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Police and Customs Anti Narcotics Unit Officers at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport were stunned when they came across cocaine hidden in a shipment of vegetables on Monday afternoon. Initial reports indicate that the illicit drug was actually packed into scores of small ochro. News Source understands that the inside of the ochros were dug […]
My Fellow Guyanese, I take this opportunity to let you know that the partners we have been working with, to develop the Amaila Hydro Project, Sithe Global/Blackstone, have withdrawn from this project. They took this decision after numerous efforts by the Government, national stakeholders and the two companies themselves to obtain Parliamentary Opposition support, but […]
A 7:00 am call to the Opposition Leader by the President on a Sunday morning has not budged the APNU’s decision to not support the Amaila Falls Hydro Power project in its current form. The projects developer, American company Sithe Global announced its decision to pull out of the project over the weekend citing the […]
With the Amaila Falls hydro project Developer Sithe Global pulling out of the project, the Donald Ramotar Administration appears more determined to save the project. In a statement issued on Sunday President Ramotar said he intends to do all that he can to save the project. “As President of this country, I will honour my […]
(Orlando Sentinel) He was no Tony Stark. The man who posed as the multibillionaire playboy’s armored alter ego, Iron Man, during a June bank robbery is finally behind bars, authorities say. And his identity is no longer a secret to Flagler County deputies. The man behind the mask was Lakhram Mahadeo, 26, of Palm Coast, […]
Just two days after the National Assembly approved the Hydro Power Bill without support from the Opposition party A Partnership for National Unity, the major developer of the project Sithe Global has informed the Government of Guyana that is walking away from the project. The move by Sithe Global is the latest twist in the […]
(CARICOM Secretariat) Finance Ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) reviewed a range of economic and financial issues at the Fifteenth Meeting of CARICOM’s Council for Finance and Planning (COFAP) at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Trinidad and Tobago on Wednesday. The Council paid particular attention to the state of regional economies and addressed implementation issues […]
A woman from Half Mile, Wismar Linden appeared in the Georgetown’s Magistrates Court on Friday before the Chief Magistrate to face drug trafficking charges. 20 year old Onika Neils was refused bail after she pleaded not guilty to the charge of drug trafficking. She was busted early on Friday at the Georgetown Post Office when […]
Digicel has agreed to abolish roaming charges for users of the company’s networks when they travel in the region from October 1, according to a statement issued last night by Caribbean Telecommunications Union president Phillip Paulwell. Paulwell made the announcement earlier this week at the opening ceremony of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) Caribbean Ministerial […]
A 17-year-old young man from the Diamond Housing Scheme on the East Bank of Demerara is in Police custody after he reportedly chopped and stabbed his girlfriend to death on Thursday afternoon during a heated argument. The young lady has been identified as Angela McAlister of Sparendaam, East Coast Demerara. She is believed to be […]
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