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Murders mark end of old year and beginning of new year

The Guyana Police Force has found itself investigating a number of murders on the first day of the new year. According to a police report, on Old Year’s Night, Wednesday December 31, 2014 33-year-old Errol Campbell of Ann’s Grove, ECD, was involved in an altercation with two other men at Ann’s Grove during which he […]

New Year’s Address by President Donald Ramotar

Fellow Guyanese, I extend best wishes for a Happy New Year, 2015, to all of you here in Guyana and in the diaspora. The outgoing year, 2014, was indeed very eventful and marked with both significant gains and major challenges. Many of the events that occurred in the just concluded year will impact on developments […]

New Year’s Address by Opposition Leader David Granger

Guyana’s ‘Year of democratic renewal’ dawns on 1st January 2015. Guyanese in 2015 will have an opportunity to choose a new government in the forthcoming general and regional elections. The choices facing the nation are clear. Our choice will be between the inauguration of a ‘government of national unity’ proposed by A Partnership for National […]

Dynamic Airways slapped with class action lawsuit over delays

 A Guyanese born, New Jersey Attorney and his brother who could not make it  home for the holidays, thanks to the many delays of Dynamic Airways, have decided to take the problem plagued carrier to court with a class action lawsuit. Attorney-at-Law Moses V. Rambarran and his brother Rohan found themselves stuck at New York’s […]

Highlighting Ramotar’s “stupid” comment now is desperate -OP

The Press and Publicity Unit of the Office of the President on Tuesday evening did not deny the statements made by President Ramotar in response to criticism from an amerindian man during a recent meeting, but said it wanted to authenticate the recording. In the recording released on Tuesday, the President could be heard  during […]

Ramotar to Aishailton man: Jagdeo would slap you cause you stupid

An audio recording has emerged of  a voice believed to be that of  President Donald Ramotar responding to a heckler during a recent meeting in the Amerindian village of Aishalton when the villager raised concerns about former President Bharrat Jagdeo. In the recording which was made by one of the villagers and has now been […]

Still no sign of missing Air Services plane and crew

There is still no sign of the missing air services islander aircraft and its two member crew, two days after air traffic control lost all contact with the pilot during an interior trip. Search and Rescue teams will return to the densely forested area just outside of mahdia again on Tuesday in search of the […]

Jagdeo to lead Commonwealth Observer team for Sri Lanka polls

Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma on Monday announced that former Guyana President Bharrat Jagdeo will  lead the Commonwealth Observer Mission to overlook the Presidential elections in Sri Lanka in January, 2015. Jagdeo was Guyana’s longest serving President. He became President in 1999 after Mrs. Janet Jagan was forced to step down from office because of ill […]

Woman’s body found in Sophia creek; Residents beat husband

The lifeless body of  35-year-old woman was found floating in a creek at the back of Sophia on Monday morning. The dead woman has been identified as Natasha Ann Jacobs. She lived in the Sophia  area and was last seen alive on Saturday by her mother. According to residents in the area, the woman and […]