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President David Granger was back at the Parliament this afternoon to address the National Assembly and he laid out his government’s plans for moving the country forward. In an address that went on for close to an hour, the President announced that Budget 2019 will be presented in November and it will focus more on […]
A 35-year-old miner is in custody after he stabbed a fellow miner to death during a drunken row over cigarettes. According to a Police report, 20-year-old Daniel George was stabbed to death on Wednesday night at Barakat Landing in the Mazaruni river area. The two men were drinking alcoholic beverages at a shop in the […]
Caribbean Airlines is looking to better its service to the Guyana market. The airline’s new Chief Executive officer, Garvin Madera, met with officials of the Private Sector Commission and the Tourism and Hospitality Association on Wednesday and said his company will be working to improve its service and relationship with Guyana. The CEO said the […]
A 40-year-old farmer from Yarrokabra on the Linden Soesdyke highway was today charged and remanded to jail for the murder of a 19-year-old man. The accused, Anthony Jones, appeared in Court and was not required to enter a plea to the murder charge. He is accused of stabbing Nyron Vyphuis to death after the youth […]
Opposition Leader and PPP General Secretary, Bharrat Jagdeo, today declared his full opposition to the plan by the Berbice Bridge Company to increase its tolls from the 12th November. Like the government, Mr. Jagdeo said the announced increases by the company is “unconscionable”, but he also described it as unlawful and said there is nothing […]
Six men who were fingered in a late night robbery at a Parika hangout bar, have been arrested and will face charges soon. The Guyana Police Force reported this morning that prompt action by Police ranks stationed in D Division, resulted in the capture of the suspected bandits. Two of the men were nabbed at […]
Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman today ruled that enough of a case has been made out against taxi driver, Matthew Munroe for him to face a High Court trial over the murder of school teacher, Kescia Branche. Munroe was charged back in 2017 for the murder of the school teacher whose battered body was found close […]
The Guyana Prison Service has reported that the situation at the Lusignan Prison has returned to some level of normalcy following an attempt by several inmates to break down several areas at the jailhouse last evening. In a statement, the Ministry of Public Security explained that the riotous behaviour by the prisoners started just after […]
The Government of Guyana is looking at its legal and other options to block a move by the Berbice River Bridge Company to increase the tolls to cross the Berbice Bridge. The company called a press conference this morning to announce that while it has not gotten approval from the Minister of Public Infrastructure, it […]
The Berbice River Bridge company is announcing new tolls effective from November 12 and the company appears not to be budging from its position this time, even after the objection of the Government. The Government has once again turned down the company’s plan to increase the tolls by more than 150% for various types of […]
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