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Daily Archives: Monday, 7 September 2015, 20:37

Alleged cocaine-in-vagina trafficker remanded to prison

Last Updated on Monday, 7 September 2015, 20:37 by GxMedia A woman, who allegedly attempted to smuggle cocaine in her vagina to Barbados, was Monday refused bail and remanded to prison. She 20-year-old Oshanda Nicasie Nicholas of 36 Sussex Street, Georgetown. She was arrested on September 4, 2015 unemployed woman of Lot 36 Sussex Street, Georgetown at Ogle International Airport, East ...

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Soldier, civilian charged with armed robbery

Last Updated on Monday, 7 September 2015, 20:17 by GxMedia A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) soldier and another man were Monday remanded to prison after they pleaded not guilty to a joint armed robbery charge. Anthony Ralph and Corwin Wright of 83 Duke Street, Kingston, Georgetown are accused of being armed an ice pick robbing Andel Park of one Samsung ...

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Man who assisted robbery victims shot to chest

Last Updated on Monday, 7 September 2015, 18:56 by GxMedia At about 0820h. today Monday September 07, 2015, Karim Shivratan, 17 years, was shot to his chest as he went to the assistance of two persons who were being robbed at gunpoint by two men, one of whom was armed, at Agricola Public Road. The two perpetrators had joined a ...

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Jump-start for long delayed IDB-funded GPL project

Last Updated on Monday, 7 September 2015, 17:11 by GxMedia Less than one month after Bharat Dindyal was fired from the post of Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL), the power company is about to a revive a US$45 million Inter American Development (IDB)-funded project that is geared at improving efficiency. Minister of Public Infrastructure, ...

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Guyana donates rice to storm-ravaged Dominica

Last Updated on Monday, 7 September 2015, 16:06 by GxMedia Guyana is donating a large quantity of rice to Dominica which is slowly recovering from the ravages of Tropical Storm Erika. The Ministry of the Presidency said rice was identified as one of the needs following an assessment by Guyana’s Civil Defence Commission (CDC) and the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response ...

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Govt takeover of Berbice Bridge will be too expensive- Patterson

Last Updated on Monday, 7 September 2015, 15:56 by GxMedia The Guyana government on Monday ruled out taking over controlling interest of the Berbice Bridge, while maintaining that it was keen on fulfilling its promise to lower the cost of crossing the river mainly by children and the elderly. Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson said it was not as ...

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Fire leaves four homeless in Linden; children rescued from burning house

Last Updated on Monday, 7 September 2015, 1:42 by GxMedia Fire Sunday night destroyed a house at Victory Valley, Linden, leaving five persons homeless. Marlon Gentle, Fire Chief told Demerara Waves Online News that the blaze occurred shortly after 8 PM. There were no reported injuries. Neigbours said a woman only known in the neighbourhood as Samantha locked her three ...

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