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While guests sipped on champagne and wine on the inside, close to 25 protesters gathered on the outside in protest during the official ribbon cutting ceremony of the Guyana Marriott Hotel on Thursday morning. The construction of the ultra modern seaside hotel was largely funded by taxpayers dollars to the tune of over US$52 Million. […]
A wide scale investigation has been launched into the murder of well known city businessman, Farouk Ghanie who owned and managed the Hamson’s Hardware Store on Regent Street. The 56-year-old businessman was found stabbed to death in his back yard early Thursday morning at his Collingwood Avenue, Nandy Park residence. Investigators suspect an ex-employee who […]
It appears as though the drug pushers in Guyana are not letting up in their efforts to get the cocaine out. Agents attached to the Narcotics Branch of the Guyana Police Force busted an American citizen with just over five pounds of cocaine stashed in his suitcases. The 28-year-old man was a New York bound […]
Three students and a 35-year-old Clarendon man were on Wednesday night shot dead in the Monymusk Housing Scheme, Hayes in the parish. The police have identified them as: 14-year-old Raymond Givens, a student of the Bustamante High School; Ricardo Brisco, also 14 years old, of Garvey Maceo; and 15-year-old Alex Turner of Central High. Turner was […]
(BBC) The treasurer of Brazil’s ruling Workers’ Party, Joao Vaccari, has stepped down, after being arrested over corruption at oil giant Petrobras. Mr Vaccari is charged over an alleged scheme in which the party received dirty money from inflated deals between oil executives and construction firms. Party president Rui Falcao said he still had confidence […]
The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) have signed an agreement on the Electoral Observation Process of the 2015 General and Regional Elections. The agreement was compiled by the OAS. The signing took place on Wednesday when the OAS Chief of Mission, Ms. Lisa Shoman visited GECOM Secretariat and held discussions […]
The government on Wednesday disclosed that corrective work on the contentious fibre optic project was ongoing even as the administration continues to shy away from being exclusively responsible for the collapse of the project. The project was being headed by President Donald Ramotar’s son, Alexie Ramotar when it had to be halted in December, reportedly due […]
On the same day that the Guyana Police Force reported on the post mortem examination results of the prisoner who committed suicide by hanging in the Lethem Police Station lock ups, another prisoner but this time at the Mazaruni prison decided to end his life the same way. According to a police statement, convicted prisoner […]
The Government’s Chief Spokesman Dr. Roger Luncheon has admitted that recent campaign trips to North America by members of the government and the governing party were all funded by taxpayers following cabinet’s approval. Last week a number of government Ministers joined former President Bharrat Jagdeo and People’s Progressive Party Prime Ministerial Candidate Elisabeth Harper on […]
The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) administration in a bold statement on Wednesday said it is unaware that any member of its Cabinet is under investigation by international agencies or countries. Responding to questions from the media, Government’s Chief Spokesman Dr. Roger Luncheon said the administration has not been informed by any external investigative agency […]
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