Last Updated on Thursday, 30 September 2021, 10:25 by Denis Chabrol A footballer was Thursday morning shot dead while he was on his way to work, relatives said. He has been identified as 19-year old Joshua Denny, a night student of the Guyana Industrial Training Centre (GITC). Relatives said he was pursuing studies in Electrical Installation while working in the ...
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US Judge declines to dismiss Guyanese Eddy Grant’s lawsuit against Trump for using ‘Electric Avenue’
Last Updated on Thursday, 30 September 2021, 9:37 by Denis Chabrol Reproduced from The Hill A New York federal judge declined to dismiss musician Eddy Grant’s lawsuit against former President Trump for using his song “Electric Avenue” in a video posted to Twitter last year, the Hill reported on Wednesday. U.S. District Judge John Koeltl issued an order on Tuesday denying ...
Read More »Jamaican businessman pleads guilty to illegal departure in Guyana
Last Updated on Thursday, 30 September 2021, 9:21 by Denis Chabrol A Jamaican businessman on Wednesday pleaded guilty to illegally departing Guyana and he was fined G$20,000 or three weeks imprisonment, police said. Thirty-eight year old Payton Maurice Smith of Kingston Jamaica appeared at the Number 51 Village Magistrates’ Court to answer the charge. Police said he pleaded guilty before ...
Read More »Guyanese woman says ex partner released nude pics, videos on TikTok
Last Updated on Thursday, 30 September 2021, 8:49 by Denis Chabrol A Guyanese woman from West Coast Demerara has complained to police that her ex partner has posted her nude pictures and videos on the Social media platform, TikTok, after they broke up and he accused her of being unfaithful, police said Thursday. Police, however, said the male is “unknown” ...
Read More »GTT extends data rollover expiration to 24 hours, using latest mobile platform
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2021, 19:26 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) on Wednesday announced that it has extended its data rollover expiration from one hour to 24 hours. However, the telecoms provider said customers would be unable to access the remaining data until they have subscribed for a new plan within the 24 ...
Read More »No second COVID vaccine needed as travel requirement for foreigners- PAHO
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2021, 17:28 by Denis Chabrol The Pan-American Health Organisation (PAHO) on Wednesday said there is no need to impose the need for a second COVID-19 vaccine and would amount to a “barrier” to the movement of persons, in the wake of concerns by Guyana and the rest of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). PAHO’s Assistant ...
Read More »Guyana High Court awards Jamaican woman GY$3.1 million for unlawful detention inhumane lockup
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2021, 10:01 by Denis Chabrol Guyana’s High Court on Wednesday awarded GY$3.1 million (approximately US$14,553) to a Jamaican woman, after finding that she was unlawfully detained and also the conditions at the police lockup were inhumane, in clear violations of Guyana’s constitution. Chief Justice, Roxane George-Wiltshire found that Sandra Russell, who had been convicted ...
Read More »Digicel, France’s Orange telecoms target Guyana, Suriname oil industry with new submarine fibre-optic cable
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2021, 9:25 by Denis Chabrol Digicel on Wednesday announced that it has inked a deal with the France-based major international telecoms provider, Orange, to build a submarine fibre-optic cable that would link French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana and, Trinidad and Tobago and provide service to the rapidly emerging oil sector. “Recognising the opportunity to supercharge ...
Read More »President banking on corn, soya bean to diversify GUYSUCO
Last Updated on Tuesday, 28 September 2021, 14:48 by Denis Chabrol President Irfaan Ali is relying on the success of a pilot project for large-scale cultivation of corn and soya bean to diversify the ailing State-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation (GUYSUCO) President Ali also pointed out that the project will give the Government the chance to diversify the Guyana Sugar Corporation ...
Read More »Opposition Leader’s Communications Chief Imran Khan dies
Last Updated on Tuesday, 28 September 2021, 7:11 by Denis Chabrol Director of Communications in the Opposition Leader’s Office, Imran Khan died of COVID-19 early Tuesday morning, a senior Health Ministry official confirmed He was not vaccinated. In an initial reaction to Khan’s passing, Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon said he was “shocked”. Shadow Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, ...
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