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Two men involved in the recent Ramada Princess Casino robbery along with a Security Guard were on Friday charged and remanded to prison for the early morning gun blazing robbery. 29-year-old Wayne Griffith of Bagotsville, 30-year-old Junior Stewart of Kitty and 29-year-old Andre Blackman were jointly charged for the armed robbery and will return to Court […]
A ‘crime walk’ involving citizens, the police and members of the business community will take place on Saturday May 7th, 2016. The walk will seek to raise awareness of the crime situation in the country and will end with a rally where solutions will be explored. It begins at 7:00am at the Cultural Centre tarmac […]
by Kurt Campbell The delayed relocation of scores of vendors from outside the Stabroek Market and it’s environs will begin tomorrow Saturday. Officials from the Georgetown Mayor and City Council met with the disgruntled vendors on Friday where the information was communicated. The City Council had begun cleaning the area last weekend but it’s plan […]
At least one Water Street Vendor has moved to the Court and is suing the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) over its decision to relocate him. The action is between vendor, Peter Warner and is directly addressed to Town Clerk Royston King. Though one vendor is named as the Plaintiff, many other persons who […]
A GUYANESE mother was one of two people who appeared in court yesterday charged with stealing stuffed toys including those of television characters “Spongebob” and “Barney” from a mini-mart. Rhonda Daniels, 32 and Rickson Patterson, 42 of La Romaine appeared before senior magistrate Nannette Forde-John. The charge which was laid by constable Mohess, alleged that […]
Just one day after vendors who were removed from outside the Stabroek Market staged a loud protest outside the President’s Office, the Government has asked the Georgetown City Council to be sensitive to the plight of the vendors as the relocation plan is put into place. Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan and Minister of Social […]
by Kurt Campbell Opposition Member of Parliament and former Minister under the PPP Government, Bishop Juan Edghill has been referred to the Parliamentary Committee of Privileges over false statements made in the House which he has refused to withdraw. Government Member of Parliament Charrandas Persaud moved the Motion which was seconded by his colleague MP […]
Speaker of the National Assembly, Dr. Barton Scotland on Wednesday said he is in possession of several complaints of breaches of privileges submitted to him by Members of Parliament against their fellow Parliamentarians. At the start of the sitting, Dr. Scotland thanked MPs for their submissions and said that the complaints may or may not […]
Facing a backlash over not finalizing all arrangements for the relocation of Stabroek square vendors before moving them, the Georgetown City Council is now in a rush to have the large plot of land on Hadfield Street properly prepared within the next 24hrs. The vendors have been protesting against the council’s failure to have the […]
The Guyana Government intends to push ahead with its support for the renaming of the Ogle International Airport despite the ongoing controversy with the move to name the facility after Guyana’s first Minister responsible for Aviation, Eugene F. Correia. On Wednesday, Public Infrastructure Minister David Patterson told media operatives, while at the airport, that the […]
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