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Two boat captains were Saturday night reported missing following the collision of two speed boats on the Mazaruni River, according to usually reliable sources. Those missing are Roy “Fatman” Roopnarine and Trevor“Rope” Persaud. They were travelling in one of the boats. A senior administrative official and a resident confirmed that Thom Fortune, who is the captain and owner of the ...

Guyanese anti-drug agents coincidentally found a forged Barbados passport in the possession of a taxi driver who had hoped to travel to Canada without applying for a visa. Unlike nationals of Barbados and several Eastern Caribbean countries, Guyanese must acquire a visa before travelling to that North American country. But 39-year old taxi driver, Rohit Singh, of Lusignan, East Coast ...

Reproduced from Breaking Belize News The Belize Agro-Productive Sector Group (BASG), a private business whose main goal is to facilitate the development of the sugar, citrus, banana, shrimp agro-productive sectors, issued a statement Friday afternoon expressing grave concern over Guyanese rice soon expected to be retailed in Belizean grocery stores for less than the $1.29 local producers charge for the same pound BASG ...

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The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) says it is probing the sabotage of its Information Communication Technology (ICT) network that resulted in a virtual breakdown of the computer network at its headquarters. The provider of water and sanitation services says ICT personnel found a “hidden wireless device” that compromised its network at its Corporate Complex on Vlissengen Road and Church Street, ...

High Court Judge, Navindra Singh Friday dismissed a private criminal charge of uttering racially divisive remarks against former President Bharrat Jagdeo. Singh ruling in effect is that there was insufficient evidence provided by  Attorney-at-Law, Christopher Ram to support the charge. Attorney General, Basil Williams said if Ram wants he could file a fresh charge against Jagdeo, now Opposition Leader, for ...

Guyana is looking for a new broker to sell its gold, following a decision by the Japanese company, Mitsui, to pull out of the overseas trade in precious metals in March, 2016, according to well-placed sources. Sources close to the administration say authorities are considering at least five brokers in North America from which to contract a replacement for Mitsui. ...

Representatives of academic and non-academic staff at the University of Guyana Friday emerged from talks with President David Granger optimistic that government would provide more funds to the cash-strapped institution in next year’s budget. University of Guyana Senior Staff Association (UGSSA) President, Dr. Melissa Ifill told Demerara Waves Online News  that a proposal,to be dispatched to the Guyanese leader very ...

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) says only seven of 24 files have been returned by police for advice on how to proceed with fraud allegations against former Public Service Minister, Dr. Jennifer Webster and her then Chief Personnel Officer, Margaret Cummings. The DPP’s Office suggested that the files have been shuttling back and forth to police since early September of ...

Reproduced from www.hotelbusiness.com  GEORGETOWN, GUYANA—The Ascend Hotel Collection from Choice Hotels International, Inc. has added the 25-room Opus Hotel in Georgetown, Guyana, on the coast of South America. The Opus is the 12th hotel in Choice’s Caribbean portfolio. Located on Croal Street, Georgetown just across from the Muncipal Day Care Centre and South Road Nursery School, the hotel features 23 ...