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President Irfaan Ali took his “One Guyana” plan to the Region 7 town of Bartica today where he met with residents and sought to address some of the concerns and challenges being faced by them. Before meeting with residents of the community, the President stopped at a number of schools and listened to some of […]
Managers at the state-owned sugar company Guysuco, have been warned by President Irfaan Ali that it cannot be business as usual with the management of the industry as it continues to incur major financial losses while production remains low. The Government has been pumping billions of dollars into the cash-strapped sugar company but has not […]
Squatters of Cane View in the East Bank Demerara community of Mocha are calling on the Housing Ministry to halt its plans to demolish their homes which are close to the area where the new Eccles to Great Diamond Four-lane Highway is being built. Some 35 homes are to be removed from the area. The […]
A gold miner who is originally from Buxton on the East Coast of Demerara was today charged and remanded to jail for the murder of 26-year-old mining camp chef, Mariam Edwards. Appearing at the Bartica Magistrates’ Court today, 25-year-old Keron Hope was not required to enter a plea to the indictable murder charge, which accused […]
United States Congressman, Hakeem Jeffries who chairs the Democratic Caucus for the US House of Representatives has once again called out the Guyana Government over what he sees as the ‘mistreatment’ of a certain section of the Guyanese population. Delivering remarks at the Guyana Day Church Service in New York this past weekend, Congressman Jeffries […]
Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton today expressed skepticism over Top Cop Clifton Hicken’s assurance that the killing of Golden Grove youth, Quindon Bacchus will be properly investigated. Bacchus was gunned down by a Special Branch rank last Friday in Haslington. Acting Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken met with the family of the dead man on Monday and […]
Surinamese airline, Fly All Ways has been granted approval to operate non-stop flights between Georgetown and Havana, Cuba. The scheduled service is set to begin next month and the airline will initially operate one flight per week, leaving Georgetown for Havana on Saturday morning and returning to Georgetown in the evening. The Government of Cuba […]
A security guard and two seamen were charged on Monday and remanded to jail for break and enter and larceny related to the theft of over $5million worth of braids and weaves from an East Coast Demerara bond. Security guard Trevon Williams appeared in Court this morning along with seamen, Marlon Campbell and Keron Williams […]
During a joint operation, today between the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit and the Enforcement Division of the Guyana Revenue Authority, a 48-year-old man was busted with a number of ecstasy pills. CANU said that during the operation at Corriverton in Berbice, the ranks intercepted a motor vehicle and during a search, four parcels containing 400 […]
A post-mortem examination conducted today on the body of the Golden Grove youth, Quindon Bacchus who was shot dead by the Police confirmed that he was shot six times. According to the dead man’s family, the post-mortem exam found that Bacchus was shot five times to the back and once to the chest. All six […]
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