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The Ogle airport has now been officially renamed the Eugene F. Correia International Airport. The new name was unveiled on Monday afternoon during a small ceremony at the East Coast Demerara facility. The renaming is in recognition of the contributions of one of Guyana’s first Ministers responsible for aviation, Eugene Correia. During the renaming ceremony, […]
Police Investigators were called to a house at Rose Hall, Berbice on Monday night where a woman was brutally attacked and chopped to death by her common law husband. Dead is 50-year-old Kamini Etwaroo. Her husband is a cane cutter who villagers identified Desmond Gordon aka ‘wrong man”. He was arrested drenched in blood just […]
by Gordon Moseley and Kurt Campbell Just as workers at the Gafoors Houston Complex were preparing to call it a day, they were forced to dash from the building after fire of unknown origin started to sweep through the complex on Monday afternoon. The Fire Service was called to the scene just after 4 o’ […]
Local telephone company and mobile service provider, GTT, has officially launched its 4G service in Guyana and is promising speeds of up to thirty times faster than the 2G service which Guyanese have utilized for years. GTT’s Chief Executive Officer, Justin Nedd said the company spent in excess of US$5 million to get the service up […]
The opposition People’s Progressive party (PPP) on Monday dismissed media reports, which claimed that Party executives were divided amidst an internal struggle for top positions. PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee said the report, which appeared in the Stabroek News, was speculative and viewed by the party with “utter disgust”. “The PPP remains united and strong […]
The Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the fiery deaths of 17 Camp Street Prison inmates wrapped up its public hearings on Monday. The conclusion of hearings saw only one Attorney making an oral submission while Social Activist Mark Benschop staged a one man protest outside. None of the Attorneys representing the inmates were present at […]
Thirty-six year old Ryan Vaux, of Norton Street, Lodge was shot dead by the Police just after 1 o’ clock this morning after he was fingered in a robbery and attempted to escape. The man is believed to be a former member of the Guyana Police Force. According to a statement from the Police Public […]
Social activist and former treason accused, Mark Benschop, on Monday morning staged a one man protest outside the Public Service Department, where the Prison Unrest Commission of Inquiry was wrapping up its public hearings. Benschop’s protest is in response to the Commission indicating to him that his testimony would have been taken in-camera, away from […]
A two-storey house at Shell Road, Kitty was completely gutted by fire this morning, leaving a number of persons homeless, but neighbours grateful to the Fire Service. It was just after 9 o’ clock on Monday morning that one of the tenants of the house bolted from the property after hearing a loud explosion and […]
As Guyana gets ready to usher in its 50th year of Independence, the Ministry of Education has announced that students from seven city schools who are writing the CSEC and CAPE examinations on May 26, 2016 will be relocated to write the exams at other schools because of the float parade. The Independence Float Parade […]
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