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Hundreds of Sugar workers from the Albion and Blairmont Sugar Estates in Berbice continue to protest, demanding a severance payout from the Guyana Sugar Corporation, (GUYSUCO). The protesting sugar workers were initially employed at the Rose Hall estate, but after the closure of that estate in 2017, many of them were transferred to the Albion […]
Confronted by an alarming increase in gun related crimes, Law enforcement agencies plan to intensify their campaign to rid the streets of illegal firearms, according to the Home Affairs Minister. In a recent interview with News Source, Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn said the Police Force has seized a number of firearms in recent […]
One of the students who was critically injured in the Mahdia School Dorm fire which claimed the lives of 20 children, has been released from the Staten Island University Hospital, after undergoing three months of special medical care. The young girl, Mariza Williams, was air-dashed to the United States back in May after surviving the […]
Caribbean Airlines flights across its network remained severely affected on Monday, even after the Industrial Court in Trinidad and Tobago ordered the airline’s pilots back to work. As of this afternoon, several flights remained canceled while others were updated to the “delayed” status. The airline admitted today that Sunday’s widespread cancellations and today’s ongoing disruptions […]
A post-mortem examination was this morning conducted on the body of 19-year-old Malinda Niewenkirk by Government Pathologist, Dr. Nehaul SIngh. In his report, Dr. Singh gave the cause of death as compression injury to the neck, consistent with hanging. The post mortem examination also found no other marks on her body, the Police said. The […]
Police investigators are probing the murder of 29-year-old West Bank Demerara driver, Bharrat Gendalall. The Canal #2 man was stabbed to the chest on Saturday evening, when a group of masked men attacked him in his yard. The motive behind the attack remains unknown. The Police statement indicated that moments before Gendalall was stabbed to […]
Regional carrier, Caribbean Airlines was forced to cancel over two dozen flights on Sunday across its destinations, as many of the airlines’ pilots did not report for duty. While the airline has officially described the reason behind the cancellations as “cockpit crew constraints”, it is suspected that the pilots have quietly started a protest action […]
Two days after he was reported missing by his family, the Police on Saturday discovered the body of 34-year-old, Ovril Adamson Pedro. The body was found in a clump of bushes at Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara. According to the Police, the body was found by a fisherman who was heading to the backlands at Soesdyke. […]
One day after Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo claimed that Trinidad and Tobago businessmen have been soaking up the foreign currency in Guyana by conducting lots of their international transactions from Guyana, Opposition Member of Parliament and Leader of the Alliance for Change, Khemraj Ramjattan, believes the Guyana Government must take the blame for the situation. […]
Timehri resident, Andrew Rodriguez was today sentenced to four years in jail and fined $3.2 million after he pleaded guilty to trafficking just over four pounds of cocaine. Rodriguez was arrested on Tuesday after agents of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit found four parcels of cocaine at his residence. In Court today, he opted not […]
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