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Consultations were held yesterday between the government and various religious organizations on the establishment of an Inter-Religious television station. If implemented, Guyana would be the second country in the world and first in the Caribbean to have a television station specifically for religious bodies. The consultation was held at Arthur Chung Convention Centre (ACCC), Liliendaal […]
(MOTP) Presidential Advisor on the Environment and former Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Rear Admiral (ret’d) Gary Best was, today, sworn-in by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan to lead a probe into the mining pit collapse in Puruni, Cuyuni-Mazaruni (Region Seven) that resulted in the death of a miner. The swearing-in ceremony was […]
Police in the Berbice area are on the hunt for a Corentyne man who stabbed his ex-lover to death in a village shop at Ulverston, Corentyne, right in front of the shop-keeper. The murdered woman has been identified as 38-year-old Yansen Brusche. Reports from the area indicate that the woman, who worked at a school […]
The Preliminary report into the discovery of an illegal aircraft at Yupakari in Guyana’s interior region, has found that the aircraft originated from Colombia and may have been stashed in the area weeks before it was discovered by a joint police and army patrol. Retired Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Brigadier Collins, who […]
Auditor General, Deodat Sharma came in for harsh criticism from Finance Minister Winston Jordan following the release of his 2015 report on how the government spent taxpayers’ dollars for the year 2015. The Finance Minister reminded that the APNU+AFC government was not responsible for all government spending for the 2015 fiscal year, pointing out that […]
Guyana and the United States have formally signed a governmental agreement to combat offshore tax evasion and ensure the implementation of the Foreign Accounts Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). FATCA is a 2010 United States federal law that requires all non-US or foreign financial institutions to report on a US person assets abroad. Guyana’s Finance Minister […]
Public Servants will receive the government announced salary increase at the end of October, Finance Minister Winston Jordan has advised. The increases will be retroactive to January. The Minister made the disclosure on Monday during a press conference at his office. In August the Government announced its offer of a 10% salary increase for public […]
Police on the East Coast of Demerara are probing the murder of a 56-year-old Mahaicony business woman. Her body was found this morning in her Novar, Mahaicony house with her hands and feet tied. The dead woman has been identified as Bibi Shakeela Ali. She operated a small shop just under her house. Neighbours became […]
Minister of Citizenship, Mr. Winston Felix has announced that a full investigation has been launched to determine the circumstances under which convicted drug lord, Barry Dataram and his reputed wife, Ms. Anjanie Boodnarine were issued fake passports. He has indicated that those culpable will face the harshest possible action. Dataram and Boodnaraine were arrested in […]
The reputed wife of drug convict Barry Dataram was also using a false passport when she went on the run with him as their drug possession case neared an end in the Magistrates’ Court. While Dataram was using a passport with a false name that was issued in back in 2013, his reputed wife Anjanie […]
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