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The family of murdered Berbice teenager, Haresh Singh staged a protest in front of the Office of the President this morning, as they repeated their calls for justice. Singh of #3 Village West Coast Berbice was found murdered in the village Backdam, during an unrest that erupted following the murder of two other Berbice teens, […]
An 18-year-old young woman from La Penitence has become the second victim of the early Sunday morning accident along Homestretch Avenue. The young woman, Tonika Halley, passed away at the Georgetown Hospital this morning as Doctors lost their battle to save her life. She was rushed there last evening with two others who are still […]
A 20-year-old Festival City man who was having a night out with friends died in an early morning accident along Homestretch Avenue. His friends have been hospitalized with serious injuries. At least three of them are listed as being in a serious condition. The dead young man has been identified as Dakera Gittens. He was […]
A Saturday afternoon fire in Castello Housing Scheme that swept through three houses, completely demolishing them and scorching two others, has left a total of 24 persons homeless. The Fire Service was summoned to the scene just before 12 noon on Saturday as an alarm was raised when the fire was first spotted in two-story […]
Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh unveiled the government’s $383.1 Billion budget that is heavily focused on education along with infrastructure and other development initiatives. On the Education front, a total of $60.7 Billion has been allocated to that sector with just over $5 billion of that amount going towards the construction and rehabilitation of schools. […]
A 19-year-old woman from Providence on the East Bank of Demerara appeared in Court earlier today and admitted to making a false rape allegation against her ex-boyfriend and attempting to extort $10 Million from him. The young woman, Princess Williams, was immediately remanded to jail after her guilty plea. The Magistrate has asked that a […]
Having received a total of $7 Billion last year in the national budget and the supplementary budget, the Guyana Sugar Corporation is set to receive another $2 billion in this year’s budget. Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh announced this afternoon that the state-owned sugar company will continue to undergo a restructuring and revitalization plan. The […]
Declaring that 2021 will not be an easy year for Guyana due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Senior Minister with responsibility for Finance Dr. Ashni Singh, presented a grim picture of the performance in 2020 for the non-oil sectors of the Guyanese economy. Overall economic growth was pegged at 43.5% but most of that growth was […]
The Public Works Ministry is assuring passengers of Eastern Airlines who are affected by the airline’s sudden suspension of service to Guyana that it will tap into a bond that the airline lodged with the government, if it fails to repay them for their tickets. Eastern Airlines announced earlier this week that it has decided […]
A Georgetown businessman and a Berbice taxi driver have been remanded to jail on cocaine trafficking charges. The two were held two days ago by agents of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit following the cocaine discovery in the taxi driver’s car. Appearing in Court today, 47-year-old taxi driver Cordell Moore of New Amsterdam, Berbice, and […]
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