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A 55-year-old man from Industry on the East Coast Demerara killed himself on Saturday after burning down his house which has left family members homeless. The man has been identified as Deoshan Naryan who lived at 85 Fourth Street, Industry, East Coast Demerara. He reportedly set fire to the house just before drinking a pesticide […]
A Guyanese woman who was able to make it pass security at the Cheddi Jagan Airport and New York’s JFK Airport with over half a pound of cocaine in her body now faces the possibility of life in prison. The woman, 43-year-old Odetta Clarke was placed under arrest at a Brooklyn Hospital back in August, […]
Officials from the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit are in contact with their Jamaican counterparts after 126 pounds of cocaine was discovered in a container in Jamaica that came from Guyana. News Source understands that information is already being exchanged between the two agencies. The Jamaican Observer reported on Friday that “fifty-two packages of cocaine weighing […]
With the Government accusing the Opposition parties of sabotaging the country by not passing the Anti Money Laundering Amendment Bill, the Opposition group, A Partnership for National Unity is firing back and has thrown the blame at the feet of the administration. In a statement issued on Friday, the APNU said “the People’s Progressive Party/Civic […]
Tragedy struck early on Friday morning for the Boodhoo Family of Third Street Alberttown when 65-year-old Bholan Boodhoo was killed after being hit by a GPL contract mini bus on the JB Singh Road, while jogging. The accident took place just after 5 o’ clock. The man’s body was dragged for several yards and he […]
The Opposition parties, A Partnership for National Unity and the Alliance For Change used their combined majority in the National Assembly on Thursday night to vote down the Anti-money Laundering and Countering of financing of terrorism Amendment Bill. The move the Opposition parties came after they also rejected a petition from the Private Sector Commission […]
Guyana’s Minister of Home Affairs and the General Secretary of the governing People’s Progressive Party, Clement Rohee was taken to a private city hospital on Thursday evening to undergo medical tests after feeling ill for the past two days. The Minister who was absent from Thursday’s sitting of the National Assembly reportedly complained of having […]
As Guyana gets ready for another round of discussions with Venezuela in the coming months over the Venezuelan’s Navy arrest of an oil exploration vessel in Guyana’s waters, Minister of Foreign Affairs Carolyn Rordrigues Birkett has made it clear that Guyana will not sacrifice its principles in the name of cooperation when it comes to […]
The National Assembly on Thursday rejected a petition by the Private Sector Commission to encourage the Assembly to pass the Anti Money Laundering and the Countering of Financing of Terrorism Amendment Bill. The petition was allowed to be laid before the House by Member of Parliament for the Peoples Progressive Party Civic, Manzoor Nadir. Nadir […]
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has issued a call on the Guyana Government to play closer attention to the rights of all citizens. The call from the international organisation comes in response to a recent interface with a number of rights groups from Guyana and the Government of Guyana. Four Guyanese civil society organisations […]
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