By News Source Guyana on December 5, 2013
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The Chairman of the Laparkan Group on Thursday announced that the company has sold its main Fogarty’s building on Water Street as part of a refinancing deal which will see the company leasing the same building from the new owners. Chairman Glen Khan said Fogarty’s is not leaving but is looking at new ways to […]
By News Source Guyana on December 5, 2013
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The Opposition political coalition, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has indicated to the Clerk of the National Assembly that it intends to move a motion at the next sitting of the National Assembly which seeks to lower the fees being charged to cross the Berbice River Bridge. According to the APNU, “since it’s commissioning […]
By News Source Guyana on December 4, 2013
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Police detectives are probing the death of a man whose body was found on the foreshore of the Georgetown seawalls in the area behind the Criminal Investigations Department of the Police Force. The discovery was made on Wednesday. The identity of the man has not been verified and investigators are tight lipped about the probe. […]
By News Source Guyana on December 4, 2013
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A Guyanese woman who traveled to the United States on Thanksgiving Day will now spend Christmas in the slammer after she was busted at New York’s JFK Airport with over six pounds of cocaine in the false bottom of her suitcase. While many persons in the United States were preparing for Thanksgiving Dinner, the woman […]
By News Source Guyana on December 4, 2013
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(CARICOM) The Legal Affairs Committee (LAC) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has discussed the implications for the Community and Member States on the recent Caribbean Court of Justice ruling in the matter involving Shanique Myrie. The LAC, which comprises Attorneys General and Ministers of Legal Affairs of the Community, met by video-conference on Friday […]
By News Source Guyana on December 4, 2013
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Embattled former Chief Executive Officer of EZ Jet, Guyanese Sonny Ramdeo has withdrawn his guilty plea to fraud charges and has changed his attorneys just one month ahead of a sentencing hearing. A Florida Judge on Tuesday, granted Ramdeo’s request to get new counsel and withdraw his guilty plea. The US Government objected to his […]
By News Source Guyana on December 3, 2013
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Electronics Superstore Gizmos and Gadgets on Tuesday announced that it had been granted official distributor status in Guyana for the BOSE brand of products. BOSE is best known for its high quality speakers and audio equipment. Managing Director at Gizmos and Gadgets, Ravi Mangar explained to News Source that by becoming official distributors for the […]
By News Source Guyana on December 3, 2013
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Several buildings belonging to the DIDCO Trading company have found themselves on the auction block as the company has gone into receivership. According to an advertisement in the Kaieteur newspaper, the receiver manager is inviting tenders for the purchase of over 9 acres of River front land at Friendship on the East Bank of Demerara. […]
By News Source Guyana on December 3, 2013
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The blame game continues over who should take responsibility for the garbage pile up and drainage problems in the nation’s capital. Even as several communities in and outside of Georgetown continue to recover from last week’s flooding,the governing People’s Progressive Party is throwing blame for the garbage and flooding problems at the feet of the […]
By News Source Guyana on December 1, 2013
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The Guyana Police Force announced on Sunday that investigations are being conducted into the circumstances surrounding the death of miner Terrence France of Oronoque, Port Kaituma, North West District whose body was found with several suspected chop wounds. The body was discovered just after 6 o’ clock on Sunday morning in a mining pit at […]