Police were yesterday forced to release miner Gavin Joseph on station bail, after his wife, who he allegedly shot twice in the shoulder last Friday, refused to give investigators a statement about the incident.
Preliminary figures compiled by Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) officials indicate more than $700M in losses from last Thursday’s fire, Minister of Transport and Hydraulics, Robeson Benn says.
One man is dead while another is wounded after they were both allegedly shot by a businessman yesterday at Powis Backdam, Five Star, North West District.
-cites domination by Correia Group A fuel supply row which saw a tanker ramming a gate at Ogle Airport on Thursday deepened yesterday with Air Services Limited (ASL) calling for an inquiry into operations there and charging that domination of the facility by a competitor was the root of the problem.
The promised return of the radio serial Merundoi to the airwaves of the National Communication Network (NCN) yesterday did not materialise and no one seems to know what the future holds for the popular drama.
Guyanese Dr. Cary F. Fraser, a historian of international relations, has been appointed the new president of the University of Belize, a release from the university said.
Guyanese Lloyd Charles, previously convicted of robbery in Canada, was last week found guilty of unlawful possession of a firearm by a Canadian Judge.
The Attorney General has cited errors in several aspects of law as the grounds for appealing the decision by Justice Roxane George to award $6.5 million to the teen who was tortured while in police custody.
A fire, believed to be electrical in origin, gutted a house at Stewart Path, Wismar, Linden early yesterday morning, leaving one man seeking a place to rest his head.
With 15 Grade One passes, Anuradha Dev shares the top spot at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations, and she did it without any extra lessons.
The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) urged young people yesterday to be aware that they are empowered to change their present and mould their future.
The price for chicken continues to climb countrywide, due to increased consumer demand and a shortfall in production.
Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton yesterday remanded a robbery accused, after he gave the court a false address.
Kenny Creame, the 19-year-old miner who was beaten to death at Monessee Backdam, at Port Kaituma last Tuesday, died as a result of blunt trauma to the head, a post-mortem examination has revealed.
MIAMI, (Reuters) – One of Communist-ruled Cuba’s best-known singers, Pablo Milanes, said in quoted comments he would like to see more freedom to protest on the island as he prepared for a controversial concert this month in Miami.
MOSCOW, (Reuters Life!) – Russia’s Bolshoi Theatre celebrated the 90th birthday of Cuban dancer Alicia Alonso with a gala performance this week of Russian classics performed by her pupils and countrymen.
Minister of Public Service Dr Jennifer Westford has said the administration’s investment in youth and providing opportunities for them to access tertiary training is unparalleled within this hemisphere, with over 2,800 youths having benefitted.
A man, charged with stealing a BlackBerry Smartphone and another, charged with receiving the stolen item, were on Friday each placed on $35,000 bail by Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
Officers attached to the Drug Enforcement Unit of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) and Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) yesterday morning intercepted a quantity of cocaine in a card bound for Canada.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Republican lawmakers fumed yesterday over potential lost American exports because of a free trade deal between Canada and Colombia that has taken force before President Barack Obama has even sent a five-year-old U.S-Colombia
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