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Guyana’s Shimron Hetmyer today produced an exhilarating performance at the Providence National Stadium, becoming the youngest West Indian player to score a century in the Caribbean. The 21-year old Canje-born player who came in at number four during the second One Day International (ODI) against Bangladesh, scored a solid 125 off 93 […]
(DPI) Forty (40) Guyanese mariners are being trained in occupational safety for jobs in the offshore oil and gas industry by Edison Chouest Offshore in collaboration with El Dorado Offshore. Director of El Dorado Offshore, Natasha Jairam-Abai said the company is hoping to double the number of persons trained in the next six months to […]
A young driver lost his life late last evening when the car he was driving slammed into a parked truck at Yarrowkabra along the Linden/Soesdyke Highway. The dead man has been identified as 24-year-old Ryan Wilson of Diamond, East Bank Demerara. The incident occurred around 11pm on Tuesday. In a statement, the Police Force revealed […]
The Guyana Police Force today announced that it has released the Venezuelan registered aircraft and its crew after documents were provided for the plane and the local civil aviation authority confirmed the authenticity of the documents. The plane was detained after it arrived in Guyana earlier this month with two Venezuelan pilots and two Venezuelan […]
In the Courtroom of the Chief Magistrate this afternoon, a Port Kaituma vendor was charged with allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl. 25-year-old, Stephan Belle stood calmly as the charge was read to him. It was explained to the Court that on the 14th July, the man engaged in the sexual penetration of the young girl […]
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo continues to express concern about the security situation in the country. He told a media conference on Wednesday that he has been meeting with persons who are also concerned and many of them have lost confidence in the Police Force. According to the Opposition Leader, the Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan […]
The Ministry of Education on today signed a new seven-year agreement with Peace Corps Guyana to support education and learning across the country. The new agreement, which has received the full support of the Government and the United States Embassy here, is being regarded as a “renewing of vows. The US Peace Corps has been supporting several […]
Weeks after the body of a missing woman was found decomposed on Thomas island in the Puruni river, the man who was last seen with her has been charged for her murder. 38-year-old miner, James Allen, appeared in the Courtroom of the Chief Magistrate this afternoon and was not required to enter a plea to […]
Police investigators are convinced that the five armed men who were shot dead this morning during an armed confrontation with Police ranks, were after a safe in the house that they were nabbed trying to invade. The dead men have been identified as Timothy St. Hill, Levi Braithwaite, Andrew Daly, Ian Forde and Jermaine Doobay. Timothy […]
One week after his father was set free of a cocaine trafficking charge in an unrelated case, the son of former murder and cocaine trafficking accused Andre “Zipper” Gomes learnt that he would be spending the next four years and six months in jail for cocaine trafficking. 33-year-old, Mark Gomes was slapped with the sentence […]
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