By News Source Guyana on November 17, 2015
News
The Guyana Police Force on Tuesday evening issued a wanted bulletin for 31-year-old Trevor Anthony Amsterdam of Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara. He is wanted for the shooting death of Jermaine Simon at Bagotstown. The incident took place on November 10, 2015. Simon who was wanted in connection with investigations into the March 2015 murder of […]
By News Source Guyana on November 17, 2015
News
A Guyanese hairdresser is currently being held at the Brooklyn Metro Detention Centre after being intercepted at the JFK International Airport with over 100 pellets of cocaine in her stomach. 26-year-old Shureen Giddings has been charged for knowingly and unlawfully importing cocaine into the United States. She was busted on November 9, just after arriving at […]
By News Source Guyana on November 17, 2015
News
After strongly criticizing the government over the salary increases given to government ministers and all members of parliament and declaring that the PPP parliamentarians will reject the increases, the party has now decided that those same parliamentarians should in fact donate the increases to the party. The PPP had first said it was going to […]
By News Source Guyana on November 17, 2015
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Former President Donald Ramotar has taken the APNU+AFC government to task over the crime situation in the country and is urging more involvement of members of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) in crime fighting activities. Mr. Ramotar who was ousted from government back in May, was at the time reacting to the invasion by armed […]
By News Source Guyana on November 17, 2015
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Two men, one of whom admitted to swallowing more than 20 cocaine pellets, were on Tuesday refused bail after being charged for conspiring to traffic the illicit substance. The duo made their appearance in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Judy Latchman and employed several strategies to avoid having their photographs taken by the media. […]
By News Source Guyana on November 16, 2015
Entertainment, News
Local cable service provider E–Networks has officially launched its new user-friendly and cost-effective Orange Box cable service. With the new service, E–Networks customers are afforded ten channels for a one time payment of $19,500 and no monthly fees. Customers are also being given the option of paying the one time fee in three installments. During […]
By News Source Guyana on November 16, 2015
News, Politics
Guyanese could begin to enjoy the long anticipated reduction in tolls to cross the Berbice River Bridge as soon as December 1, 2015 once the ongoing negotiations conclude as the APNU+AFC government anticipates. Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson is optimistic that the government could reach an agreement with the bridge company that will pave […]
By News Source Guyana on November 16, 2015
News, Politics
The United States Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) on Monday signed an agreement which exemplifies the two countries commitment to keeping each other’s skies safe and secure. The agreement was signed between United States Ambassador to Guyana, Perry Holloway and Guyana’s Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson. It signals […]
By News Source Guyana on November 16, 2015
News, Politics
Venezuela’s claims to Guyana’s Essequibo Region and parts of its oil rich maritime space will be “the issue” for Guyana at the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Malta. During the weekly “Public Interest” tv programme, the President made it clear that the Venezuela issue will top his agenda. “That is my agenda, few […]
By News Source Guyana on November 16, 2015
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Police in Region Seven are investigating a strange case of an alleged attempted robbery and beating at a Region 7 mining camp. According to reports out of the area, on Sunday, six armed men along with three well-known businessmen who are also involved in mining, attacked and demanded gold from a Brazilian mining camp in the […]