Five Venezuelan nationals were today jailed by Magistrate Allan Wilson after they pleaded guilty to five armed robbery charges that stem from an attack on stranded travellers at an island in the Wenamu River, Cuyuni.
Three groups are vying to complete the Amaila Falls road and transmission line clearing project and bids opened today showed a more than $1B difference between the highest and lowest submissions.
Declaring that the days of the PPP/C using the National Assembly as a rubber stamp are over, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) today called for national support as it moves to enact laws for constitutional and electoral reforms.
The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) has fired 77 workers in Linden, following a verification exercise that is part of a nationwide campaign by the agency.
The National Assembly this afternoon passed an appropriation bill to clear extra-budgetary spending from last year, without four items that were voted down by the opposition.
The strike called by University of Guyana lecturers and staff has been called off, following successful talks between the unions, the university’s administration and the Ministry of Labour earlier today.
Mechanic Marlon Welcome died this morning after being attacked by a man who broke into his Sophia home.
A woman was found dead in her Craig, East Bank Demerara home with her throat slit this afternoon, after a suspected robbery.
Billy Glasgow, Steve Reddy and Robin Singh, held in connection with cocaine and ganja found aboard the MV Bismarck 2, were today remanded to prison after being arraigned at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
The ruling party’s unwillingness to compromise on the nominee for the speakership left no room for any negotiations, AFC Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan said today.
A taxi driver was discovered dead in his vehicle this morning at Goedverwagting Road, Plaisance, on the East Coast of Demerara.
Office of the President (OP) press officer Kwame McCoy was this morning placed on self-bail after he was arraigned on three charges, including two separate counts of assault.
A gunman, who stole $1.5M in a robbery at Garden of Eden, East Bank Demerara on Friday evening, was caught by his victim after a car chase.
President-elect Donald Ramotar is to be sworn in tomorrow at State House.
The incumbent PPP/C has won enough votes in the general elections to keep the presidency, but will lead a minority government after opposition groups APNU and AFC got enough support to scrape a one-seat advantage in the National Assembly.
A man died this afternoon after he was pinned by the tray of a sand truck at the corner of Church and Albert streets.
The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) has accused Georgetown Mayor Hamilton Green of attempting to extort vendors in exchange for protection during possible elections unrest—a charge that the Chief Citizen has denied.
A man who was wanted for questioning about the murder of Clementine Fiedtkou-Parris, the 72-year-old Robb Street, Georgetown resident who was shot and killed in her home, turned himself over to police and led them to the location of two rifles on Tuesday evening, police have said.
Businessman Robert Badal this afternoon endorsed the Alliance For Change (AFC) to lead the next government, calling it the “most credible” option to take the country forward.
Ryan Kissoon, called “Dhal Belly,” is being sought in connection with the murder of elderly Robb Street, Lacytown pharmacist Harold Rachpaul.
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