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Fire leaves several Kitty residents homeless
Fire Saturday night destroyed a two-flat wooden house on William Street, Kitty, Georgetown, leaving 10 persons homeless.One of the occupants,...
Deadly mining pit accidents: Inquiry unearths negligence, poor regulatory oversight, bad pit construction, no insurance for miners
Top officials in the mining sector during a visit to Pepper Creek, Konawaruk where 10 miners in May, 2015 after...
More rapes, robberies and murders- police
The Guyana Police Force on Friday reported a steep increase in serious crimes including rapes, robberies and murders. The statistics...
Truck carrying 400 boxes of smuggled chicken detained
Georgetown, Friday, September 11 2015: A Leyland DAF Truck bearing Surinamese licence plates was intercepted at # 5 Villages, West...
Government gives delinquent Housing Developers until February 2016 to finish works…Monitoring Unit set up to check progress
Minister with Responsibility for Housing Keith Scott meeting Housing Developers (GINA photo)The Minister with responsibility for Housing Keith Scott has...
National Unity talks will go “nowhere” with Nagamootoo- PPP
The PPP's headquarters, Freedom House,The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) on Thursday warned that National Unity talks with the government would...
GECOM rules out local govt elections this year, eyes mid-February 2016
Mr. Vishnu Persaud, Deputy Chief Election Officer (extreme right) making a point to – from left going down the table...
Gold smuggling a door to other illegal activities- miners association
The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) on Thursday labeled gold smugglers “a few greedy individuals” who could be...
Guyanese held at JFK Airport with coke-in-rum
The man claimed he bought this bottle of rum at a duty free shop at the airport in Guyana. A...
Early morning fire guts Regent Street store building
An early Thursday morning fire gutted a Regent Street building that housed several stores, leaving several lowly-paid store workers out...
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