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Chairman of the Berbice Bridge Company, Dr. Surendra Persaud, today said the company is holding firm to its decision that there must be increases in the tolls and it plans to go ahead with its decision from November 12. In a brief telephone interview with News Source, Dr. Persaud said the company will be releasing […]
Former President Donald Ramotar is not happy at all with the Court of Appeal’s recent decision to back the High Court ruling that there was nothing unlawful with the President’s appointment of the Chairman of the Elections Commission. The Opposition People’s Progressive Party, through its Executive Secretary had moved to the Court in an effort […]
Public sector officials from across The Commonwealth region are in Guyana for their biennial conference. The meeting opened this morning at the Marriott hotel and is examining climate change issues and the transformation of the public sector for climate governance. Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo declared the meeting opened and explained that today’s public sector has […]
A late night hang between family members turned deadly this morning when the group was attacked by two masked men who shot one of the family members dead while robbing the others. Dead is 30-year-old, Christopher Swamy of Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara. The incident took place around 1:30 this morning. The Police report said […]
Public Policy Specialist, Roxanne Myers, was today officially sworn in as the new Deputy Chief Elections Officer of the Guyana Elections Commission. Ms. Myers took her oath of office before the Chief Magistrate at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. The new Deputy Chief Elections Officer in a brief comment to the media, said she is ready […]
32-year-old, Kenton Haynes of Mocha on the East Bank of Demerara was charged this morning for being in possession of over 500 ecstasy pills. He was arrested last Wednesday afternoon in the Orange Walk area while conducting a transaction with the pills. The Customs Anti Narcotics Unit conducted the bust. In Court today, the accused […]
Two days after he was busted with with over two pounds of cocaine in his possession, a Land of Canaan man found himself before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court facing drug possession and trafficking charges. The 31-year-old accused, Wyette Amsterdam, pleaded not guilty when he appeared in Court and the charges were presented to him this […]
The Guyana Prison Service has announced that prison escapee and murder accused, Travis Evans, has been recaptured. According to a statement from acting Prison Director, Gladwin Samuels, the escapee was recaptured this morning by Joint Services ranks at the Linden/Soesdyke highway junction. The Police was reportedly alerted to the man’s presence in the area by […]
President David Granger was back at the Parliament this afternoon to address the National Assembly and he laid out his government’s plans for moving the country forward. In an address that went on for close to an hour, the President announced that Budget 2019 will be presented in November and it will focus more on […]
A 35-year-old miner is in custody after he stabbed a fellow miner to death during a drunken row over cigarettes. According to a Police report, 20-year-old Daniel George was stabbed to death on Wednesday night at Barakat Landing in the Mazaruni river area. The two men were drinking alcoholic beverages at a shop in the […]
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