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The Governments of Guyana and Colombia have signed an agreement on mutual exemption of visa for holders of ordinary passports. The agreement was signed in the margins of the 47th Regular Session of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS), in Cancún, Mexico. It will allow holders of Ordinary Passports to enter and […]
The Ministry of Education, Department of Culture, Youth and Sport is requesting that more youths become involved in the $50M Youth Innovation Project (YIPoG) entrepreneurial opportunity as the entry closing date of submission draws near. The Ministry has set the YIPoG closing date of submission for June 30. The programme, launched last month during the […]
Police investigators and Prison officials have rushed to the New Amsterdam Prison following an afternoon attack on two inmates, which resulted the death of one of the inmates. Dead is Neshan Jagmohan, who was a remand prisoner on trial for the 2013 murder of businessman, Devindra Deodat. His brother, Ramnarine Jagmohan, who is on remand […]
Two fish vendors found themselves in deep trouble on Wednesday, when they appeared before a city Magistrate, charged with stealing property from a businessman. The two men, 46-year-old, Keon Allicock and his 19-year-old employee, Leon Singh, were slapped with multiple break and entering charges when they appeared in court, but they pleaded not guilty to […]
Days after being nabbed at the Eugene Correia Airport, Ogle with 72 pellets of cocaine in his stomach, an East Coast Demerara man was sentenced to three years in jail and fined $1.5 million after entering a guilty plea to the drug trafficking charges. 32- year-old, Rudolph Muir aka “Roach”, of Enterprise, Mahaicony, appeared before […]
Police in Canje, Berbice are probing the death of a woman from the Sheet Anchor area, who was beaten to death by her husband. The woman’s name has not been released, but according to reports out of the area, she was attacked and beaten and chopped to death by the husband during an argument. The […]
Moments after taking the oath of office, the new Chair of the Public Utilities Commission said the Commission will be focusing heavily on ensuring all systems are in place to ensure a smooth transition to liberalization of the telecommunications sector. Attorney-at-Law, Dela Britton, took the oath of office before President David Granger on Wednesday morning, […]
Attorney General Basil Williams is denying that he is the author of an email that is being circulated showing re-election strategies for the coalition government. In a statement last evening, Mr. Williams said the email is fake and though the email address is similar to the one he uses, it is not the same and […]
The former Accountant of the Guyana Rice Development Board, Peter Ramcharran has been arrested in Canada. He is wanted locally in connection with a massive multi million dollar fraud at the Guyana Rice development Board. Ramcharran is expected to face an immigration hearing that could prepare the way for his return to Guyana. He has been […]
Justice Navendra Singh today sentenced a 33-year-old, Soesdyke man to 60 years in jail after a jury found him guilty of murder. The convict, Steve Allicock, smiled his way in and out of the courtroom as the sentence was handed down. The case dates back to 2009 when Allicock and his brother attacked another man, […]
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