By News Source Guyana on July 18, 2014
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Just one month after it launched its operations into the Guyana market, officials at Curacao’s Insel Air are pleased with the new route and the interest that has been generated in its service. The airline is already seeing good numbers flying from Guyana to Aruba, Curacao and Miami. Speaking to News Source at the Taste […]
By News Source Guyana on July 18, 2014
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A man believed to have been mentally unstable was killed early Friday morning when the house he was sitting under collapsed and crushed him to death. The incident took place just before 1 o’clock on Friday morning in the East Coast village of Beterverwagting. According to reports, neighbours heard the crushing sound of the old […]
By News Source Guyana on July 18, 2014
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Some Customs Officers attached to the Guyana Revenue Authority have indicated that for too long the Customs Enforcement Division of the GRA has had its concerns about safety and equipment ignored, and there needs to be a change in that. One senior GRA official pointed to Wednesday’s incident when a GRA Enforcement patrol came under […]
By News Source Guyana on July 18, 2014
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Guyanese President, Donald Ramotar has described as positive, meetings held between himself and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and China’s President Xi Jinping, in neighbouring Brazil on Wednesday evening. The president expressed satisfaction with the positive outcomes of the discussions, noting that efforts will be further strengthened to intensify the economic, social, cultural and other […]
By News Source Guyana on July 17, 2014
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The Guyana Police Force has launched an investigation into reports that a number of Enforcement Officers from the Guyana Revenue Authority came under heavy gunfire from a “known” smuggler on the East Coast of Demerara just as the officers were about to carry out a search of his premises. A Senior Police Force told News […]
By News Source Guyana on July 16, 2014
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Minister within the Ministry of Finance Juan Edghill has strongly rejected calls made by the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) for his removal from his governmental position. SASOD’s call came in response to what the organisation considered hate speech expressed by the Government Minister on the radio programme “Hard Talk”. Bishop Edghill told a […]
By News Source Guyana on July 16, 2014
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The driver of a route 43 Linden minibus and one of his passengers were killed on Wednesday evening when he reportedly lost control of the speeding mini bus and it flipped over several times along the highway, eventually coming to a stop in the bushes off of the road. The dead driver has been identified […]
By News Source Guyana on July 16, 2014
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Just one year after the Ministry of Education announced that it would be scrapping the automatic promotion policy for secondary school students, it has been forced to continue with the policy because of the dismal performance of many students in secondary schools across the country. The original policy was implemented by former Education Minister Sheik […]
By News Source Guyana on July 16, 2014
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Acting Commissioner of Police, Seelall Persaud on Wednesday announced that the Guyana Police Force has appointed an official Chaplain for the Force. Speaking at the Force’s Annual Award Ceremony at Police Headquarters, Eve Leary, Commissioner Persaud said the Police Force Chaplain will not only deal with ceremonies, but will also coordinate among the Faith Based […]
By News Source Guyana on July 16, 2014
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A new international development bank and multi-billion emergency lending pool will be set up by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The move comes at a summit meeting of BRICS leaders in Brazil. The “New Development Bank” (NDB) is intended to compete with the World Bank and its private lending arm, the International Finance […]