By News Source Guyana on July 19, 2014
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The new Magistrates’ Court in Linden will see the town serving as a new magisterial district. That move was announced on Friday at the commissioning of the Linden Magistrate’s Court, which was constructed under the recently concluded Modernisation of the Justice Administration System (MJAS) at the cost of approximately $60M. This project was approved […]
By News Source Guyana on July 19, 2014
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Faced with a possible no confidence motion by the Alliance For Change and its passage by the Joint Opposition, President Donald Ramotar on Friday evening responded to a letter he received from Alliance For Change Leader Khemraj Ramjattan on the AFC’s decision to move ahead with a no confidence motion in the government. The President […]
By News Source Guyana on July 18, 2014
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Police investigators have launched a massive search for a Crane, West Coast Demerara man, who stabbed his 30-year-old wife to death but left the woman’s 11-year-old daughter tied up and gagged. The dead woman has been identified as Candy Rawlins of Crane Housing Scheme, West Coast Demerara. Her body was found in a pool of […]
By News Source Guyana on July 18, 2014
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The Alliance For Change appears set to move ahead with its planned motion of No Confidence to be moved against the Guyana Government in the National Assembly. In a letter to President Donald Ramotar, AFC Leader, Khemraj Ramjattan informed the President of his party’s decision to move ahead with its plan to move the no […]
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 […]