By News Source Guyana on April 4, 2015
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Police investigators probing the murder of opposition political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing have obtained the man’s mobile phone records and have been making contact with the persons who may have been in contact with him on the same day that he was shot dead in the Diamond Housing Scheme. Although there are no suspects in the […]
By News Source Guyana on April 4, 2015
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Police and Customs Anti Narcotics investigators are continuing their probe into the cocaine in charcoal bust even after the exporter behind the shipment has been charged and remanded to prison. News Source understands that the agents believe that there may be several other people linked to the bust which took place on March 30, 2015. […]
By News Source Guyana on April 4, 2015
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The Government of Guyana wants a full and thorough investigation into the assault of the Guyana Ambassador to Suriname, Keith George on Guyana embassy grounds in Paramaribo. The incident took place last Wednesday and reportedly occurred as the Ambassador was blocking the arrest of one of his drivers on embassy grounds in keeping with the […]
By News Source Guyana on April 1, 2015
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Several Guyanese students who are on scholarships abroad have not been able to receive their stipends with no clear indication from the Guyana Government as to when the situation will be rectified. Government’s Chief Spokesman Dr. Roger Luncheon made the disclosure on Wednesday and said it was due to the absence of an Appropriation Act […]
By News Source Guyana on April 1, 2015
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After being taken as hostages,a policeman and a post office driver are being questioned following an early morning robbery at the busy downtown Bourda post office on Wednesday. Gunmen made off with over $90 Million in cash which should have been used for pension payments at the post office and a high powered rifle. According to […]
By News Source Guyana on April 1, 2015
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Promising increased speed at cheaper prices, the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company on Wednesday morning rolled out its faster internet service which is already available in some East Bank Demerara and East Coast communities. The increased and improved service now offers internet speed of up to 10 Megabits per second which is 10 times faster […]
By News Source Guyana on April 1, 2015
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The United States Embassy in Georgetown on Wednesday took the unusual step in demanding a retraction of an April Fools Joke published by the daily Kaieteur News. The Kaieteur News April 1, 2015 edition carried a front page fictitious story indicating that “US revokes four Govt. Officials visas”, although the report never named the embassy […]
By News Source Guyana on April 1, 2015
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Almost one week after the headless and limbless body of a woman was found at the Annandale seawalls, investigators believe they have finally gotten a breakthrough in the case. The woman has now been identified as 40-year-old Samantha Benjamin, who was an overseas based Guyanese who also lived in the community of Buxton. A man […]
By News Source Guyana on March 31, 2015
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Acting on intelligence information, members of the Container Control Programme and the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit moved in to a charcoal mining area at Silver Hill on the Linden Soesdyke Highway and busted a large quantity of cocaine among hundreds of bags of charcoal that was being prepared for shipment. The bust was made on […]
By News Source Guyana on March 30, 2015
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Police investigators are probing two tragic accidents that claimed the lives of four persons within the past 24 hours. Investigators in Berbice are hoping to question survivors of a late night crash at Golden Grove on the West Coast of Berbice. Three persons were killed in that accident while the driver and four others remain […]