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Officers helped open door, but did not go into burning prison block – CoI hears

  Camp Street Prison inmate Steve Richard Bacchus has testified that police officers and prison wardens made attempts to open the doors that blocked inmates from coming out of Capital A, but once that door opened law enforcement refused to enter. Bacchus was at the time giving testimony at the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the Camp Street Prison riot ...

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Coastal, riverain areas warned about extremely high tides

Authorities on Wednesday urged residents to take the necessary precautions against flooding expected as a result of high tides that are predicted to be as much as 9 feet high “All persons residing along the banks of rivers and low lying coastal areas are advised to take all the necessary precautions against possible flooding,” the Ministry of Public Infrastructure said ...

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Trio arraigned for agriculturist’s murder

Three men were Tuesday arraigned for the murder of a Guyanese agriculturist who returned home from Montserrat where he had worked for several years. They are 21-year old Donnell “Short man” Trapp, 18-year old Kemo “Trini” Corbin and 28-year Paul “Jun-Jun” Goriah. Trapp said he worked at BK International while Corbin said he worked at Gafoors. Chief Magistrate, Ann Mc ...

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Georgetown kite-flyers to pay to use open-spaces

Persons flying kites in open spaces in Georgetown will have to pay to do so to assist with preparation of the areas and clean-up activities afterwards. “Citizens who use the areas would be required to pay a minimal fee to offset expenses, and to assist with after event cleaning activities,” the City administration said. In a release, City Hall did ...

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Two shot in separate robberies

Two men were shot Monday night in two separate robbery incidents in Georgetown, sources confirmed. A fast-food delivery man was shot to one of his wrists and robbed of money and his motorcycle. Sources said he was at the time delivering chicken when the incident occurred at 102 Garnett Street and Aramatta Place, Lamaha  Gardens. He was rushed to the Georgetown ...

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UN Chief alarmed at surge in racism, hate-violence

  As the World observed the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon has noted his alarm at the sudden surge in racism and hate driven violence in today’s society. Ban in a message delivered to a General Assembly meeting on Friday pointed out that while some strides have been made with ...

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Man shot, robbed of US, GY dollars at city hotel

A man was shot and robbed while at a  bar at Kanuku Suites Hotel, Campbelville, Georgetown. Police said that about 11:45 Saturday night (March 19, 2016), two men two men entered the hotel, pretending to be customers. They whipped out firearms and held up Rondell Orlando, 31 years, who was at the bar with two other men, and took away a total ...

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Tower hotel bought by associate of previous owner

The man, who bought Hotel Tower for a new entity, was a mid-level employee for one of the principals of the same hotel under the previous ownership. Sale documents by the High Court Registrar revealed that Seenarine Mathura purchased the property at 74-75 Main Street from Citizen’s Bank following foreclosure  of four mortgages on April 16, 2014. Mathura was an Operations ...

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PPPC claims big Local Govt elections victory; to take alleged abuse of State resources to House

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Ten months after losing general elections by a slim margin, Guyana’s main opposition People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) on Saturday claimed a significant victory in Local Government Elections held a day earlier. “As a result of this overwhelming electoral support, the PPP/C emerged victorious with over 60% of the votes cast in the seventy (70) Local Authority Areas (LAA) which the ...

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No LGE recall laws! Harding legally untouchable

  While President David Granger has promised that there will be some discussion in the APNU on the election  of alleged child molester Winston Harding, it has been reveal that the Party cannot legally ask Harding to resign. This was explained by GECOM Commissioner Vincent Alexander who explained that Guyana’s local government legislation does not provide for the recall of ...

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