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With Christmas just four days away, business in the heart of the city is gradually ‘picking up steam,’ vendors in and around the Stabroek Market told News Source today. Annette Pellew, who sells fruits on the outskirts of the Stabroek Market near to the bus park, was in high spirits. She told News Source that […]
The Sheriff Group of Companies has announced the acquisition of a Bell 429 rescue helicopter at a cost of US$9.14 million. The company recently purchased its first helicopter, a Bell 505, and the additional one is expected to be delivered in the last quarter of 2024. According to the company, the Bell 429 is a […]
The Guyana Police Force announced today that it dispatched one of its officers to New York recently to serve a summons on US-based, Guyanese political activist Rickford Burke, for him to appear in Court in Guyana on cyber crime charges. In a statement, the Police Force said Assistant Superintendent of Police, Rodwell Sarabo, was sent […]
After issuing a full statement announcing that it had requested the firearm of journalist Travis Chase for testing as part of the investigations into the shooting up of his car, the Guyana Police Force quietly returned the journalist’s weapon after ballistics tests found no links between his weapon and the spent shells discovered at the […]
The Guyana Police Force’s Traffic Department has announced that with effect from Thursday and up until Christmas Eve Day, traffic along Regent Street will only be allowed to proceed in a western direction, effectively only allowing one-way traffic along the street for the next four days. During an online radio interview today, Traffic Chief, Senior […]
President Irfaan Ali has encouraged the country’s business community to continue investing and moving forward with their business plans as normal, even as the country is dealing with external threats from neighboring Venezuela. Speaking at the Private Sector Commission’s Gala Dinner and Award Ceremony on Tuesday night, the President said despite the threats to the […]
In a majority decision during an extraordinary meeting this morning, the Georgetown City Council approved a 6.5% across the board salary increase for its more than 500 workers. The Council, in a unanimous decision, also agreed to pay its workers a $25,000 one-off bonus for the holiday season. The Council’s Finance Committee had recommended a […]
More than a month after he went on the run after brutally stabbing his wife to death in the Sunset View Hotel in Georgetown, Corentyne resident Sadesh Appadu, has died. The man reportedly turned up at the home of a relative recently after ingesting a poisonous substance. He was later found dead. In a statement […]
Police on the West Coast of Berbice are investigating the murder of 27-year-old Dwayne Byass called ‘Eddo’, of Golden Fleece, West Coast Berbice. The self-employed man was stabbed to death this afternoon at Paradise on the West Coast of Berbice during a domino game at a shop. A police statement on the murder indicated that […]
The Guyana Prison Service has announced that female prisoners who are currently being housed at the New Amsterdam Prison, will be moved to the Timehri Prison on Wednesday. The move is a temporary one. The women offenders will be housed at Timehri while construction works are being carried out at the New Amsterdam jail to […]
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