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Almost one year after the closure of the Wales Sugar Estate, former employees are now complaining that they are unable to secure alternative employment as their severance pay is drying up. The former estate employees are now lobbying the government for the provision of regular financial support in addition to the severance pay that they […]
Anxious relatives were teary-eyed as the first flight with Guyanese evacuees from the hurricane beaten of Tortola touched down at the Eugene Correia Airport, Ogle on Monday night. Ten passengers made the three hour flight to Guyana. They were met on their arrival by Minister of State, Joe Harmon, Minister of Citizenship, Winston Felix and […]
After almost three months on the run, prison escapee and convicted murderer, Mark Royden Williams aka Royden Durant and “Smallie” was recaptured on Monday evening in the Berbice area. According to a statement from the Police, the wanted man was found in a passenger mini-bus along the Weldaad Public Road on the West Coast of […]
The mining community of Mahdia now has its own radio staion and according to Prime Minister, Moses Nagamootoo, Radio Mahdia represents “a journey complete and a promise fulfilled.” The Prime Minister was in the Mahdia community on Sunday for the official turning on of Radio Mahdia 95.1FM. During an address to launch the station, Mr. […]
Guyana’s Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan, has expressed dissatisfaction with both the sloppy work being done by local contractors and the delay in implementation of projects, for which monies were approved in the 2017 budget. The Minister’s comment comes as the government continues consultations on the 2018 budget. In expressing his disappointment, the Minister noted […]
Dynamic International Airways has officially ended its service to Guyana. The service came to an end on October 3, 2017, and according to the company’s Chief Executive Officer, Ray Laylor, the move was necessary “as we continue to reorganize in our Chapter 11 case. We regret this development and take this opportunity to thank all […]
At the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court today, a handyman and a mechanic found themselves before Magistrate Judy Latchman facing break and enter and larceny charges. The two men, 47-year-old Seon Clarke and 41-year-old, Gary Grant, are accused of stealing over $25 million in items from the Chicka D Restaurant on Vlissengen Road, which recently went out […]
Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan, has announced that there will be no new taxes in the upcoming 2018 National Budget. The budget will be presented on November 27th, 2017. At a Monday morning press conference, the Finance Minister said the government will also be looking to fulfill outstanding promises in this budget including a review […]
Local airlines have started to move into the hurricane ravaged Caribbean islands to begin their evacuation of Guyanese nationals. Initially, the Government had stated that some eighty Guyanese nationals have indicated their readiness to be evacuated from Dominica, the British Virgin Islands and St. Maarten, but as news of the evacuations started to spread across […]
The Berbice region has been rocked by another murder. This time, Police investigators have found themselves in #55 village Corentyne probing the suspected murder of a missing young man. On Friday afternoon, investigators were called to the burial ground in the same village after the burnt mutilated remains of someone was found in a shallow […]
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