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Daily Archives: Wednesday, 18 September 2013, 21:09

Nine still in custody for Wakenaam /Meten-Meer-Zorg attacks

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on Friday approved the continued detention of nine suspects in the brutal robberies at Wakenaam Island and Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara. Deputy Police Commissioner, Seelall Persaud said the eight others were expected to be released from custody. The DPP, Shalimar Ali-Hack has granted the ...

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AFC members defect to APNU

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia At least three important members of the Alliance For Change (AFC) have defected to A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) after sharp irreconcilable differences about campaign strategies and party management. The are Economist, Tarron Khemraj, businessman Rab Mukraj and Political Science Professor, Asquith Rose. Former soldier Malcolm Harripaul, who had ...

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Climate change mitigation earmarked as key area for EU funding

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Guyana is treating climate change mitigation as one of its key concerns in talks with donor partners as it prepares for another billion-euro round of funding from the European Union. The media was Wednesday briefed on a two-day preparatory meeting ahead of the 11th European Development Fund [EDF] Programming Seminar ...

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Guyana-born man convicted for murder of adoptive mother

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia (SUN SENTINEL).-A Broward jury on Tuesday convicted a Pembroke Pines man of the murder of his adoptive mother, rejecting a defense claim that he had consensual sex with the victim and then passed out while someone else killed her. Gerard Lopes Belmonte, 23, was found guilty of second-degree murder after ...

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Minibus conductor dies, several hurt in collision

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia A minibus conductor was Tuesday night killed and 11 others injured when the vehicle he was working on collided with a car in Georgetown. He was identified as Gavin De Ali, 22, of Non Pariel, East Coast Demerara. The accident occurred at the intersection of Brickdam and Louisa Row. Eyewitnesses ...

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Rear Admiral Best recommends better use of resources for security, defence

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Rear Admiral, Gary Best on Tuesday called on government to overhaul the way it allocates resources to the security sector and urged that the air and maritime wings be strengthened up. “Therefore, from a defence perspective, it is critical that a constant and sharp eye be placed on aviation and ...

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“Frog Eye” wanted for Meten-Meer-Zorg killing; dead man’s gun fired at scene

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia The handgun allegedly found in possession of a man who the police gunned down at Meten-Meer-Zorg was used at the scene of the robbery-murder in that West Coast Demerara village, police said. Deputy Police Commissioner, Seelall Persaud said ballistic tests conducted on spent shells found at the scene of Vicky ...

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