By News Source Guyana on September 9, 2015
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A man who was caught with three other persons in a car with two stolen goats was shot in the buttocks during an escape bid as he attempted to attack a policeman with a scissors. According to a police it report, it was just after 5:30 this morning that the police cornered the car with […]
By News Source Guyana on September 9, 2015
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A Guyanese national is among three persons arrested in Greece following a major cocaine bust in a shipment of scrap iron from Guyana. Greek Authorities have not released the names of the suspects but have said that the three were part of a major drug trafficking ring which oversaw the shipment of the cocaine from […]
By News Source Guyana on September 9, 2015
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The Guyana Police Force has reported that there continues to be success with the one month gun amnesty programme that is currently underway across the country. In a statement last evening, the Guyana Police Force revealed that so far, over 7 illegal firearms including shotguns have been turned over to the police. Additionally, well over […]
By News Source Guyana on September 8, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
Just over a week following a meeting with President David Granger and several Government Ministers, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has opened up about that meeting and sternly called on the government to set aside what he said was a “campaign mode” that it continues to revel in and “get on with business of managing the […]
By News Source Guyana on September 8, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
Two People’s Progressive Party nominated Commissioners of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) have resigned. The two Commissioners are Mahamood Shaw and Athmaram Mangar. The resignations were confirmed by Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo on Tuesday. He said that two names have already been submitted as replacements for the resigned members. He gave the reasons for the […]
By News Source Guyana on September 8, 2015
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Police in West Palm Beach, Florida are investigating the murder of a Guyanese man who lived in the area and was discovered dead last Friday. Thirty-one year old, Michael Sears was reported missing on August 28. His body was found on Friday, September 4, 2015 in a lake close to his house in West Palm […]
By News Source Guyana on September 8, 2015
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A Guyanese family in Brooklyn is desperately searching for their 16-year-old son, who has been missing since August 28. The young man has been identified as Ryan Matthews. He moved to Brooklyn from Guyana along with a brother just over a year ago. The family spent the labour day holiday weekend posting flyers all over […]
By News Source Guyana on September 8, 2015
News, Politics
Minister within the Ministry of Social Protection, Simona Broomes along with a team from the Labour department on Tuesday visited several Regent Street, Georgetown businesses as complaints of labour violations across the country continue to mount. The impromptu visit and inspection by the Minister and her team unearthed several violations of the country’s labour regulations, […]
By News Source Guyana on September 8, 2015
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
(T&T Guardian) The People’s National Movement’s fourth leader, Dr Keith Rowley, now Prime Minister-elect, will be T&T’s second Tobago-born Prime Minister following yesterday’s 2015 general election victory. Rowley follows Tobago-born late Prime Minister Arthur NR Robinson into history in this regard. Mammoth cheers from supporters went up at PNM’s Balisier House headquarters at 11.40 pm […]
By News Source Guyana on September 8, 2015
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Twenty-year-old Guyanese woman, Oshanda Nicholas was remanded to prison on Monday after being charged for drug trafficking. The Sussex Street, Georgetown resident was busted at the Ogle International Airport on Friday with just over a pound of cocaine concealed in her vagina. CANU officers discovered the concealed substance while the woman was preparing to board […]