Update: Police investigating early morning shooting
The police are investigating the shooting of Leslie Wood, who was shot multiple times about his body this morning, Friday July 5.
In a press...
Guyana bound LIAT plane forced to return to Barbados with “avionics fan” problem
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Mason charged with assault
Sixty – year - old Ervin Griffith; a mason of Lamaha Park appeared before magistrate Ann Mc Lennan charged with assault.
Griffith pleaded not guilty...
Citizens urged to ensure water safety and personal hygiene in light of flooding
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Haiti, Guyana to Lead Caribbean Economic Growth in 2014: Report
- The United Nations released its annual World Economic Situation and Prospects report this week, which projects GDP growth across Latin America and...
AFC will support Anti – Money Laundering Legislation
- The Alliance for Change (AFC) has announced that it will support the Anti – Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism...
Meeting set between Guyana, Venezuela Ministers to discuss arrest of US Ship
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Woman remanded for trafficking two teenage girls
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Pensioner allegedly threatens to chop sister, granted bail
- A pensioner was placed on $80,000 bail for threatening to chop his sister. Sixty – two - year old Mohamed Bacchus of...
Gov’t still awaiting green light from BBCI for toll reduction
By Jomo Paul
– Officials at the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) have confirmed that the Guyana Government is yet to receive an official...
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