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Police investigators are probing the gunning down of a young man in Linden on Saturday night. The man’s girlfriend was injured in the attack. Dead is Ian Williams aka OJ, while his girlfriend Onika Benjamain remains hospitalised with gunshot injuries. Williams was driving his car through Amelia’s ward with his girlfriend at his side, when […]
A disagreement over cigarettes turned into a full out brawl in Alberttown last evening, claiming the lives of the two men who were involved in the brawl. The two men, Jermain Adrian Jeffrey and a vendor known only as “rastaman” got into a confrontation at around 9:30 on Friday night when Jeffrey turned up at […]
In a joint statement today, the US, UK and EU Missions in Guyana indicated their support to ensure free and fair elections in Guyana. The statement came a day after President David Granger confirmed that elections will be held on the 2nd March 2020. The three foreign missions indicated that they have taken note of […]
A 42-year-old businesswoman who was allegedly caught with a quantity of cocaine was today charged for cocaine trafficking and remanded to jail. It is alleged, that the woman, Samantha Hubbard was nabbed with just over five ounces of cocaine in her handbag on Wednesday. She was in the Charlotte Street area at the time. The […]
With an elections date set, the People’s National Congress Reform, which is the largest party in the coalition government, is encouraging citizens who were not registered during the recently aborted house-to-house registration to ensure they get registered during the claims and objections period. The Guyana Elections Commission has announced that the claims and objections period […]
Four days after the Bank of Guyana blocked the sale of Scotiabank Guyana operations to Republic Bank, Scotiabank is indicating that it intends to continue doing business as usual in Guyana. In a brief statement today, Scotiabank said it will continue to deliver business as usual and focus on the best long-term solution for its […]
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) today confirmed that the Claims and Objections (C&O) exercise for the elections will begin on the 1st October and it will run until the 18th November. In a statement, the Commission said persons will have until the 11th November, 2019 to make a claim to be included on the list […]
A young officer of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit who attempted to extort money from an outgoing passenger will be fired, according to senior sources at the drug enforcement agency. The man was questioned after an outgoing passenger claimed that he attempted to extort money from her by claiming that marijuana had been found in […]
Following President David Granger’s statement today that the 2nd March 2020 will be the national elections, whether the PPP returns to Parliament or not, the Opposition Leader has indicated that his party is disappointed with the March elections date, but will have to work with it. Mr. Jagdeo who last week said he prefers a […]
Republic Financial Holdings Limited, which is the parent company of Republic Bank, has expressed disappointment over the move by the Central Bank of Guyana not to grant approval for Republic Bank’s takeover of the Scotiabank operations in Guyana. In a statement, the President and CEO of Republic Financial Holdings Limited (RFHL), Nigel Baptiste, said, while […]
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