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Twenty nine new U.S Peace Corps volunteers took the oath to serve today as they officially began their two-year stint in Guyana. The volunteers will serve in eight of Guyana’s ten administrative regions and will work in the areas of health and education. At the swearing-in ceremony at Guyana’s International Convention Centre at Lilliendaal, the […]
Three former members of the Coast Guard were on Tuesday sentenced to death after being found guilty of the murder of 24-year-old gold miner Dweive Kant Ramdass. The young man was robbed of $17 million and his body was dumped into the Essequibo river by the coast guards men who were on duty at the […]
(Trinidad Express) A TRINIDAD and Tobago cargo vessel was shot at on Friday night and forced to leave Guyana after the captain allegedly refused to transport drugs into this country, Coast Guard Lieutenant Commander Kirk Jean-Baptiste said yesterday. According to reports, the Adorra travelled to Guyana last month with a shipment of coconut water. The […]
The Editor in Chief of the Kaieteur News Adam Harris and reporter Rehanna Ramsay were on Friday charged for contempt of court after a report in the Kaieteur Newspaper forced Justice Brassington Reynolds to declare a mistrial in a murder case that was presently before him. Harris was fined $150,000 and his reporter Rehanna Ramsay […]
Under criticism from fishermen in the Berbice area who find themselves constantly being attacked while out at sea, the Guyana Police Force is explaining that it has been stepping up efforts to arrest the troubling situation and has been working along with the police in Suriname. In a statement issued on Friday, Police Public Relations […]
The Government of Canada through the Canadian High Commission in Guyana is looking to boost investor confidence in the local economy. On Thursday, the Canadian High Commission launched a two-day forum aimed at developing investment opportunities in Guyana and examining new opportunities that may be available locally for Canadian investors. According to the Canada’s High […]
The Government and the political leaders in Guyana are once again being pushed to ensure that the country hosts local government elections this year. The last time Guyana hosted local government elections was in 1994. In a Joint statement, The British, Canadian, American and European Missions in Guyana along with a number of civil society […]
Worried students of the Guyana School of Agriculture on the East Coast of Demerara are pleading for Religious leaders to visit the school to fight off an attack of what they consider to be “demonic forces” at the school. On Tuesday evening, some students began complaining of seeing other students acting strangely and talking in […]
The relatives of the three men who were shot dead by police during the July 18, 2012 protests at Linden received their compensation packages from the Guyana government on Wednesday at the Office of the President in Georgetown. The family members of Allan Lewis, Ron Somerset and Shemroy Bouyea received the money that was awarded by […]
The son of Works Minister Robeson Benn has been taken into custody as police probe allegations that he physically and sexually assaulted his ex girlfriend. The young man Robeson Benn Jr. was arrested by police on Tuesday, one day after the young woman filed an official complaint and the younger Benn was reportedly questioned. News […]
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