Last Updated on Friday, 12 January 2018, 7:54 by Denis Chabrol Reproduced from New York Daily News Dhanraj Mangra and his wife escaped the violence of Guyana to start over in New York City. Twelve years after they made the move to safer shores, the 68-year-old father of five was dead. Mangra was found unconscious on Jamaica Ave. near 207th ...

Last Updated on Friday, 12 January 2018, 7:38 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) is challenging the legality of government paying half of the severance pay to 4,000 former workers of the state-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco) by month-end. “It seems that while the grass is growing the horse is starving and it is apt ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 11 January 2018, 17:35 by Denis Chabrol   The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MOPI) on Thursday said it has begun efforts to access a US$200,000 bond to refund passengers who were left stranded by Dynamic International Airways, LLC. Government says the passengers will be pad back in collaboration with Dynamic’s local handling agent, Roraima Airways Inc. “The ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 11 January 2018, 17:21 by Denis Chabrol Police say they are investigating a robbery under arms committed on a 22 year old cashier at the C&F Mall located at Bagotstown Public Road, East Bank Demerara by two males, one of whom was armed with a handgun, of an undisclosed amount of cash. An investigation revealed that ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 10 January 2018, 18:31 by Denis Chabrol Guyana Police Force investigators on Wednesday ruled out the possibility that the manager of Korner Kick Restaurant and Bar, Tevin Parris committed suicide. “It was not self-inflicted,” police said in reference to a single gunshot wound. An autopsy performed by Government Pathologist, Dr. Nehaul Singh revealed that Parris that ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 10 January 2018, 18:13 by Denis Chabrol Guyana’s President, David Granger on Wednesday announced that ministerial budgets would be slashed to ensure that thousands of sugar workers receive part of their severance pay this month-end and the remainder in mid-2018. “The Government is committed to the welfare of sugar workers and their families. It has…embarked on ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 10 January 2018, 17:32 by Denis Chabrol Four Colombian men, a Venezuelan woman and two Guyanese men were Wednesday charged with aiding a Guyanese man in trafficking 11.4 kilogrammes of cocaine. The Guyanese man, Gavin Adams, was charged with trafficking in the cocaine between September 1, 2017 and January 2, 2018. Appearing before Chief Magistrate, Ann ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 9 January 2018, 17:54 by Denis Chabrol Fly Jamaica Airways on Tuesday agreed to establish a 24-hour call centre in Guyana to respond to inquiries by hundreds of Guyanese who have been stranded in recent weeks, as the carrier takes steps to acquire aircraft to alleviate the situation. The decisions were taken at a meeting to ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 9 January 2018, 17:25 by Denis Chabrol United Kingdom (UK) High Commissioner to Guyana, Greg Quinn and advisor to the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU), Sam Sittlington on Tuesday brushed off concerns that the unit’s work might be seen as politically motivated. Asked what he thought could be done to avoid his work being discredited and ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 9 January 2018, 16:09 by Denis Chabrol A British Financial Investigations Advisor to the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) on Tuesday expressed grave concern that there has been little movement in investigations and cases of financial crimes totalling almost GY$300 billion. “Unfortunately for SOCU, they have been inundated with a number of forensic audits,” Sam Sittlington ...