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Two persons are in Police custody assisting with investigations into the stabbing death of a 15-year-old boy at a wedding house. The incident reportedly took place early this morning at Soesdyke. According to a Police statement, the teenager has been identified as Ricardo Singh. He was reportedly at a wedding celebration and was discovered with […]
A stop at the New Thriving Restaurant at Providence last evening by Minister within the Ministry of Natural Resources Simona Broomes and her staff, turned into a major confrontation resulting in two private security guards being arrested and questioned. The Minister and her staff were returning to the city from Linden on Sunday evening when […]
President David Granger has expressed confidence in the potential of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to ease the suffering of Guyanese who are disadvantaged because of geography and a lack of adequate infrastructure. He made the remarks this morning at the opening of a six-day Caribbean ICT Conference and Roadshow here in Guyana. He said […]
By Ravin Singh GUYANESE and Jamaicans who migrate to Eastern Caribbean States in search of better opportunities appear to pose a “disproportionate burden” to those states, Prime Minister (PM) of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne has said. PM Browne used his opening address to the 39th Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community […]
Guyanese youths are being encouraged to get more involved in science and technology, especially robotics. That encouragement came from First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, who attended the Second Annual Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Robotics Exhibition on Saturday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. The event was hosted by STEM Guyana in collaboration with […]
It was a busy week in the maternity ward at the Georgetown Public Hospital as Doctors and Nurses joined parents in welcoming the births of one set of triplets and three sets of twins in the same week. Twenty-six-year-old Mandisa McKinnon is now the proud mother of three boys, all born on Friday, July 6. […]
A 19-year-old woman is among four persons currently in custody following the break up of a cocaine pellet swallowing ring by the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit. The young woman was busted on Friday evening at the Cheddi Jagan Airport while she was preparing to board a New York bound flight. She was questioned and taken […]
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has announced that Sunday July 8, 2018 is the final day for persons to register and make claims and objections. As such, the elections regulatory body is urging all Guyanese who are still to register or make claims or objections to do so before this date. According to GECOM, these […]
Local content in the emerging oil industry took centre stage during a parliamentary engagement with US oil giant, ExxonMobil and the Parliamentary Sectoral Committee on Natural Resources on Friday. Grilled on its commitment to local content, Exxon’s Country Manager Rod Henson, told the Committee that he believes there were misalignment expectations for local content in Guyana […]
The ExxonMobil company today expressed strong objections to claims by at least one Opposition Member of Parliament in Guyana that the US Oil Company was funding a political initiative of the Government that has not been approved by the National Assembly. During the Company’s appearance before the Parliamentary Sectoral Natural Resources Committee, PPP MP Pauline Sukhai […]
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