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Atlanta media houses are reporting that five teens have been arrested and police are searching for a sixth suspect in the shooting death of an aspiring filmmaker found last year along a road in Lithonia, Georgia. The 27-year-old Guyanese man, Leevon Daniels, was found dead with gunshot wounds on May 6, 2015 along the roadway […]
(NY Daily News) A Guyanese born, Brooklyn father injured in an arson attack has died after lingering in a coma for nearly two months, his family told the Daily News Wednesday. Jermain Simon, 38, was taken off life support and died Tuesday, grieving relatives said. He is the second victim to die from the Dec. […]
The Vector Control Unit of the Ministry of Public Health intends to expand its fogging efforts across the country as it steps up the fight against the zika virus and other government Ministries intend to step in and offer assitance. During an interview on the JumpStart radio morning show, Dr. Horace Cox of the Vector […]
A plan by a Guyana born, Canadian Hall of Fame soccer star to build and establish a multi million dollar sports complex in Guyana could receive support from the Government of Guyana. The facility is sprawling and will incorporate a stadium and fields for different sporting disciplines. Guyanese born soccer star, Alex Bunbury, is the […]
The Government of Guyana is pushing back against the Ram and McRae Budget review and its criticism of the number of contract employees at the Ministry of the Presidency. The review, which was released on Tuesday, said the number of contract employees at the Ministry of the Presidency had jumped from 298 to 505. However, […]
Drug Enforcement agents in Guyana and the United States are probing the discovery of a quantity of cocaine in the baggage hold of a Dynamic Airways jet which arrived at New York’s JFK Airport from Georgetown, Guyana on Tuesday night. The discovery was reportedly made by a baggage handler at the JFK Airport, who found […]
Three men who were described by the Police as “rustlers” are currently in custody after being found with 15 stolen horses in the Region Nine area. According to a police report, at about 12:00 hrs on Tuesday, acting on information received, ranks from the Lethem Police Station went to Manari, Central Rupununi, where they arrested […]
Guyana Defence Force (GDF) women soldiers will soon join their male counterparts at the country’s border locations to lend support in the defense of Guyana’s territorial integrity and sovereignty. The announcement was made by Chief of Staff Brigadier Mark Phillips during a thanksgiving service on Wednesday to mark the commencement of activities to celebrate the […]
The Massy United Insurance Company, which was started in Barbados in 1976, has now officially launched its full presence in the Guyana market with the takeover of the John Fernandes Insurance Company. The two companies have completed an agreement which sees Massy absorbing the John Fernandes Insurance brand. At a reception to mark the launching […]
The 26th edition of Ram & McRae’s annual budget review has been published and it welcomes the early presentation of the 2016 budget while also offering some criticism In what appeared to be its greatest worry, the tax consulting body, expressed disappointment on the issue of Contract Employees. The number of contract employees has been increasing […]
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