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Soldier plunges to death at Highway creek

A day out with friends at a resort creek along the Linden Soesdyke Highway turned into tragedy on Monday when a young soldier reportedly plunged to his death in the creek. The dead man has been identified as 23-year-old Wayne Paul. According to reports, the young man and a group of friends decided to spend […]

Budget Day is Monday, March 24

Guyana’s Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh has announced that he will present the 2014 National Budget on Monday, March 24 in the National Assembly. In a statement the Ministry of Finance said “it is expected that this year’s budget will continue to promote the PPP/C’s commitment to accelerate economic growth and social development. It will […]

Copa Airlines begins to market Destination Guyana

Panamanian flag carrier, Copa Airlines which will begin its Guyana service in July of this year has started to promote Destination Guyana as a tourism spot for its many travellers. On the airline’s website it has created a Guyana page which showcases various places to visit in Guyana, places to stay and fun activities to […]

U.S registered small plane crashes, three persons injured

A rescue mission has been activated by the Ministry of Works and the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority to medevac three persons who were seriously injured on Tuesday morning when the small single engine aircraft they were travelling in, crashed just as it was attempting to take off from the mining community of Arau in Region […]

Peacemaker shot dead at 14 Miles mining camp

A miner who decided to act as a peace maker in an argument between two other men was shot dead late on Monday night at 14 Miles, Bartica in the Essequibo region. The dead man has been identified as 33-year-old Selwyn Bess of Grove on the East Bank of Demerara. Police Investigators have moved into […]

Fire guts Ministry of Health Annexe at Lilliendaal

An Early morning fire of unknown origin has completely gutted the Ministry of Health Annexe at Lilliendaal on the East Coast of Demerara. The building which is also known as the Medex Building was located just next to the Ocean View Hotel’s Conference Centre. It housed a number of departments in the Health Ministry. Aided […]

Man charged for murder of Guyanese woman in Barbados

POLICE in Barbados have arrested and charged 28-year-old Andrew Pollard, of Mahaica Gap, Green Hill, St Michael for the murder of Guyanese Onicka Gulliver. The partially nude and decomposing body of 23-year-old Gulliver, was found in a bushy area of Vaucluse, St Thomas last Friday after going missing from her Station Hill, St Michael home […]

Carbon monoxide kills Guyanese family of 3 in Canada

(CBC) Police believe carbon monoxide caused the deaths of three members of the same Brampton, Ont., family early Monday when propane heaters were brought into the home after the furnace stopped working in frigid conditions. “It’s just a tragedy … a terrible situation,” Peel Regional Police Const. Fiona Thivierge told reporters Monday. Just before 2 […]

Mother and 4 children burnt to death in Port Kaituma arson

Police investigators late Friday night discovered the charred remains of a Port Kaituma mother and four of her children among the ashes of what was once her house in the same area. The woman and the 4 children were reportedly trapped in the house by her estranged husband who later set the house on fire […]

Woman and children killed in Port Kaituma fire

A woman and her four children were killed in a fire that ripped through their home and business place in Port Kaituma on Friday night. Reports out of the area suggest that the fire was started by the woman’s husband who trapped the four in the building. Persons in the area said the children could […]