Last Updated on Friday, 5 November 2021, 9:46 by Denis Chabrol Police say that 38-year old Andre Collison, also known as DJ Choppy, of Bartica, Essequibo River was early Friday morning stabbed to death at Puruni Landing during an argument over money. Investigators were informed that about 1 AM, Collison left his room in search of food and went to ...
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Prime suspect in the killing of Dr Roach nabbed at Corentyne back-track
Last Updated on Friday, 5 November 2021, 8:09 by Denis Chabrol The prime suspect in the brutal killing of Dr Colin Roach has been arrested, a day after the medical practitioner’s vehicle was found abandoned, a top police officer said Friday. Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum says the suspect was arrested in Corentyne at the Back Track in an an apparent ...
Read More »GTT hosts first ‘career day’ today
Last Updated on Friday, 5 November 2021, 7:07 by Denis Chabrol Close to thirty persons are expected to be hired within the telecommunications sector, as GTT will host its first career fair on Friday, November 5, 2021, at its 55 Brickdam Retail location (Blackberry Store). According to GTT’s Employee Experience Director, Tiana Gurcharran, a range of vacant positions is open ...
Read More »Foreign plane without registration marking lands in Mahdia
Last Updated on Thursday, 4 November 2021, 20:15 by Denis Chabrol A foreign plane without any visible registration marking on Thursday evening landed at the Mahdia airstrip in Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni), a senior aviation official said. There were no immediate reports of anything illegal aboard the twin-engine Piper Seneca plane. According to the source, the pilot is a Venezuelan and ...
Read More »GDF transports “Ride For Hope” cyclists back from Lethem
Last Updated on Thursday, 4 November 2021, 19:30 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) on Thursday stepped in and transported Guyanese Tyson English and his colleague who spearheaded and participated in bicycle ride from Georgetown to Lethem to raise awareness about cancer and mental health. Mr. English , who was joined by his colleague, Michael Trotman, in Linden, ...
Read More »Ghana begins helping to tweak Guyana’s draft local content law
Last Updated on Wednesday, 3 November 2021, 23:00 by Denis Chabrol Guyana has decided to include aspects of the local content laws from Ghana, Nigeria and Norway in its draft legislations, the Attorney General’s Chambers said in a statement. The decisions were made on Wednesday when a high-level delegation from Ghana on Wednesday joined a team of lawyers from the ...
Read More »16-year old robber shot dead at Stabroek Market Square
Last Updated on Wednesday, 3 November 2021, 22:30 by Denis Chabrol A 16-year old boy, who was part of a group of males who allegedly robbed a housewife of her gold chain at the Stabroek Market Square, was Wednesday shot dead by her husband who is a policeman, the Guyana Police Force said. Dead is Sydel Bourne of Agricola, East ...
Read More »Two employees arrested for killing of medical doctor in his clinic
Last Updated on Wednesday, 3 November 2021, 7:24 by Denis Chabrol A well-known City doctor was Tuesday night found dead at his medical clinic on Duke Street, Kingston and two men have since been arrested. He is 49-year old Colin Roach of Windsor Estates, East Bank Demerara. Police say two employees of his International Medical Clinic on Duke Street, Kingston ...
Read More »Mental Health and Cancer Awareness: Bicycle ‘Ride For Hope’ from Georgetown to Lethem ends; Tyson English laments poor private sector support
Last Updated on Wednesday, 3 November 2021, 0:37 by Denis Chabrol A Guyanese man, on Tuesday ended his 525-mile journey by bicycle from Georgetown to Lethem to raise public awareness about cancer and mental health, but expressed disappointment that the private sector and government agencies did not support him. Tyson English, nevertheless, remains determined that no one else will steal ...
Read More »Georgetown Chamber proposes only to bridge govt-opposition divide on COVID vaccination
Last Updated on Tuesday, 2 November 2021, 17:44 by Denis Chabrol Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon on Tuesday said the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GGCI) on Tuesday offered to broker talks with the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) on a range of governance and economic issues facing the country. “I did not have to ask that; they made that proposal ...
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