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(NY Daily News) A Guyanese woman kneeled in front of federal immigration agents and prayed Tuesday as they walked her brother — accused of burglary and reentering the country illegally — to an unmarked car in Queens. Tensions were high around 10 a.m. on 112th St. near 101st Ave. in Richmond Hill. More than 30 […]
(GINA) When Georgina French Edwards’s name was called as the winner of the Central Housing and Planning Authority’s housing lottery, at the Housing Solutions 2017 and Beyond Exposition on Sunday, Edwards said she felt like she was living a dream. Edwards stated that she could not believe that she had just been given the opportunity […]
Close to thirty miners and their family armed with placards, assembled today in front of the Ministry of the Presidency where they staged a peaceful protest against the recent arrest of 21 persons who were found to have been mining illegally in the Kaieteur National Park. Among those protesting was Toshao, Edward Mc Garrell, who […]
Four of the five suspects fingered in the 187 pound cocaine bust at Zeelugt appeared in Court this morning and were all remanded to prison on drug possession charges. The fifth accused was charged in his absence as he remains on the run. Super bike racer, Stephen Vieira, car racer Nazim Gafoor and his father […]
“I’m just happy I could have helped”, first year medical student, Jemina West said, a few days after she spearheaded the successful delivery of a baby, mid-air, in a Guyana Defense Force (GDF) aircraft. The twenty-three year old former Bishops High student, who is a first year medical student at the Texila American University, found […]
At the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court today, a Duncan Street, Campbellville resident was remanded to prison after being charged for the possession of over 24 pounds of cocaine and illegal guns. 32-year-old Trevor Rodriguez, appeared before Magistrate Annette Singh and entered a plea of not guilty to all of the charges. In addition to the cocaine […]
Together with a number of other business groups from across the country, the Private Sector Commission has issued a call on the government to put a hold to its plans to scale down the operations of the state-owned sugar company, Guysuco. “The private sector calls on Government to hold its hand on the current approach towards […]
A 35-year-old mini-bus conductor, found himself before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Monday facing a charge of car theft. It is alleged that on the 11th May, 2017, mini-bus conductor, Donald Alison, stole a Toyota Premio motor car bearing registration number PMM-6253 in Newtown, Kitty. The car which was valued at $1.2 million is the property […]
The Government of Guyana has defended its decision to clamp down on illegal mining in the protected Kaieteur National Park, despite protests from relatives of some of the illegal miners. Over the weekend, a number of illegal mining camps were shut down and miners arrested. The move came following repeated attempts dating back to more […]
(Trinidad Newsday) AN ABUSIVE relationship ended in murder on the weekend as Guyanese-born grandmother Enid Rosaline Periana, 62, was chopped to death inside the man’s apartment in Madras Road, St Helena. Police believe Periana was hacked to death Friday night although the gruesome discovery of her body was made the following day in the apartment […]
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