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Wanted bulletin issued for fmr. Assistant to Govt. Minister

The Guyana Police Force on Tuesday issued a wanted bulletin for 29-year-old Kenroy Anthony Augustus Joseph whose last known address is 69 D’Anrade Street, Newtown Kitty. The man is the former personal assistant to the Junior Agriculture Minister. He is wanted in connection with last Friday’s cocaine bust at the Cheddi Jagan Airport which resulted […]

U.S delivers over two dozen Deportees on special flight

The United States government on Tuesday afternoon delivered at least 26 Guyanese deportees on a special chartered flight which landed at the Cheddi Jagan Airport just after 3 o’ clock. The deportees were welcomed back to the land of their birth by heavily armed members of the Tactical Services Unit of the Guyana Police Force. […]

Mackenzie High School teachers continue strike action

Teachers at the Mackenzie High School in Linden walked out of their classrooms again on Tuesday as they continued their protest action over the absence of working washroom and other facilities at the school. Students of the school were told to stay at home for a second day on Tuesday as the teachers moved their protest […]

Guyanese woman dies in Antigua road accident

(Antigua Observer)  A relative of the country’s latest road fatality victim, Carolin Tobin-John-Baptiste, said her family was thrown into shock on Sunday night when they received the news she had been struck down while crossing All Saints Road. John-Baptiste’s elder daughter Besseyoud Gouveia-Jones said her 46-year-old mother resided with her in Briggins and at the […]

University of Guyana students shut down Turkeyen Campus

Scores of students at the University of Guyana Turkeyen Campus began widespread protest action on Tuesday morning by blocking the entrance to the campus. The students have been pressing the University’s administration to improve the conditions at the campus. The protest comes at a time when University of Guyana staff members are on strike pressing […]

Family of four drowns at Philadelphia koker during “puja wuk”

A Philadelphia East Bank Essequibo family has been plunged into deep mourning following the drowning of four family members late on Monday afternoon. The incident took place at the Philadelphia koker while the family was performing a one year “puja” for their grandmother who passed away in March 2014. The family members were performing the […]

Two-term Presidential limit challenged in High Court

A writ was filed  in the High Court on Monday challenging the two term limit for the Presidency in Guyana. The action was filed by Attorney Shawn Allicock on behalf of Georgetown resident, Cedric Richardson. The Attorney General of Guyana and the Speaker of the National Assembly have been named as the respondents. In the […]

Rohee believes government doing a lot to fight corruption

Home Affair Minister Clement Rohee has defended government’s corruption fighting efforts while at the same time disagreeing with recent comments by outgoing British High Commissioner Andrew Ayre on the subject. High Commissioner Ayre in a recent interview said the ruling People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) government was not doing enough to fight corruption and as […]

VIP cocaine couple remanded to prison on drug charges

A Guyanese man and his pregnant Canadian wife were remanded to prison on Monday after they were both slapped with drug trafficking charges. The charges resulted from a cocaine bust that took place at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport on Friday. The two, Mahendra Ramsuchit and Rohbina Basdeoram, were not required to enter a plea […]

Colin Mack found not guilty of rape and assault charges

Well known Georgetown businessman and promoter Colin Mack walked out of the High Court a free man on Monday afternoon after a 12 member jury unanimously found him not guilty on rape, assault and abduction charges. The jury which was made up of six men and six women took over four hours to come up […]