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A Guyanese man who visited St. Lucia and returned to Guyana last week has died after he was suspected to have been infected by the Chikungunya virus during his St. Lucian visit. Health Officials in St. Lucia are worried about the growing number of cases of the virus in the small island. The 38-year-old man, […]
A 19-year old Soesdyke resident is nursing a gunshot wound to his chest after he was caught officers of a private security firm stealing GT&T fibre optic cables at Coverden on the East Bank of Demerara. According to the Guyana Police Force, the incident occurred at about 04:15 am on Wednesday. The Police statement said […]
British High Commissioner to Guyana, Andrew Ayre used the celebration of the Queen’s 88th Birthday in Georgetown to issue another call for Guyana to host Local Government Elections. The International Community has been pressing Guyana to host local government elections. The last time Guyanese went to the polls for Local Government elections was in 1994. […]
The United States Ambassador to Guyana, Brent Hardt has described as “unfortunate” the decision by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force to issue a warning to its members about doing business in Guyana in absence of the updated Anti- Money laundering legislation. The U.S envoy has been calling for Guyana to put the legislation in […]
A Friendship, East Bank Demerara woman was found dead early on Tuesday morning at the bottom of her stairs with her head in a bucket. She has been identified as 25-year-old Shelly Persaud. Investigators have taken the woman’s husband into custody as they continued their probe of the death. The woman’s husband claims that he […]
Police Cadet Officer, Franz Paul was on Monday remanded to prison after he was slapped with four charges in connection with the shooting in the mouth of 15-year-old Alex Griffith. Paul was charged with perverting the course of justice, unlawfully assaulting the teenager, inflicting grievous bodily harm and intent to maim, disfigure and disable the […]
A 20-year-old man who was “accidentally shot” while he and another man were carrying out a robbery at Number 11 Village, Corentyne has died from his gunshot wound. The incident took place on Sunday evening. The dead bandit has been as Avinash Rambazad, who was also known as “Pandit”. According to a Police report, “Pandit” […]
Guyana’s premier trade fair and exhibition, GUYEXPO was officially launched on Friday by President Donald Ramotar at the Guyana International Conference Centre (GICC), Liliendaal under the theme, “Transformation: Partnering for a Better Guyana”. GUYEXPO provides a platform for importers, exporters, retailers and wholesalers both local and foreign to showcase their products, interact with each other, and create trade […]
President Donald Ramotar has stated that by moving the third Test match between the West Indies and New Zealand from Guyana, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) is threatening regional integration by their actions. The match which was scheduled to have been played at the Guyana National Stadium from June 26 to 30 was pulled […]
Captain Gerry Gouveia of Roraima Airways and Tom Johnson of Dynamic Airways are both confident that the introduction of Dynamic Airways schedule service between Guyana and New York will be a game changer for the local airline industry. The two managers played on their cartoon character names at the launching of the airline as they […]
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