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Ahead of observances for Tourism Awareness Month, Business Minister Dominic Gaskin is urging operators across the sector to up their game in an effort to raise standards. Tourism Awareness Month was launched on Tuesday and will be observed during the month of November under the theme: “Sustainable Tourism – a tool for development.” Mr. Gaskin […]
Two male commercial sex workers who had previous brushes with the law, were remanded to jail today on a robbery charge. 19-year-old, Godfrey Cox and 21-year-old, Kevin Forester appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman and denied the robbery allegation. The charge stated that on the 24th October on Croal Street, the two robbed Victor Best of […]
Smiles plastered the faces of the Executives of the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) as they emerged from a one-hour meeting with the President David Granger just after 12 noon on Monday. “The union will no longer be going forward with the planned strike for Thursday and Friday,” GTU President Mark Lyte told reporters. He said […]
One day before the Demerara Harbour Bridge is slated to return to its normal retraction schedule after a week of disruptions, the Bridge’s Management is bracing for the possibility of further downtime and disruptions to marine traffic. A new and unexpected problem has been uncovered on the 40- year-old bridge, affecting one of the Hydraulic […]
Agents of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit have taken a shipping broker into custody following the discovery of 147 pounds of cocaine in rice shipments that were about to leave Guyana for Belgium. According to a statement from CANU, the shipment of cocaine was found concealed in sealed 45kg bags of rice. CANU and the […]
The Rockstone Fish Festival turned tragic on Sunday with the drowning of a 13-year-old girl and a 50 year-old relative who tried to save her. The dead girl has been identified as Yasha Prince of Bagotstown. The man who tried to save her and also drowned has been identified as her uncle, Gavin Moses of […]
A Trinidadian man is in Police custody in Georgetown after he allegedly faked his own kidnapping, with the help of two other Trinidadians. The Trinidadian man, who has been identified as 33-year-old Sawak Maraj, arrived in Guyana on Friday morning and claimed that he was here for a job interview. He was picked up at […]
A few days after nine men were arrested in boat with with AK-47 guns, ammunition and marijuana, the Captain of the boat appeared in Court on Friday and was sentenced to six years in jail after pleading guilty to illegal weapon and marijuana possession. 44-Year-Old, Dexter Valenzuela, stood before Chief Magistrate, Ann McLennan and pleaded […]
In a statement on Friday evening, the US Ambassador to Guyana, Perry Holloway called for a “quick resolution” to any court matter surrounding the recent appointment of a Chairman of the Elections Commission. Mr. Holloway said “while we urge everyone to engage in democratic dialogue to discuss differences of opinion, we stress that the Courts […]
A prisoner, who was recently recaptured after escaping from the Lusignan prison, was sentenced to 20 years in jail today after pleading guilty to manslaughter. 36-Year-Old Kendall Skeete, kept a broad smile on his face as he stood before Justice James Bovell-Drakes to face sentencing after pleading guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter. He […]
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