiation with the Guyana Public Service Union. In a Sunday statement, the APNU said it “condemns the Peoples Progressive Party/Civic administration’s arbitrary imposition of another paltry ‘freck’ […]
The 7th cycle of Continuous Registration by the Guyana Elections Commission commences on Monday, December 1, 214. In a statement, the Commission said the decision was taken unanimously at the 431st Statutory Meeting of the Commission which was held on October 14, 2014 to embark on the 7th continuous registration process. The new registration period will run […]
Three years after the 2011 National Elections which saw the People’s Progressive Party Civic returning to government but in a minority role, the Leader of the Opposition believes that the combined opposition parties which hold the majority in the National Assembly have been doing a good job at making the administration more accountable. At times, […]
(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – The police have arrested farmer Dipak J. for his involvement in employing five Guyanese men allegedly without pay. Police public relations officer Humphrey Naarden tells de Ware Tijd the man has been locked up in the Nieuwe Haven lock-up for employing illegal aliens on his land in Nickerie. Dipak J. […]
The Office of the President on Saturday announced that over 20,000 Public Servants and Members of the Disciplined Forces have been granted wages and salaries increases for 2014 ranging from 5% to 8% of their wages and salaries as of December 31, 2013, retroactive to January 1, 2014. According to the release, Public Servants and […]
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