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The National Road Safety Council (GNRSC) said on Monday that it intends to lobby the government to take away the licenses of drivers who are found to be driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs. The Council explained that it will also seek to have the licenses suspended for drivers who are found texting […]
A Police Constable is hospitalised and nursing stab wounds about his body, while another police officer was treated and discharged for stab wounds to his body also. The two constables were attacked by a drunk patron outside a Lethem nightclub early on Sunday morning as they intervened in a confrontation between the man and a […]
The Guyana Cancer Institute has reported that Guyana has seen more than 300 new cases of breast cancer in the past six years and the growing numbers are worrying for local health professionals. Outreach Director at the Cancer Institute, Dr. Seyed Ghazi, told a recent Breast Cancer Awareness forum that in 2010 there were only […]
Another appeal is being made to motorists to drive carefully. The call is being made after figures show an increase in road fatalities in ‘A’ Division which spans from Dora, East Bank of Demerara to Conversation Tree, East Coast of Demerara. Officer in Charge of the Traffic Department, ‘A’ Division, Superintendent, Ramesh Ashram, is calling […]
Fire investigators are convinced that the fire which gutted Ram’s pharmacy and other businesses in a Cummings Street building was the work of an arsonist. Fire fighters were called to the scene of the blaze late on Saturday night and were able to contain the fire to the one building which is located close to […]
In a bid to expand its operations in Guyana, Fly Jamaica Airways on Friday opened the doors to its new ticketing office, located at 86 Carmichael Street, Georgetown. The Carmichael Street office will be opened to the general public from Monday, October 31st, 2016 with business hours from 8:30hrs to 16:30hrs daily. Situated a stone’s […]
Two persons died on the spot on Friday night following a collision between a minibus and a truck along the Linden/ Soesdyke Highway. The accident occurred in the vicinity of the Moblissa Bridge. Several other passengers were also seriously injured and had to be rushed to the Linden Hospital for treatment. One of the dead […]
The Private Sector Commission joined citizens and other stakeholders on Friday to register its concern over the “inability” of the state to protect citizens from widespread gun inspired crime. The PSC said citizens now feel threatened, regardless of where they happen to be, because of the belief that they are under threat from violent gun […]
Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan on Friday said that “operational but remediable deficiencies” exist within Guyana’s main drug fighting agency, the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU). Ramjattan confirmed that these deficiencies were unearthed during a recent investigation into the unit’s operations. The government had ordered the investigation after self-confessed drug lord Barry Dataram had made some […]
In keeping with his promise to operationalise the Public Procurement Commission by the end of October, President David Granger on Friday appointed the persons who will serve as the Commissioners on that body. The five persons, nominated by both the government and opposition, took their Oath of Office at the Ministry of the Presidency and […]
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