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At the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court this morning, a Timehri/Georgetown mini-bus driver was remanded to jail after being charged with the rape of a 21-year-old disabled woman. The accused, 44-year-old, Sherwin Reynolds is from the Plaisance area. He was represented by Attorney Stanley Moore. The Court was told that on the 19th April 2018, the man […]
Guyana’s Auditor General, Deodat Sharma, today handed over his 2017 report to the Speaker of the National Assembly, Dr. Barton Scotland. During the handover, Mr. Sharma announced that as Guyana gears up and moves into the oil and gas sector, his Department will be building its capacity to take on the emerging sector and the […]
Guyana once again used its address to the United Nations General Assembly today to inform the international community of Venezuela’s continuing claim to Guyana’s territory. However, this time, world leaders were informed of the matter being moved to the International Court of Justice for a final resolution. Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl […]
The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) is joining the Guyana Trades Union Congress in condemning, what it considers, “the clear intention of the Ministry of Social Protection to railroad the composition of the Arbitration Tribunal that will address pay rise and working conditions of our nation’s teachers”. According to the union body, […]
Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo, has brushed aside the Government’s hosting of a National Youth Conference as nothing more than “an election gimmick” in the run up to Local Government Elections. The National Youth Conference is currently being hosted at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre and has brought together Youth Leaders and Youth Groups […]
The Alliance For Change is accusing the People’s Progressive Party of waging a “nasty” campaign in the local government elections and believes the Guyana Elections Commission must address the issue. At a press conference today, the AFC complained that many of its supporters in PPP stronghold areas are being harassed and intimated by the members […]
The Guyana Trades Union is lashing out at Minister within the Ministry of Social Protection Keith Scott, over his decision to appoint a Chairman for the Arbitration process between the Guyana Teachers Union and the Ministry of Education. In a statement this afternoon, the umbrella trade union body said Minister Scott has no legal authority […]
A route 42 mini-bus driver is a patient of the Georgetown Hospital after he was shot to one of his legs by a Georgetown City Constable. The incident occurred this morning in Cornhill Street just outside the old GNCB building where mini-buses were recently relocated. Eyewitnesses reported that the driver, John Paul, got into a […]
A husband and wife from the Railway embankment road in Kitty are now nursing burns and other injuries to their bodies, after a cooking gas bottle exploded in their home this morning. The names of the two persons have not been released, but they were rushed to the hospital this after the explosion demolished a […]
In wake of the post-mortem examination pointing to the cause of death being asphyxiation and compression to the neck, the Guyana Police Force has opened murder investigation into the death of 41-year-old Sherwin Apple. Apple was found dead yesterday morning on the Kitty foreshore as Police were looking to question him about a sex video […]
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