By News Source Guyana on November 1, 2014
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(Trinidad Express) Guyana-born attorney Odai Ramischand was on Thursday housebound, but “not intimidated”, following an attempt on his life in the car park of a supermarket near his Maracas, St Joseph home. Ramischand, in a telephone interview yesterday, said a single shot fired by an unknown person from a van missed him “by an inch […]
By News Source Guyana on November 1, 2014
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The Clerk of the National Assembly, Sherlock Isaacs, hurriedly shot down claims that the National Assembly’s mace had been stolen and admitted that it was removed from the Speaker’s office and placed in his office for safekeeping. He also said that it needed to be cleaned. Speaker of the National Assembly, Raphael Trotman, called the […]
By News Source Guyana on October 31, 2014
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Over 100 cars and other vehicles were completed destroyed on Friday afternoon as a fire ripped through the Akbar Auto Sales Showroom at Cornelia Ida on the West Coast of Demerara. Fire fighters were called to the scene just after 1pm but there was very little they could do to douse the blaze as it […]
By News Source Guyana on October 31, 2014
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A 23-year-old student of the Government Technical Institute was killed on the spot early on Friday morning when he reportedly lost control of the car he was driving and slammed into a truck which was traveling in the opposite direction. Dead is Torick McLennon of Mahaicony. The accident occurred in the Mahaicony area just after […]
By News Source Guyana on October 31, 2014
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Leader of the Opposition, David Granger has declared that he does not intend to further meeting with President Donald Ramotar on setting a date for Local Government Elections because discussions with the President about the local elections have become “pointless”. On Friday morning, the Opposition Leader announced that all talks with the President on Local […]
By News Source Guyana on October 30, 2014
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The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has written to Dynamic Airways expressing concern about moves by the airline to begin advertising its return to Guyana before it has even applied to the local Aviation Authority for approval. Director General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority, Zulficar Mohammed, on Thursday told News Source that his office […]
By News Source Guyana on October 30, 2014
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After financial problems forced it to shut down operations and close its doors earlier this year, the historic Hotel Tower in Georgetown is about to get a new lease on life. Canadian company, Panther Recycling Corporation, is getting ready to purchase the hotel for US$8 Million. The deal which is almost closed will include all […]
By News Source Guyana on October 30, 2014
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Embattled Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall has broken his silence on the recorded conversation between him and a reporter attached to the Kaieteur News. In an interview with the Government Information Agency, the Attorney General is quoted as saying that he is more concerned about how the recording was obtained. According […]
By News Source Guyana on October 30, 2014
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The refusal of the Clerk of the National Assembly, Sherlock Isaacs, to accede to a request of the Speaker to convene a Sitting of the National Assembly, may have resulted into the country being faced with a Constitutional crisis. The Speaker had written the Clerk, requesting that he begin making arrangements to convene a Sitting […]
By News Source Guyana on October 29, 2014
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The Clerk of the National Assembly, Sherlock Isaacs, is sticking to his guns that it is only the Government that could request that a Sitting of the National Assembly be convened and he has made it clear to the Speaker Raphael Trotman that he cannot grant his request for arrangements to be made for a […]