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23-year-old, Akeem Sinclair, who is suspected of robbing a money changer by violent means was remanded to jail on Tuesday. The money changer was shot to the thigh during the robbery. During his first Court appearance before the Chief Magistrate, Sinclair, who worked as a porter with a local distribution company, was not required to […]
Two Ukranian nationals who work as security guards for a foreign mining company in the interior region were today charged with the assault of two local miners and remanded to prison. 38-year-old Vitaly Paraschuck was today slapped with two counts of threatening behavior and assault causing actual bodily harm, committed on Charles Clarke. His fellow […]
The President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union, Mark Lyte, believes that the planned strike action by teachers nationwide could be averted if the Government presents a feasible and acceptable proposal. The GTU has called on teachers to begin strike action from August 27 until further notice, to press the President David Granger led government to […]
Minister of Business, Dominic Gaskin, on Monday blasted persons he described as “self appointed experts on oil”, over their doom and gloom outlook for the oil industry in Guyana. Gaskin was at the time speaking at the launching of the American Chamber in Guyana at the Marriott Hotel. He said while Guyanese should not bend […]
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has committed its support to addressing the migration of the Venezuelans and to help boost Guyana’s capacity to deal with such situations in the event of future occurrences. According to the Ministry of the Presidency, the IOM is currently conducting work in gathering data on the migrants and observed […]
The American Chamber of Commerce in Guyana was officially launched on Monday evening at the Marriott Hotel with the hope of strengthening trading ties and relations between Guyanese and US companies. Already a number of local companies with links to the United States have signed on as members of the Chamber, but is also open […]
A 67-year-old man was today handed two life sentences by a Judge after he was found guilty on two counts of rape of a 10-year-old. He vehemently denied raping the child, shouting out in Court today that his “penis is dead”. Abdool Jamil, who was found guilty of the offense three weeks ago, told the […]
The Guyana Police Force today announced that two Ukranian nationals who were caught on camera assaulting a local miner will face the local courts to face criminal assault charges. 38-year-old Vitaly Paraschuck, will face two counts of threatening behavior and assault causing actual bodily harm, committed on Charles Clarke. His fellow Ukranian national, 33-year-old, Maksym Furtak, […]
The Guyana Teachers Union has officially informed its membership of the decision for them to begin strike action in time for the new school year. In a memo to teachers, GTU President Mark Lyte informed them that the strike action will begin on August 27 and continue until further notice. Schools are set to reopen […]
50-year-old, Police Sergeant, Alfred Parks was today slapped with 12 counts of fraud related to the Driver’s Examination which is conducted by the Police Force. The accused appeared before Principal Magistrate, Judy Latchman and was not required to enter a plea to the charges as they were read to him. The Court was told that […]
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