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The government will be spending $900 million to ensure 16 housing areas have access to electricity. It’s a move that could see more persons occupying house lots awarded by the Central Housing and Planning Authority, Ministry of Communities. Minister within the Ministry of Communities, Valerie Patterson has announced that tenders for works in the 16 areas […]
Retired Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Brigadier Edward Collins, was sworn in this morning as the lone Commissioner for a Commission of Inquiry into the illegal aircraft which was found at Yupakari in the Region 9 area. Brigadier Collins who also serves as Presidential Advisor on National Security, took the oath of […]
Another person has been added to the growing list of traffic fatalities on the country’s roadways. A 38-year-old Crop Extension Officer attached to the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI), died on the spot on Tuesday afternoon as she and workmates travelled along the Linden Soesdyke Highway in the Bamia area and the driver lost […]
Police in the East Canje area in Berbice, have launched an investigation into the murder of a cattle farmer in the community. Dead is 38-year-old Ramnarine Itwaru of Gangaram Settlement, East Canje, Berbice. The man’s lifeless body was discovered on Tuesday afternoon by a fisherman, hours after he had left his home to tend to […]
An 18-year-old man is nursing a gunshot wound and is under police guard at the Georgetown Hospital after he was shot late on Monday night by an off duty policeman. The teenager, whose name has not been released, had reportedly just robbed a West Ruimveldt resident of cell phones when he was confronted by the […]
Self confessed drug lord, Barry Dataram, remains on the run, but was today sentenced to 5 years in jail and fined $164.2 Million after he was found guilty for being in possession of over 225 pounds of cocaine. Magistrate Judy Latchman handed down the sentence at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court even as law enforcement officers […]
Two men who held a driver at gunpoint and relieved him of his car on Monday were nabbed in the Alexander village area on Tuesday afternoon with the stolen car. Both men are in Police custody and charges are expected to be filed against them before the end of the week. The owner of the […]
(GINA) The Citizen Security Strengthening Programme (CSSP) is seeking to collaborate with the E-Governance Unit to realise the Safe City Project. Project Manager of CSSP Clement Henry told the Government Information Agency (GINA) that a recommendation has been made for storage and connectivity. Henry explained that the Safe City Project is a surveillance project integrated […]
Fugitive self confessed drug trafficker, Barry Dataram was this morning found guilty of possession of more than 225 pounds of cocaine while his co-defendants, including his reputed wife, have all been found innocent of the charges. Magistrate Judy Latchman handed down the decision. The four persons were arrested in April 2015 and charged after the […]
Four U.S Peace Corps volunteers who were stationed in the bauxite mining town of Linden, have been pulled out of the town by the local Peace Corps office as a precautionary measure, because of threats being made in the town by a homeless man believed to be mentally unstable. Although the threats may not have been […]
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