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As another deadline looms over Guyana enacting amendments to the money laundering legislation, western diplomats are trying to get a better understanding of why the opposition parties are not ready to fully throw their support behind the current legislation. On Monday, The American, British, Canadian and European Union diplomatic representatives met with Opposition Leader David […]
Guyana’s rice farmers have produced a record production, surpassing the 500,000 tonnes that were targeted for the entire 2013, and based on the current outlook, last year’s production record may be exceeded by 100,000 tonnes, Agriculture Minister Dr Leslie disclosed today. “On Monday the 21st October, for the first time in our history, we reached a goal […]
(TRINIDAD EXPRESS) A Guyanese woman and her ailing two-year-old son, a Trinidad national, were deported hours after the child was discharged from hospital on Monday night. The child’s mother, Rosinda Nicholson, who arrived in Trinidad five years ago, is now appealing to Minister of Health Fuad Khan to intervene. Her sister, Errolyn Pierre, said the […]
A stitch in time may save nine, but several stitches on two pieces of women’s underwear could not save a drug mule who was busted at New York’s JFK airport after he arrived from Guyana with over seven pounds of cocaine hidden in two girdles. According to U.S Court documents, the drug trafficking accused Kenny […]
The administration is moving ahead with the establishment of a modern forensic laboratory for the Guyana Police Force and the Ministry of Home Affairs has announced that the International Pharmaceutical Agency and Pressy’s Enterprise which are both Georgetown businesses, have won the bids for the supply of specific material and equipment to furnish the forensic […]
Twelve students successfully completed the Diploma programme at the National School of Theatre Arts and Drama, making their mark in history as the first to receive certified training in the creative arts at the tertiary level in Guyana. The 12 were honoured during a simple graduation ceremony at the National Cultural Centre (NCC) where President […]
The Guyana Fire Service is recommending that the First Federation building which is located on Croal Street be immediately repaired to meet building standards or torn down all together. The Fire Service has deemed the building a derelict one and during a recent inspection found several problems with the structure. According to a release from […]
Water Street Businessman, Randy Jagdeo who was on the run since the September 4th, 2013 gunning down of biker Kirk Davis has turned himself into local Police and is expected to be charged for the biker’s murder before the end of the week. Police sources confirmed to News Source that Jagdeo turned himself into cops […]
Police investigators are probing the death of a 13-year-old girl who reportedly jumped to her death from a speed boat in the Upper Berbice river in Region 10. According to a Police Report, the teenager’s body was recovered on Friday afternoon after she had jumped overboard from a boat earlier in the same day. She […]
Detectives are probing the shooting of Orange Walk, Bourda vendor Troy Bacchus who was shot multiple times to his body late Sunday just outside his shop in the market. The man was rushed to the Georgetown Hospital where he remains a patient nursing multiple gunshot wounds to his body. Police sources said he was shot […]
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