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The People’s Republic of China which already has several large-scale investments in Guyana has agreed to finance the bridging of the Corentyne River between Guyana and Suriname. The decision was announced on Monday by Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett. Ever since renewed talks of bridging the Corentyne river began during the Jagdeo Presidency, […]
Police investigators are probing the death of two fishermen whose decomposing bodies were found in a canal at De Kenderen on the West Coast of Demerara. The two men have been identified as 47-year-old Sahadeo Bhagwandat and 46-year-old Ramdeo Sijogie. Both men lived in the Meten-meer-zorg area. Investigators have not ascertained the cause of death […]
Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and Executive Member of the APNU and PNC, Attorney-at-Law, Deborah Backer is expected to issue a statement this week indicating that she intends to resign as a Member of Parliament to focus on her health. Multiple Opposition sources have indicated to News Source that she has made the decision […]
An off-duty security officer attached to a private company in Georgetown is nursing a gunshot wound to his shoulder after he was attacked during an early Sunday morning robbery attempt in the La Penitence area. The security officer, Omar Bynoe said he was in the Middle Road, La Penitence area close to 4 o’ clock […]
A female soldier of the Guyana Defence Force has been taken into custody as investigators continue their probe of the murder of Agricola resident Donna Taylor. The woman soldier is believed to be the girlfriend of the dead woman’s son. According to police sources, the female rank of the GDF was arrested on Saturday as […]
The U.S. Embassy, in partnership with the U.S. NGO One World Youth Project (OWYP), the University of Guyana, and educational institutions in the United States and Guyana, is bringing students together in a dynamic cross-cultural exchange. The program, “Virtually There: Expanding Cultural Exchanges Between the United States and Guyana,” is providing an opportunity for eleven […]
Police are investigating the brutal murder of an Agricola woman who was found late on Friday night with her throat slit in her Public Road, Agricola home, while a visiting friend was found badly beaten and unconscious in the yard. The discovery was made by the woman’s husband, who rushed the two women to the […]
The Guyana Women Miners Organisation on Friday announced that it had rescued five teenage girls from the Cuyuni mining area and efforts were being made to transport the suspected trafficking victims out of the interior location and hand them over to the Ministry of Human Services. According to the organisation, one of the rescued girls […]
The Ministry of Agriculture has commenced testing the production of several imported beans and vegetables, in a move to displace some of the food imported into the country, and reduce the food import bill. In 2013, emphasis was placed on the reduction of imports of corn, soybean, black eye, and certain vegetables such as cauliflower, […]
The Home Affairs Ministry in a statement on Thursday evening challenged the Guyana Police Force to rid the force of those police officers who may be destroying the force’s image through their actions. In the statement, the Ministry said “it is most alarming to note that in the wake of an ongoing allegation of sexual […]
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