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The Manager of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) branch at Port Mourant has been charged with demanding money with menace from a businessman. Miguel Anthony,44, of Vergenoegen, East Bank Essequibo and 208 Nigg Settlement, Corentyne was granted GUY$75,000 bail and ordered to return to court on October 22, 2014. Anthony was arrested Tuesday during a sting operation by police in ...

The United States, Britain and Canada on Thursday urged Guyana’s diplomatic support for Ukraine’s territorial integrity, saying that this South American country also has border problems with its neighbours and should seek to consolidate the principles of international law. “Clearly, there are a few countries that have illegitimate claims to Guyana’s territory and therefore there is a parallel here and ...

Four employees of BK Group of Companies, along with seven other persons, were released on station bail on Wednesday night after allegedly stealing 250 bags of stones valued GUY$180,000 on Sunday, the company said in a statement. The interception was made on Sunday at approximately 9:30h at the Parika Beach, where the crew was waiting on the tide to rise ...

The Indian construction firm, Surendra Engineering Corporation (SECL), on Thursday vehemently denied tendering a forged guarantee from the Trinidad and Tobago Central Bank and hinted that it might sue the Guyana government for a hefty sum for work done so far on the construction of the Specialty Hospital at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara. “SECL is not aware of the document ...

Pan American Health Organisation Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne, arrived in Guyana last evening for an official visit from September 10 to 14. She accepted an invitation extended by the Minister of Health, Dr. Bheri Ramsaran. As he welcomed her at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Minister Ramsaran stressed on the activities planned for the event which will use the strength ...

President Donald Ramotar on Thursday called on Opposition Leader David Granger to state exactly what is his party’s position, in the wake of his call for Local Government Elections (LGE) followed by a re-commitment to the no-confidence motion that could lead to early general elections. “Unfortunately, the position represented in your letter and the positions expressed by your Party after ...

The Ministry of Health’s engineering experts would first have to calculate how much Guyana would have lost as a result of alleged actions taken by the Indian contracting firm, Surendra Engineering Company Limited (SECL), in the construction of the Specialty Hospital at Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown before taking legal action. “In all fairness to the contractor as well as to the ...

Reeling under criticism in some quarters, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) on Wednesday sought to reassure Guyanese that it was not backing down from supporting the no-confidence motion in favour of the holding of Local Government Elections (LGE). “A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has committed itself to supporting the ‘No Confidence’ motion against the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) ...

A  woman, employed by Caribbean Chemicals, was Wednesday arraigned on a charge of embezzling more than GUY$7 million from her employer. Dianne Moseley,25, was granted GUY$200,000 and ordered to return to court on October 3 when statements would be served. Moseley pleaded not guilty after the charge was read to her by Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine-Beharry. She is accused of ...

The Indian construction firm, Surendra Engineering Corporation Limited (SECL), would be blacklisted after it allegedly submitted a bogus bond for the Specialty Hospital that now leaves US$4 million unsecured and almost impossible to recover, Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr. Roger Luncheon said Wednesday. “The long and short of it: You’re right. It is unsecured. There was a bond. There ...