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TSC summons Guyana Teachers Union to meeting on promotions
GTU President Mark Lyte (in foreground) addressing teachers during a candlelight vigil on Main Street outside the Ministry of Education....
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Anti-narcotics policeman caught with drugs at Guyana-Suriname border jailed
A Guyanese anti-narcotics policeman, who attempted to smuggle marijuana and amphetamine to Suriname, was Wednesday sentenced to seven years imprisonment....
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Known gunman ‘Mad Max’ gets 4 years, $60000 fine for illegal gun, ammo possession
Well-known gunman Rawle Franklin, 28-years-old of Plaisance on the East Coast of Demerara, was today ordered to pay a $60,000...
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Trio remanded to prison for three armed-robberies in one day
Calvin Reid, Raymond Reid, and Leron Blaize were today remanded by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan for three armed robbery charges....
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Environmental tax on water, beverage containers payable from Feb 1
Local and imported bottled water and beverages are likely to cost more from February 1, 2017 when the Guyana Revenue...
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Guyanese taxi driver fined $15,000 for illegally entering Guyana
Timothy St Hill, a local taxi driver from Diamond Housing Scheme, was today fined $15,000 or two weeks in prison...
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Chief Magistrate fines, deports four Spanish-speaking women arrested during police raid on Rio nightclub
Four spanish-speaking women today came before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan where they were charged for a number of immigration offenses....
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Youths arrested for armed robbery at West Coast Demerara
Two men have been arrested in connection with an armed robbery committed on a man and his wife at West...
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ExxonMobil considers drilling more exploration wells offshore Guyana ; to shift support from Trinidad’s energy services
ExxonMobil's Country Manager, Jeff Simon delivering a presentation at the 2017 Trinidad and Tobago Energy Conference. That session was chaired...
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Time past for Banks DIH GYD$28 billion court case against GRA – Attorney General
Banks DIH Limited’s High Court action to claim GYD$28.4 billion in purported mistakenly paid consumption taxes and interest was Wednesday...
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