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The Civil Defence Commission has been called out to begin lending assistance to flood affected residents along the East Coast of Demerara. A number of East Coast Communities found themselves under flood waters following the heavy rainfall on Friday and Saturday. A broken pump also contributed to the dilemma in one community and a replacement […]
(GINA) Traffic Chief, Superintendent Dion Moore, is calling on citizens to be cognizant of private cars operating as taxis for their own safety. During an interview with the Department of Public/ Government Information Agency (DPI/GINA) he said that Guyana Police Force Traffic Department has charged 369 persons thus far who used their cars for a […]
In his first appearance in court after being charged for theft, a handyman was today sentenced to 18 months behind Bars after pleading guilty to the charges. The convict, Kevin Grey, appeared in Court and pleaded guilty to breaking into the house of Teneka Joaquin and carting off a flat screen television, valued at $80,000 […]
As diversification efforts continue at some sugar estates, government announced today that Wales Estate is expected to harvest between 7000-8000 bags of seed paddy in September. The crippling performance of the sugar industry had prompted government to find creative ways to cushion the effects by either scaling down production and or diversifying the sector. One […]
The suspects in the murder of remand prisoner, Neshan Jagmohan, have been identified but are refusing to cooperate with Police investigators, according to prison officials. The three suspects remain in the custody of the Guyana Prison Service. Multiple efforts by the Police to question them have failed, as they continue to refuse to cooperate with […]
The Governments of Guyana and Colombia have signed an agreement on mutual exemption of visa for holders of ordinary passports. The agreement was signed in the margins of the 47th Regular Session of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS), in Cancún, Mexico. It will allow holders of Ordinary Passports to enter and […]
The Ministry of Education, Department of Culture, Youth and Sport is requesting that more youths become involved in the $50M Youth Innovation Project (YIPoG) entrepreneurial opportunity as the entry closing date of submission draws near. The Ministry has set the YIPoG closing date of submission for June 30. The programme, launched last month during the […]
Police investigators and Prison officials have rushed to the New Amsterdam Prison following an afternoon attack on two inmates, which resulted the death of one of the inmates. Dead is Neshan Jagmohan, who was a remand prisoner on trial for the 2013 murder of businessman, Devindra Deodat. His brother, Ramnarine Jagmohan, who is on remand […]
Two fish vendors found themselves in deep trouble on Wednesday, when they appeared before a city Magistrate, charged with stealing property from a businessman. The two men, 46-year-old, Keon Allicock and his 19-year-old employee, Leon Singh, were slapped with multiple break and entering charges when they appeared in court, but they pleaded not guilty to […]
Days after being nabbed at the Eugene Correia Airport, Ogle with 72 pellets of cocaine in his stomach, an East Coast Demerara man was sentenced to three years in jail and fined $1.5 million after entering a guilty plea to the drug trafficking charges. 32- year-old, Rudolph Muir aka “Roach”, of Enterprise, Mahaicony, appeared before […]
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