The Rotary Club of Garden City (Georgetown) Guyana – the first cause-based Rotary club- has been formed to help spruce up and maintain Georgetown and other areas of the country. It is named the Rotary Club of Garden City was launched on 10th November and it’s the 7th club to have been chartered in more than 10 years. “The Rotary ...
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Three accused of murder, robbery escape from Lusignan jail
Three prisoners early Saturday morning escaped from the Lusignan Prison by using a bed sheet as an improvised rope to scale the fence of that East Coast Demerara penitentiary, the Guyana Prison Service said. They are murder accused 48-year old Phillip Jhogroo of Lot B3 Goed Intent, Leguan, Essequibo River; 18 year old Mark Emmanuel of Grove Sea Dam squatting ...
Read More »Man, baby’s mother arrested for drug bust
A man and a the mother of a baby have been arrested for allegedly being in possession of suspected amphetamine, methamphetamine and marijuana. The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) says the suspected drugs were seized from a house at 804 ‘C’ Field, Sophia, Greater Georgetown yesterday. Those arrested are 33-year old Nyron Wilson and a 19-year old mother. CANU says the ...
Read More »GDF Chief-of-Staff vows no foreign forces will again target offshore oil operations
The Chief-of-Staff of the Guyana Defence Force , Brigadier Godfrey Bess has vowed that no foreign forces will again be allowed to invade this country’s seaspace and target the country’s oil exploration and production operations. Addressing the GDF’s 55th anniversary dinner, he was at the time referring to the eviction of oil exploration vessels from Guyana’s exclusive economic zone waters. ...
Read More »Stay at home during the Christmas Season- Health Minister
Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony has called on Guyanese not to socialise during the Christmas Season in order to reduce the spread of the coronavirus that has already killed more than 140 Guyanese. “We know that traditionally people tend to increase their socialisation during Christmas, people tend to increase their drinking during Christmas, people want to have family and friends ...
Read More »US citizenship: Minister Oneidge Walrond denies violating Guyana’s constitution “I have full legal right to sit in the National Assembly”
Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce Oneidge Walrond on Friday insisted that she was constitutionally sworn in as a parliamentarian on September 1, although she had signed an oath renouncing her American citizenship on September 4, 2020. “I am convinced that I have full legal right to sit in the National Assembly and that I have done nothing illegal and ...
Read More »Govt stands its ground on removal of Permanent Secretary
Minister of Governance, Gail Teixeira on Thursday informed the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) that Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs, Sherie Samantha Fedee was removed on the instruction of President Irfaan Ali. The minister said Ms. Fedee would be offered a lateral position at the same terms and conditions. when the Ministry of the Public Service finds ...
Read More »Guyana’s 20,000 scholarship negotiations with UWI fiercely criticised
The University of Guyana Workers Union (UGWU) is among those heaping criticism on the decision by the government to award 20,000 scholarships over the next four years through the University of the West Indies (UWI). News of this decision came yesterday in a UWI news release, but so far the Guyana government has not denied that such a plan is ...
Read More »Attorney General asks High Court to strike out APNU+AFC election petition because David Granger was served late
Attorney General Anil Nandlall has asked the High Court to strike out one of two election petitions challenging the results of the March 2, 2020 general and regional elections on the grounds that it was served to APNU+AFC Representative of the List, David Granger four days late. Mr. Nandlall told News-Talk Radio 103.1 FM/ Demerara Waves Online News that it ...
Read More »38-year old man charged with murder of drunken 16-year old girl
A 38-year old gold miner from Corentyne was Thursday arraigned for allegedly murdering a 16-year old girl who he met while she and her mother were drinking rum Charged with the indictable offence was Wickroy “Shatta” Mitchell of Number 53 Village, Corentyne, Berbice. He allegedly killed the 16-year old girl between 14 and 15 November at Coanna Backdam, Five Star, ...
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