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Friday, May 17, 2024

Cops conduct patrols at Stabroek Market

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) is ramping up its efforts to ensure that citizens are safe while conducting business during the Christmas season. Members of...

Giftland announces plan to bring Radisson Blu Hotel to Guyana

Businessman Roy Beepat has announced plans to bring to Guyana a Radisson Blu Hotel which will be constructed to the tune of some US$100M. He...

Drunken man drowns after jumping overboard

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of 24-year-old Danny Hendricks of St Monica Mission, Upper Pomeroon River. On Friday at around 10:00hrs, Hendricks...

All efforts will be made to recover over 150 missing guns – Benn

Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn has assured that all efforts will be made to ensure authorities recover over 150 guns that have gone...

88 new Covid-19 cases recorded

A total of 88 new Covid-19 cases have been recorded, taking the total cases recorded to date to 5093. This is according to information released...

Duo arrested over Sophia drug bust

Ranks of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) on Friday conducted a raid at a two-bedroom house located at ‘C’ Field Sophia, Greater Georgetown where...

3 inmates escape from Lusignan Prison using ‘rope made from bedsheet’

Officer in Charge of the Lusignan Prison (Holding Bay), Superintendent, Alstan Scott has reported that at about 05:20hrs today, during a routine check, an...

Farmer robbed of $3M after leaving Berbice bank

A 42-year-old farmer of Corentyne, Berbice, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne), is now counting his losses after he was robbed of over $3M. Reports are that...

Adoption Board processing overdue applications

The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security’s Adoption Board is making major headway by processing long-overdue adoption applications since its commissioning in October. Minister...

Kwakwani now has 24-hour electricity

Prime Minister, Brigadier (ret’d) Mark Phillips on Friday commissioned a 900-kilowatt generator set at Kwakwani Utilities Incorporated—which will lead to the community having 24-hour...

Recent Articles

Lusignan prison escapee spotted in Parika, GPS offers reward for his arrest

Days after Jose Awad escaped from the Lusignan Prison, East Coast Demerara, he was reportedly spotted in the vicinity of Parika, East Bank Essequibo. ...

QC teacher sent on leave after allegedly beating students

An investigation has been launched into the beating of some 10 students of Queens College. According to reports, the incident occurred around 10:15h on Thursday...

Essequibo shopkeeper busted with cocaine, ganja

A 47-year-old shopkeeper of Dartmouth Village Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) was on Wednesday taken into custody following the discovery of a quantity of...

Guyanese among 2 killed in Upstate NY head-on collision

A Guyanese woman was among two killed in a head-on crash in White Creek, upstate New York. Dead are 39-year-old Shumeka Burgan-Mentor formerly of Timehri,...

Taxi driver busted with 22kg ganja gets 4 years, fined $19.8M

Fifty-three-year-old Eusi Wilson, a taxi driver who was interception with 22 kilograms of cannabis in his motorcar on April 21, 2024, along High Street,...

2-year-old-old among 3 injured after lorry crashes into concrete bridge

A two-year-old was among three persons injured after the motor lorry in which they were travelling crashed into a concrete bridge along the Glasgow...

8 illegal structures halt major infrastructural works in Linden – CH&PA

The Chief Executive Officer of the Central Housing and Planning Authority, Sherwyn Greaves, on Wednesday morning, went with a team on a fact-finding mission...

T&T Govt denies blocking importation of milk from Guyana

claims importer returned goods to DDL   The Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ministry had very strong words for Trinidad and Tobago’s (T&T) decision to...

Conciliation talks: Govt rejects GTU’s 20% across-the-board increase ultimatum

…says demand shocked Ministry, unreasonable The sudden ultimatum by the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) to demand that the Government pay all teachers a 20 per...

Fmr. PNC General Secretary, Oscar Clarke passes

Former General Secretary (GS) of the People's National Congress (PNC) reportedly died on Wednesday after complaining of feeling unwell. He died at a private...