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A request by the President’s office for the consultations on constitutional appointments between the President and the Opposition Leader to restart today was turned down by the Opposition Leader over scheduling conflicts. Three weeks after the first meeting between President Irfaan Ali and Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton, the President’s office wrote to the Opposition Leader […]
Just over a month after she was busted at the Cheddi Jagan Airport and entered a guilty plea to drug trafficking charges, 25-year-old former media worker, Zanneel Williams opted to change her plea to not guilty today as she returned to Court for sentencing. Back in April, the presiding Magistrate had delayed the sentencing until […]
In his latest food Security push for the Caribbean region and in Guyana, President Irfaan Ali believes that the time has come for Agriculture to be at the forefront of the food security efforts across the region. Delivering the keynote address at the Agri-fest in Barbados over the weekend, the President said recent external events […]
A 31-year-old engineer from Better Hope on the East Coast. Of Demerara was stabbed to death on Sunday morning after lashing another man to the body during an argument. The dead engineer has been identified as Neil Rampersaud. A police report on the incident said at around 7:30 on Sunday morning, Rampersaud confronted another man […]
The discovery of 54 pounds of cocaine in several large parcels at the Demerara Shipping wharf on Lombard Street over the weekend has once again raised concerns about security at the country’s shipping ports. No one has been arrested over the large drug bust. The bag with the cocaine was found stashed inside a container […]
The Labour Ministry has joined the investigations into the death of two men while at work at the Trans Rice Mill in Mahaicony late on Friday. The two men, Shaquille Butts and Gousham Narine reportedly fell off a scaffold after being electrocuted while executing their work duties. A part of the scaffold had reportedly come […]
The partly decomposed body of New Central High School Home Economics teacher, Omega Ault was found in her Crane, West Bank Demerara home on Friday afternoon. Investigators suspect that she died at least three days prior to the discovery. The body was discovered by the dead woman’s brother, who visited her home after repeated calls […]
Police investigators are reviewing CCTV video footage that they hope could lead to the arrest of a suspect in the late-night execution of Ministry of Health driver and Sophia resident Collin McPherson. The 43-year-old man was shot dead on Thursday night at his D Field, Sophia home, who attacked him in front of his children […]
Three young siblings, ages 8,7, and 3 died tragically this morning in a fire that ripped through their small wooden house in Barnwell North, behind the village of Mocha Arcadia. The children were left alone at home by their mother who was working the night shift as a security guard. Police investigators believe the fire […]
As Guyana Celebrates its 56th Independence anniversary today, President Irfaan Ali issued a call on citizens to rededicate themselves to working together in the interest of the nation. Speaking at the national flag-raising ceremony which was held at Anna Regina in Essequibo, President Ali also spoke about the importance of defending Guyana’s territorial integrity and […]
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