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A drinking spree by a group of friends in the Rupununi ended tragically on Thursday night when one of the men was lashed to the head during an argument and fell to the ground and died. The Guyana Police Force announced Friday morning that investigators are probing the circumstances surrounding the death of 23-year-old Martin […]
The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is dissatisfied by the level of cooperation shown by the various Banking institutions as it relates to processing information necessary for facilitating the Mortgage Interest Relief (MIR) scheme. This scheme which was provided for in the 2013 National Budget is geared at providing a 30% relief on the gross interest […]
The Guyana Police Force is reporting this morning that 2013 saw a 7% increase in serious crimes in Guyana. According to the Police Public Relations office, Guyana recorded 154 murders in 2013 which marks an 11 percent increase over the previous year. 61 of those murders were of the disorderly type, 24 were committed during […]
Despite the urging of some in the private sector and the political opposition, the Government of Guyana is still not giving its support to the USAID Democracy project which the US government intends to proceed with in Guyana without the Government’s assistance. The Government’s Chief Spokesman, Dr. Roger Luncheon on Wednesday insisted that the administration […]
Former General Manager for Public Relations at the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company, Terry Holder has died. Mr. Holder passed away on Wednesday at his Georgetown home where he was ailing for a while. Holder spent decades in the communications and broadcasting fields in Guyana and the Caribbean. He was the first Programme Director of […]
58-year-old Trinidadian born, Canadian citizen Edward James was remanded to prison on Wednesday when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court and was charged with trafficking narcotics. According to the Prosecution’s case, Edward James on Tuesday 7th January, 2014 was busted at the Cheddi Jagan airport with close to 20 pounds of cocaine stashed in […]
Over 20 Guyanese who have been deported from the United States arrived on a special US Charter flight on Tuesday under US Border security guard. The special flight arrived at the airport in the afternoon to deliver the deportees. It may have also made a number of stops in some Caribbean islands before it made […]
A Canadian man who was in-transit at the Cheddi Jagan International on his way to Canada was busted on Tuesday afternoon with over 20 pounds of cocaine in the false bottoms of his suitcases. According to reports the man arrived in Guyana on a Caribbean Airlines flight and was about to board his connection to […]
Police Detective constable Seeburn Elias was shot dead on Monday evening as he attempted to arrest a young man who had earlier escaped police custody at the Georgetown Hospital. According to a police report just after 7 pm on Monday, 23 year old prisoner Delon Abrams who was under police guard seeking treatment at the […]
The Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) will be closed to vehicular traffic from 10 o clock on Wednesday night up to 4 am on Thursday, to facilitate repairs after a vessel collided with the bridge, causing damage. Currently the structure is closed to marine traffic and is expected to resume contractions for river vessels on Thursday. General […]
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