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by Zena Henry Residents of Timehri North can now breathe a sigh of relief as government assured them that they would not be uprooted from their homes to facilitate the controversial Cheddi Jagan International Airport runway (CJIA) expansion project. Public Infrastructure Minister David Patterson said during his presentation in Parliament Friday June 26 that only 15 homes might have to ...

Residents in several coastal areas across Guyana were Sunday night going to bed without electricity due to severe storm damage, even as the power company was busy mobilizing workers and spares to alleviate the situation early in the new week. Among the areas without power are South and North Ruimveldt, Lamaha Springs, Parfaite Harmonie and Cornelia Ida, parts of the ...

High winds blew off the roofs of several houses on the West Coast and West bank Demerara. Accompanied by heavy rain, the wind uprooted the zinc sheets of many houses at Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara and South Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara. A vacant unfinished house at Cornelia Ida was blown down. The incident occurred at about 3:30 PM. There ...

Political analyst Senior Counsel Ralph Ramkarran believes that A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) is derailing the pre-election accord with the Alliance For Change (AFC) and that the latter party appears to be complicit in duping the electorate. “The flimsy excuse of constitutional violation is an attempt at a power play by APNU. Supported by a surprisingly subservient AFC, it ...

The body of an elderly man and a damaged motorcycle were found on the roadway at Moruca late Saturday night. Investigators are working on the theory that Ignatius Francis of Kumaka, North West District might have been struck down by a vehicle that subsequently fled the scene. “An abandoned damaged motor cycle was found in the vicinity and it is ...

An  East Bank Demerara man was shot during a home invasion, although the bandits did not find anything of value, police said. Injured is 46-year old Gowkarran Rampersaud of New Providence Scheme, East Bank Demerara. Police said that about 2:30 AM Sunday, June 28, 2015 two men entered Rampersaud’s home through an open door and one of them held him ...

The 53-nation Commonwealth Saturday reiterated that it was siding with Guyana in its maritime and land border controversy with Venezuela, even as the global organisation prepares to discuss the issue in New York in another three months. “There have been recent developments including a claim by a neighbouring country over Guyana’s land and maritime areas, and the Commonwealth has moved ...

Former Chairman of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), Grantley Waldron is heading a four-member committee to probe the spate of mining accidents that have claimed numerous lives in recent months. The Department of Natural Resources and the Environment of the Ministry of the Presidency said the other committee members, who are “knowledgeable and competent in their respective fields”, ...

A man was robbed of his gun, abducted, shot about his body and dumped out of a car that was later ditched in Sophia. Police said a man and a woman have since been arrested in connection with the incident after one bullet was found in their house at South Sophia. Following is the police statement: At about 1910h. last ...

The Peoples Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) Friday, June 26 attempted to submit to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) its list of candidates for Regional Councilors but was unable to do as the body’s employees were away on a fun-day. The party, however, is claiming that the elections body “rejected”: its list. In a press release the PPPC says “the lists ...