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Tourism and Business Minister, Oneidge Walrond today defended the government’s firing of scores of public servants since taking office last August. In her contribution to the budget debates, the technocrat Minister said many of the public servants who were terminated by the PPP Civic administration were linked to the APNU+AFC coalition and did not hide […]
A murder convict who was serving an 81-year sentence for the execution style gunning down of a 72-year-old woman, has died from COVID-19. Sources at the Guyana Prison Service have confirmed the death of convicted prisoner Kevin October. He was a patient of the Coronavirus Intensive Care Unit for several days and slipped into a […]
The Speaker of the National Assembly was forced to call in the Police this afternoon after a personal laptop belonging to Opposition Member of Parliament, Cathy Hughes was reported stolen. Hughes said she left her Apple Macbook in her bag along with other documents for the budget debates in the Parliamentary chamber as they took […]
Police investigators have issued a wanted bulletin for a 42-year-old East La Penitence man in connection with the gunning down of Tiger Bay youth, Dale Christopher at a j’ouvert fete in Lodge on Mashramani morning. The wanted man has been identified as Osafo Grundall. The 27-year-old shooting victim, Dale Christopher, was shot once to his […]
The popular ACME Establishment and General Store in Georgetown has been plunged into mourning with the death of the company’s General Manager Sandra-dee Barker. The 54-year-old woman’s body was found on the floor of her office at the corners of Regent and King Street this morning. She was last seen alive in her office on […]
Former Public Security Minister and APNU+AFC parliamentarian, Khemraj Ramjattan is pleading with the government to consider a 10% retroactive salary increase for public servants pending negotiations with the Guyana Public Service Union, (GPSU). In closing his 35-minute presentation, Mr. Ramjattan said he has a simple demand for the government. “I propose that there be a […]
The Multi-Agency Coordinating Committee for Addressing the Influx of Venezuelan Migrants into Guyana, has been resuscitated by the Government. The committee met recently to give attention to the migrant situation through a coordinated effort between the Guyana Government and international partners. The multi-agency committee was formed under the last government and worked in several communities […]
Police in Berbice have arrested four men in the Corentyne area who are accused of attacking and raping an elderly woman in her home. The woman, who is said to be in her 90’s, was discovered yesterday morning by her caregiver in a bloody state. She told the caregiver about the attack by the men […]
Three persons have been arrested by the Police as they probe the shooting death of a 27-year-old Tiger Bay, Cummingsburg youth at a j’ouvert party early this morning. The dead youth has been identified as Dale Christopher aka “Sun Skull”. He was in the company of friends at around 6 o’clock this morning at the […]
US President Joe Biden is looking forward to Guyana and the United States strengthening bilateral ties and working together in the area of security. In a statement on Guyana’s 51st Republic Anniversary, President Biden noted that “Guyana is a strong democracy, and I look forward to strengthening our bilateral relationship based on shared principles of […]
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