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(Global Post) Venezuela has released a US-operated oil exploration ship and all 36 crew members, its Malaysian owners said Tuesday, five days after it was detained in disputed waters off its coast. SapuraKencara Petroleum said in a statement the vessel it had contracted out to Texas-based Anadarko Petroleum which was conducting a seabed survey on […]
Government officials rallied greater support on behalf of local small businesses even as financial institutions at home and abroad assure that their approaches to lending have been more cautious than negative. At the launch of the Micro and Small Enterprise (MSE) programme today, Minister of Tourism Industry and Commerce (ag) Irfaan Ali argued against perceptions […]
(Reuters) – Venezuela and Guyana will meet on Thursday to resolve the fate of a ship and crew hired by a U.S. oil exploration firm that Venezuela seized in waters disputed for more than a century by the South American neighbors. The foreign ministers of both countries have spoken on the phone and will meet in Trinidad and Tobago […]
A young man in Sophia brought an end to years of abuse that his mother suffered at the hands of her common law husband when he slit the man’s throat during another argument. The dead man has been identified as Lance McDonald. Reports indicate that McDonald and his common law wife were having an argument […]
19-year- old Albouystown resident Mario Gouveia who was shot to the face by the Police on Saturday night passed away just after 10 am on Monday at the Georgetown Hospital. Two other young men were killed on the spot on South Road in Georgetown when the police opened fire on them claiming that they were […]
The Guyana Police Force on Monday morning reported that the body of official of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission Patrick Kellewan was recovered in Lower Pomeroon river. The man went missing on Saturday after the boat he was travelling in slammed into another boat. According to the Police statement, investigations revealed that Patrick Kellawan […]
Two suspected bandits were shot dead by the Police on Saturday night during a robbery attempt at a South Road business place. The incident took place just before 9 pm. The two dead men have been identified as 20-year-old Jermaine Canterberry and 19-year-old Mark Anthony Joseph. A third suspected bandit was also shot and is […]
OKLAHOMA. Police have arrested the suspect in a shooting Thursday night in west Topeka that injured a woman identified only as the man’s wife. Shiek Azeez, 37, of Guyana, was booked into the Shawnee County Jail in connection with attempted second-degree murder. Bond has been set at $500,000 cash or professional surety. His next court […]
DUBAI: A young cocaine mule who burst into tears after being intercepted at the airport was sentenced to ten years in jail and slapped with a Dhs50,000 fine on Thursday. The Guyanese convict, NR (22), cried before Dubai International Airport officers when they checked her handbag and seized three plastic bags containing 3.013kg of cocaine […]
Just around 10:15 on Friday night, several areas across Guyana experienced an earth tremor that lasted for just over 2 minutes. In the nation’s capital of Georgetown, scores of persons experienced heavy shaking of their homes. Many of them turned to Facebook and Twitter to report their experience. One Man in Lamaha Gardens said the […]
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