By News Source Guyana on May 4, 2014
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(Trinidad Express) At about 12:05 a.m. Sunday morning, senior counsel Dana Seetahal was in her Volkswagen SUV proceeding north along Hamilton-Holder street, Woodbrook when upon reaching the vicinity of the Woodbrook Youth Facility two vehicles pulled alongside her causing her to come to a stop. One of the vehicles, a Nissan Wingroad, then drove ahead a […]
By News Source Guyana on May 3, 2014
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As the Government of Guyana continues with its efforts to get the U.S Government to put a hold on its Leadership and Democracy Project, the U.S Embassy in Georgetown has expressed its disappointment over the move by the Guyana government to revoke the work permit and extension of stay status to the Chief of Party […]
By News Source Guyana on May 3, 2014
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Police investigators are looking for two men who on Friday broke into the home of a Haslington, East Coast Demerara family and chopped the owner to death while injuring his wife. According to the Police, initial investigations indicate that two men, both of whom were armed with cutlasses, entered the home of 40-year-old Chetram Bharrat […]
By News Source Guyana on May 1, 2014
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A 35-year-old Guyanese man who travelled to the United States on Travelspan Airlines on April 22, 2014 was busted at New York’s JFK International Airport with over 17 pounds of cocaine stashed in custard powder packets. He pade it pass all the layers of security at Guyana’s Cheddi Jagan Airport without the packets of cocaine […]
By News Source Guyana on May 1, 2014
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President Donald Ramotar, while attending the Third CARICOM-Mexico Summit which began on Tuesday, April 29, 2014 in Mérida, Yucatan, Mexico, highlighted the challenges which the region faces in the agricultural sector, pointing out that despite the many initiatives taken, the Caribbean was still be a net importer of food with the food bill amounting to […]
By News Source Guyana on May 1, 2014
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A 15-year-old North East La Penitence boy is nursing a gunshot wound to his mouth after he was shot late last night by the Police while in Police custody. The teenager, identified as Alex Griffith is a patient of the Georgetown Hospital this morning. According to the boy’s mother Marcelle Griffith, she was at home […]
By News Source Guyana on April 30, 2014
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The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Guyana which will see the company investing $60 Million in the University over the next three years. The MOU was signed by GT&T Chief Executive Officer RK Sharma and Vice Chancellor of the University of Guyana, Professor Jacob Opadeyi. According […]
By News Source Guyana on April 30, 2014
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Guyana’s President Donald Ramotar left Guyana on Monday for a Caricom-Mexico meeting without signing into law, the Budget Appropriations Act. The Act was sent to the President for his assent on Friday morning. President Ramotar’s decision not to sign the bill into law may be as a result of the budget being reduced by $38 […]
By News Source Guyana on April 30, 2014
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The Government of Guyana announced on Wednesday morning that it had revoked the work permit and extension of stay for the Chief of Party for the USAID Leadership and Democracy Project, Glenn Bradbury. The announcement was made by Cabinet Secretary Dr. Roger Luncheon and comes at a time when the Guyana government appears to be […]
By News Source Guyana on April 29, 2014
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The Chairman of the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry, Sir Richard Cheltenham of Barbados, not only knew the late Dr. Rodney well but was inspired by his struggle. New questions emerged Tuesday night about whether a conflict of interest now exists with Dr. Cheltenham serving on the Commission having known Dr. Rodney, considered him a […]