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Two persons were killed and two others injured in a mid afternoon accident at Mahaicony on the East Coast of Demerara. The dead persons have been identified as driver of the car, Michael Ross and passenger Jennifer Parks. The young woman was with her sister in the car along with another passenger when the driver […]
The proposed establishment of the JOF Haynes Law School in Guyana is among one of the big issues to be discussed when this country hosts the Executive Meeting of the Council of Legal Education this week. At a press conference this morning, Attorney General Basil Williams told reported that Guyana will be pushing the issue […]
Across the country today, a large number of teachers abandoned their classrooms to step up their strike action for increased salaries. From Lethem and Linden to Georgetown and Berbice, hundreds of teachers stayed away from the classrooms on the first day of the new school year. In Georgetown, scores of protesting teachers gathered outside the […]
President David Granger has reiterated his Government’s commitment to Guyana’s indigenous people to eliminate all aspects of inequality between citizens of Guyana. In his address at the launching of Indigenous Heritage Month, President Granger noted that it is his Government’s prime concern to focus on the elimination of inequality by placing it as a top […]
A Police Constable who failed a breathalyzer test after being involved in a fatal accident while driving the Police Force’s vehicle, has been placed under close arrest. The accident occurred around 11:40 on Saturday night on Mandela Avenue, resulting in the death of 23-year-old, East Ruimveldt resident, Akemo Anthony, who was riding his small motorcycle […]
They were less than 30 minutes away from their Amelia’s Ward Linden home yesterday, when tragedy struck and claimed the lives of well known Linden seamstress, Tessa Telford-Ibrahim and her son, Marlon McFarlene, who was an employee of Guyana Goldfields and former member of the Guyana Defence Force. The two along with four other relatives […]
Two prison officers who were working the night shift are likely to be charged over an attempt to smugle more than 350 grams of marijuana into the Lusignan Prison. In a statement on Saturday, the Prison Director (ag), Gladwin Samuels, explained that on Thursday August 28, a prison officer reported for duty at the Lusignan […]
The National Anti Narcotics Agency has reported that in 2017 over $20 Billion worth of narcotics were removed from the streets of Guyana and over three hundred persons were convicted for various crimes related to narco possession, trafficking and other drug related offenses. In its 2017 report, the agency announced that a total of 55,139 KG […]
The recently established Department of Energy in the Ministry of the Presidency has been tasked with reviewing all of the arrangements between the Government of Guyana and the ExxonMobil company. At his press conference earlier today, President David Granger said while that review will take place, “once international contracts have been engaged, there is no […]
President David Granger today announced that the Government has agreed to abolish custodial sentences for small amounts of marijuana and it will be taking legislation to the National Assembly to amend the existing laws. During his Friday midday press conference, the President said the legislation could find its way in the National Assembly as soon […]
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