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The Donald Ramotar administration is coming under increasing pressure to issue radio licenses to those private media owners who were sidelined by former President Bharrat Jagdeo when he issued radio licenses at the end of his 12 year Presidency. The decision by Mr. Jagdeo has come under sharp criticism after the names of those granted […]
NEW YORK (WABC) — A 47-year-old fugitive wanted for attacking and kidnapping his ex-girlfriend on the Upper East Side in 2004 has been arrested by authorities in Kent, England. Sean Lopes was nabbed Monday on Victoria Road after a member of the public raised concerns. Kent police detectives contacted the NYPD and the Metropolitan Police, and […]
A suspected thief was found beaten to death in Sophia early Wednesday morning. The unidentified man was tied to a power pole in B Field, Sophia and beaten to death by angry residents. One resident said the man was caught “red-handed” early Wednesday morning trying to break into a house along with two others. The […]
Just two weeks after telling the press that he had not seen the Opposition Bills sent to him for assent, President Donald Ramotar has indicated to the Speaker of the National Assembly that he does not intend to sign the bills into law because in his view the two bills were in violation of the […]
Former Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, retired Major General Joe Singh has been appointed as the Special Assistant to the President of Guyana. The high-profile appointment took effect from March 1, 2013 but has been kept relatively low-key by the Government of Guyana. There has been no official announcement but Major General […]
A Barbadian landscaper was on Monday charged for the brutal stabbing death of his Guyanese wife. 58-year-old Allan Alston Belle of St. Barnabas Heights, St. Michael was not required to enter a plea when he was charged with the murder of his wife, 64-year-old Brenda Taylor-Belle. During his court appearance at the District A Magistrates’ […]
A 71-year-old pensioner was found dead late Sunday afternoon in his Port Mourant home in Berbice. According to the Police, the elderly man has been identified as Goberdhan Sukram. He was found in his house with several wounds to his head. The house was ransacked according to the investigators. They believe that the man may have […]
A Brooklyn State Senator who was born to Guyanese parents has been charged for embezzlement in a case that is closely linked to Guyanese born businessman Ed Ahman who is facing fraud charges of his own. The case could end Sampson’s political career. The New York Daily News reports “Brooklyn state Sen. John Sampson, once […]
United States based carrier, Delta Airlines officially ended its Guyana service on Monday, bringing an end to five years of scheduled service between Georgetown and New York by the airline. The airline announced a few months back that it would have been wrapping up its Guyana operations to focus on other business deals. The airline […]
A Minister of Religion attached to the Church of Jesus Christ in Linden was critically injured after he lost control of the motorbike he was riding and slammed into a car that was heading in the opposite direction. The accident occurred just before 6pm on Sunday on the Linden Soesdyke Highway close to the Amelia’s […]
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