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Two days after former President Bharrat Jagdeo was air-dashed to a medical facility in Florida after falling ill, there are still no updates on his condition. Mr. Jagdeo who was recently in India, returned to Guyana last week and began complaining of feeling unwell. Sources said within days, his condition deteriorated as he became weak […]
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday extended republic anniversary greetings to Guyana on behalf of US President Barack Obama. In the statement, Mr. Kerry said The United States and Guyana share a dynamic partnership based on common interests and aspirations for peace, democracy, and respect for universal rights and freedoms. Adding that their […]
Close to 50 students of the Cotton Tree Primary School and their teachers along with the driver of a school bus were able to escape unhurt when the bus they were heading home in burst into flames at Mahaica on the East Coast of Demerara. The students were heading back home after a day touring […]
A 27-year-old man who was recently freed of a murder charge because of the lack of evidence is now wanted by the Guyana Police Force for questioning in relation to a case of robbery under arms which was committed on Sunday at Parfait Harmonie. The Police Force on Thursday issued a wanted bulletin for Rawle […]
Less than two weeks after Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee admitted that the Police Force only had three functioning breathalyzer kits to test suspected drunk drivers, the National Milling Company has stepped forward to offer some help. On Tuesday, NAMILCO donated fifteen breathalyzer kits to Guyana Police Force to aid in the efforts to curb […]
A 39-year-old man is nursing multiple gunshot wounds after he was shot while trying to rush to his wife’s aid on Church Street, just outside the GT&T office on Thursday afternoon. According to reports, the man Sunil Ramesh was parking his mini-bus while his wife was standing just outside the bus, giving him directions. The […]
An America Street money changer was gunned down on Lombard Street in Georgetown on Thursday morning as he made his way to work. The dead man has been identified as Eccles resident Bridgelall Persaud. According to sources, just after 8 o’ clock on Thursday morning, Persaud was driving his motor car along Lombard Street in […]
Chief Justice Ian Chang on Wednesday granted bail in the sum of $100,000 for the 19-year-old babysitter who was sentenced to five years in jail after she pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm to a one year old child who was in her care. The young woman Fatima Martin is being represented by Attorney […]
Her Excellency Manorma Soeknandan is the new Deputy Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat. Ambassador Soeknandan, a national of Suriname, assumed duties at the CARICOM Secretariat on 1 February, 2014. She succeeds Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite. A familiar figure in the Community, Ambassador Soeknandan served as resident Ambassador of the Republic of Suriname to Guyana […]
The father of the one year old baby who was slapped and abused by her 19-year-old baby sitter is fighting back suggestions and accusations that he and his wife were abusive to the baby sitter before or after the incident. The baby sitter Fatima Martin, was last Friday sentenced to 60 months in jail after […]
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