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Speaking before a room of mainly business officials and members of the private sector at the new Guyana Marriott Hotel, President Donald Ramotar announced on Wednesday that once he is re-elected he will issue more commercial banking licenses. He believes the move could allow increased competition in the banking sector which will then trickle down […]
Canadian Police on Tuesday announced a major drug bust that has seen charges being filed against 15 persons from across Canada who are linked to drug trafficking in Guyana, Colombia, Mexico and a number of other states. According to reports, the operation spanned two years and it uncovered ties to Colombian and Mexican cartels. The investigation was […]
Prime Ministerial Candidate for the People’s Progressive Party Civic, Elisabeth Harper has described as “regrettable and unfortunate”, statements made by Health Minister Dr. Bheri Ramsarran to slap and have women’s rights activist, Sherlina Nageer, stripped for interrupting his road side media interview. In a statement on her Facebook page, Ms. Harper said while Ramsarran has acknowledged […]
Guyana’s Minister of Health Dr. Bheri Ramsarran on Tuesday offered an apology for “harsh words” that he used while berating and threatening women rights activist Sherlina Nageer. Ramsarran’s apology came after the audio recording of his verbal attack on the activist was made public via social media. In the statement issued through the Government Information […]
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (TE) – Trini males who habitually drive with a beer in one hand and their other hand on the wheel will face a hefty $5,000 fine and six months jail, once the new Motor Vehicle Bill becomes law. Once you break that cork, you are breaking the law. The bill, which was debated […]
US Drug Enforcement Administration director Michele Leonhart is to step down following allegations that agents attended sex parties funded by cartels. Her retirement was announced by Attorney General Eric Holder. The move follows a justice department report last month alleging that drug agents attended parties with prostitutes, some funded by local drug cartels, in a […]
A patient 94 not out from Marlon Samuels helped West Indies recover against England to end the first day of the second test on 188 for five in Grenada on Tuesday. While the tourists will be frustrated at not having made more inroads in the final session before bad light stopped play, West Indies again […]
(Trinidad Express) The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the Caricom committee on cricket governance say they have ended a “productive” meeting where an agreement has been reached on “the way forward” for West Indies cricket. However both parties have declined to comment on the specifics of the agreement following their meeting which ran for […]
Businessman and new candidate for the People’s Progressive Party, Clinton Urling, has blasted the APNU+AFC coalition as nothing more than “an old boy’s club” with men fixated on power. Urling was at the time speaking at a poorly attended street corner public meeting in South Ruimveldt on Tuesday evening. He repeatedly defended his decision to […]
An 83-year-old British Guyanese man was rushed into surgery at a private hospital in Georgetown after he was shot five times to his body and robbed just after arriving in Guyana. The incident occurred just before 10 o’ clock on Tuesday morning in Shirley Field Ridley Square in South Georgetown. The man has been identified […]
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