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By Ivan Cairo PARAMARIBO, Suriname- After a failed robbery attempt Saturday night in the north of the Surinamese capital of Paramaribo, police here say they have shot and killed three of the suspected robbers including one Guyanese. A fourth suspect who was also shot sustained non-life-threatening injuries was arrested. The suspects are said to be two Jamaicans, one Guyanese and one ...

Guyana still appears a long way off from putting in place the Public Procurement Commission, although the National Assembly has given the green-light for the names of the commissioners to be sent to President David Granger for his approval. It is now more than one month since the House approved the names of the would-be commissioners who have been agreed to ...

Guyanese authorities say the illegal aircraft that was found  at Yupukari, Rupununi Region last week had been frequenting the area and that communication equipment found aboard is being analysed. “During a search of the aircraft, several pieces of communication equipment were discovered. These have been secured to be further examined for any potential leads,” the Ministry of the Presidency said ...

Guyana’s Ombudsman, Retired Justice Winston Moore died Friday, plunging the legal fraternity into mourning. His death after a prolonged illness came two years after he was appointed in January 2014. President David Granger, in a message of condolence, states that “the Cooperative Republic of Guyana mourns the passing of the Honourable Justice Winston Lennox Mc Lennon Moore, Ombudsman of Guyana, who passed ...

An MMC Security Guard shot and killed one of his colleagues at the security guard’s service’s headquarters at Happy Acres, East Coast Demerara. The incident occurred at about 8 O’clock Saturday morning. The victim has been identified as 36-year old Vibert Verwayne of 710 Block 8, Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo. Police investigators said the incident stemmed from an altercation over the assailant’s ...

Guyana’s Ministry of Natural Resources on Friday said “intensified” efforts would be made to remove a mining raft, popularly called a draga, that has been blocking the main channel of the Mazaruni River, resulting in difficulties in transporting people and vital food and mining supplies. The ministry did not name the mining company, Crown Mining, but said the “responsible mining operator” ...

The European Investment Bank (EIB) will be conducting an appraisal of several projects in Guyana in the coming months as it seeks to return here for the first time in 16 years, possibly with the financing of a deepwater port that could be a springboard for the eventual construction of the Lethem-Georgetown road. EIB Vice President, Pim van Ballekom noted ...

Guyana has asked the Chinese telecommunications giant, Huawei, to assess the feasibility of expanding the coastal fibre-optic network to include other areas of the country, even as it downplayed concerns that that company might be engaged in espionage. Head of Guyana’s E-Government Unit, Floyd Levi said the assessment would determine the cost and types of technologies of expanding the US$32 ...

The Guyana government and the National Insurance Scheme on Friday inked an agreement to re-capitalise the cash-strapped social security institution , the National Insurance Scheme (NIS), which had invested in the now failed Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO). The first payment of $317,359,002.94 will be made to NIS in January 2017. Finance Minister, Winston Jordan signed an Agreement with the ...

Education Minister Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine on Friday called on teachers to stop beating students  and instead establish a counselling mechanism within the education system. Delivering remarks at the Education Month rally held at D’urban Park, Dr. Roopnaraine said that corporal punishment must be ousted from schools by “taking the stick and the wild-cane out of the school.” He stated that discipline must ...