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Just three weeks after a North East La Penitence couple tied the knot, promising until death they’ll part, the family has been plunged into mourning. The newlywed man, 26-year-old, Matthew Scott, was shot dead by a gunman last evening just outside his house, as he rushed to his sister’s aid. According to reports, the sister […]
(Washington Post) E.R. Braithwaite, a Guyanese author whose book about his experiences as a black man teaching in a largely white school in London, “To Sir, With Love,” became a bestseller and inspired a popular 1967 film starring Sidney Poitier, died Dec. 12 at a hospital in Rockville, Md. He was 104. He lived in Washington […]
A 21-year-old Guyanese man was gunned down in bed beside his girlfriend in Queens New York and investigators believe he was killed over $1,200 that his girlfriend is alleged to have stolen. The dead man has been identified as Eric Assanah. According to the New York Daily News, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said that […]
A 30-year-old taxi driver died last evening after he lost control of his vehicle and slammed into a power pole and a parked car on the East Bank of Demerara. According to reports, Sophia resident, Trenton Dazzel, was returning to the city after dropping off a passenger at Soesdyke when the accident occurred at the Den […]
Two new permanent Passport offices outside of Georgetown will be constructed in 2017. Minister of Citizenship, Winston Felix made the announcement this morning during the consideration of the budget estimates for Citizenship and Immigration Services Programme under the Ministry of the Presidency. Mr. Felix explained that a provision of $50 Million will go towards the construction […]
The Guyana Police Force is reporting that it has seized a total of 96 weapons for the year so far. Of that number, 42 were pistols, 28 were revolvers, 24 were shotguns and 2 were rifles. The statement did not indicate where the various weapons were seized or under what circumstances. However, the Police Force also […]
Guyana’s Opposition party, the People’s Progressive Party has announced that it is supporting the call by a number of stakeholders for urgent talks on the national budget measures before the budget is passed and signed into law. The Private Sector Commission, the Guyana Trades Union Congress and the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana […]
President David Granger has offered no Presidential pardons for 2016 because many of those being recommended and seeking pardon do not meet the criteria set out for the second chance. Speaking on the weekly programme, The Public Interest, the President made it clear that cocaine traffickers, murderers and persons convicted of other serious and violent […]
There is a new UN Secretary General in place and Guyana is still awaiting word from the now former Secretary General Ban Ki Moon about his assessment of the Guyana/Venezuela border controversy. Mr. Ban had promised to submit his assessment of the situation with Guyana and Venezuela before he leaving office this month. Former Portuguese […]
Members of the Guyanese diaspora are being encouraged to return to their homeland and invest in the villages all across the country. The challenge was thrown out by President David Granger as he opened a new $130 Million gas station and shopping complex in the community of Buxton on the East Coast of Demerara. The […]
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