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A suspected robber dashed for cover and managed to escape lawmen after losing his gun during a gunfight with police officers. According to the Guyana Police Force, officers on a foot patrol in the Werk-en-Rust area were confronted by an identifiable man who discharged his unlicense firearm at them, but managed to escape after he […]
The government has declared as false, a report in Tuesday’s Kaieteur News that a major foreign currency crisis is looming in the country. Minister of Finance Winston Jordan and Governor of the Bank of Guyana Dr. Gobind Ganga have both debunked the report. “There is no shortage of foreign exchange in Guyana, the reserves at […]
US Government agents on Tuesday accompanied 20 deportees on a special chartered flight to Guyana. The aircraft with the 20 Guyanese nationals touched down at the Cheddi Jagan Airport just after 3:30pm and some of the men appeared in grey and white prison outfits as they disembarked the aircraft. They were deported from the United […]
Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, joined other Government Members in supporting the 2017 national budget, congratulating the Finance Minister and his team for their “comprehensive plans”. According to Harmon “the budget is demonstrative of the strength of the government to take hard decisions to build the nation”. He stated that the complaints by the Opposition Party […]
A 29-year-old man who attempted to fight off two armed bandits after they grabbed his bag with $3 million cash, is now nursing a gunshot wound to his right thigh. The man was walking along Urquart Street close to the Ministry of Finance when he realised he was being followed. According to a police report, […]
As the Budget 2017 debate continued on Tuesday, Member after Member on the Opposition side of the house continued their calls for the Coalition government to remove the value added tax that will now be added to electricity bills that go over $10,000 per month and water bills that go over $1500 per month. Chief Whip […]
Following months of consultations all across Guyana, the Ministry of Communities, Department of Housing, has made a decision for the age at which someone could apply for a house lot in Guyana to now be 18 years old. The announcement was made on Tuesday as Minister within the Ministry of Communities, Valerie Patterson offered her […]
President David Granger has issued a call on the servicemen of the country to always be watchful and on their guard. He made the comments on Monday while attending a Guyana Defence Force Christmas social event at Eteringbang, near to the Venezuelan border. Mr. Granger told the soldiers stationed at the border location to always endeavour, […]
A 30-year-old Diamond, East Bank Demerara woman was crushed to death after her bathroom wall collapsed, pinning her to the ground on Sunday. The woman identified as Shoia Melissa Europe was apparently in the house by herself on Sunday night when the wall in the bathroom area, which was under construction, fell apart. Her body […]
(NBC) A young off-duty corrections officer was shot and killed as she sat in her car in Brooklyn Sunday night in what authorities described as a “horrific murder.” Alastasia Bryan, 25, was declared dead after being found with gunshot wounds to her head and body in the area of East 73 Street and Avenue L […]
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