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Two men who the police say were bandits, were killed on Saturday night during an alleged shoot out with the Police at Diamond on the East Bank of Demerara. According to Police sources, one of the men has been identifed as Paul Bascom who is also known as “Shine buck”. The other man is still […]
Georgetown Mayor, Hamilton Green who has not hidden his disdain for the way the Local Government Ministry has been handling affairs of the city, has described as a “dent on decency”, the confirmation of Carol Sooba as the Town Clerk. Sooba’s appointment last week was riddled in controversy as the political opposition and city Councillors […]
President Donald Ramotar left Guyana on Saturday for South Africa to attend the official state memorial service of former South African President Nelson Mandela. The President signed the Book of Condolence for the late anti-apartheid leader, icon and Former President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela before leaving the country. First Lady Deolatchme Ramotar also signed […]
The Board of Industrial Training (BIT) is being lauded for its critical role of guiding hundreds of young people in the direction of developing occupational skills and entrepreneurship. The programme which is intended to empower school leavers and single parents is continuing to impact Guyanese positively by providing technical and vocational training in several areas. […]
Police in Port Mourant, Berbice have arrested the boyfriend of a 26-year-old woman who was beaten to death on Friday night during an argument between the two. The woman who has been identified as Jasmattie Dowlatram was rushed to the Port Mourant Hospital after her boyfriend attacked and beat her with a piece of wood during […]
A porter attached to the Palms Institute for the elderly was talked out of jumping to his death on Friday as he protested from the roof of the three storey Brickdam building and threatened to jump to his death. The man has been identified as Dillon King. Co-workers believe that he may have been under […]
Guyana on Thursday joined with the rest of the world in celebrating the life of former South African President Nelson Mandela. The Government of South Africa announced Mandela’s death on Thursday evening. He had been ailing for years. Guyana’s President Donald Ramotar in a message in memory of Mandela, said “this loss is not just […]
(Barbados) The Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) has been awarded a grant by the Australian High Commission Direct Aid Program to fund a multi-country cervical cancer prevention initiative aimed at building the capacity of key Caribbean civil society actors to respond more effectively to the community-based needs for cervical cancer prevention, treatment and control. The project […]
The Chairman of the Laparkan Group on Thursday announced that the company has sold its main Fogarty’s building on Water Street as part of a refinancing deal which will see the company leasing the same building from the new owners. Chairman Glen Khan said Fogarty’s is not leaving but is looking at new ways to […]
The Opposition political coalition, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has indicated to the Clerk of the National Assembly that it intends to move a motion at the next sitting of the National Assembly which seeks to lower the fees being charged to cross the Berbice River Bridge. According to the APNU, “since it’s commissioning […]
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