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While many jumped and celebrated through the streets of Georgetown during Friday’s Mashramani costume parade, over 30 persons in the East Coast village of Plaisance became homeless. A mid-afternoon fire ripped through two buildings in the community. The fire started in an old hotel that houses several tenants. The wooden buildings which is more than […]
The Guyana Police Force has launched an investigation into the armed robbery of a Deputy Programme Manager at the Caricom Secretariat. The 59-year-old man was shot in the leg and relieved of just over $200,000 as he was about to enter his Atlantic Gardens yard. The official had just left the Republic Bank Triumph branch […]
One week after a mother and her 19-year-old daughter were charged for cocaine trafficking, the two were back in Court today, but this time, the mother entered a guilty plea insisting that it was all her doing. The mother, Kavita Persaud, claimed that she used her daughter, Rachel Narine as a drug mule because she […]
Businessman Siri Persaud, has apologized to President David Granger and the Government over an advertisement that was placed in two of the local daily newspapers, encouraging investors to “GO INVEST Elsewhere”. Today, Minister of State Joe Harmon, told the media that the President received a letter from businessman Sir Persaud, who owns a business in […]
The Government has moved to increase the presence of the military in its bordering regions with Venezuela following widespread complaints in a number of communities that they were coming under attack by Venezuelan criminal gangs. President Granegr visited the community of Kaikan yesterday and made known the administration’s support. “I have come here with a […]
A Durban Street businesswoman who was recently held with over 5 pounds of marijuana made her first appearance in Court today and was immediately remanded to prison. 27-year-old, Aniesha Daniels appeared before Magistrate, Fabayo Azore and entered a plea of not guilty after the charge was read to her. The charge stated that on the […]
Agriculture Minister, Noel Holder, today announced that responsibility for the Guyana Sugar Corporation no longer falls under his Ministry. Speaking to reporters, on the sidelines of a workshop, Holder explained that “GuySuCo is vested in National Industrial and Commercial Investment Limited (NICIL). NICIL falls under the Ministry of Finance. In short, GuySuCo has been removed […]
The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) is once again issuing a call on the Government to ensure that Guysuco honors its commitment to pay off those Wales estate workers who were made redundant when that estate closed, but were transferred to the Uitvlught estate. Over 300 former wales estate workers today demanded that […]
With the Opposition Leader still not offering support for the President’s choices for Chancellor and Chief Justice, the opposition PPP is now claiming that Jagdeo would be willing to offer the reasons for his position if asked to do so. In a statement today, the opposition party said it rejects the contention that the Leader […]
A recent visit to Guyana by representatives of the International Maritime Organisation ended with the body roasting the local Maritime Administration over several failures in strengthening and developing agreed maritime programmes and initiatives. News Source has learnt that during the visit, it was pointed out that the local body continues to fail to implement the […]
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