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The Father of one of the four prison escapees who are still on the run has been remanded to jail after being charged with the harboring of the escapees. 60-year-old boat Captain, Ralph Jones appeared before Magistrate Crystal Lambert at the Vreed en Hoop Magistrates’ Court today and was remanded to prison until the 5th […]
Minister of Labour Joseph Hamilton today told the National Assembly that he inherited a sad situation at the Ministry of Labour when he took up the appointment as the Minister. During his Budget debate presentation, the Labour Minister chided the former government for its handling of occupational health and safety matters, which he said have […]
Opposition Member of Parliament and Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister, Attorney-At-Law, Amanza Walton- Desir, opened the 2021 budget debates with a presentation that took the PPPC administration to task on several issues. Opening her presentation, the Opposition MP accused the government of discrimination against Afro-Guyanese in the public service. Met with loud heckling from the Government […]
The People’s National Congress Reform is looking at the possibility of hosting a virtual party congress this year, as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic could prevent a large in-person gathering. The Congress, which is due in April, will see elections for the leader and other top positions in the party. Two of the party’s executive members, […]
After being suspended for almost a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Guyana/Suriname ferry service is back in operation. The Government of Guyana has made the MB Sandaka available to ply the route as the Canawima ferry remains under repair. An agreement between the governments of Guyana and Suriname will see the service being […]
A Bartica miner who attacked and stabbed a Brazilian miner at a shop in the Black Water Backdam area, Cuyuni has died after he was stabbed to death by the same Brazilian man he attacked. Dead is 29-year-old Randolph Semple of Third Avenue, Bartica. A Police report of the incident explained that a Brazilian miner, […]
Police Investigators are keeping their eyes on a 23-year-old woman who was admitted to a city hospital with more than 70 cocaine-filled pellets in her stomach. She was also nabbed with a condom-wrapped package of cocaine in her vagina. The woman was arrested on Saturday at the Eugene F. Correia as she prepared to board […]
While the CEO of the Giftland Mall has declared victory and claims that the Court has ruled that he does not owe any taxes to the Georgetown City Council, the Attorney for the City Council Darren Wade is insisting that the Court made no such ruling. Chief Justice Roxanne George on Thursday dismissed the City’s […]
Acting on information, agents of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit carried out searches on a box of Guyanese ornaments that was being shipped out of the country and discovered a quantity of cocaine. The box which contained a Guyana Tourism book and various locally made craft pieces and ornaments was discovered with false sides. According […]
The Guyana Coast Guard and other local agencies have ended their search for the boat that was spotted offshore Guyana with several dead bodies aboard. The Ministry of Public Works confirmed that the suspension of the searches on the high seas took place today. Guyana has alerted Trinidad and Tobago and other Caribbean countries about […]
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