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A woman alleged in court that her boyfriend beat her up because she refused to have sexual intercourse with him. Collis Duke,39, of 768 South Amelia’s Ward, Linden pleaded not guilty to the charge of assaulting Wenetta Kopin so as to cause her actual bodily harm on September 30 at South Amelia’s Ward. Police Proseutor, Kerry Bostwick said the woman ...

Guyana and Barbados on Friday inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at establishing Trade Missions between the two countries, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported. The MOU was signed by Keith Burrowes, Chief Executive Officer, Guyana Office for Investment and Madaline Headley-Woodroffe, Business Development Officer, Barbados Industrial Development Corporation (BIDC) at the Guy Expo Investment Forum held today at ...

Armed and masked bandits Thursday night beat and robbed a restaurateur and his wife at one of their restaurants at Rosignol, West Bank Berbice. Still bearing marks of violence, Liangen Su, 49, said the men armed with guns, knives and cutlasses and an axe invaded one of his restaurants and gun-butted him on his head repeatedly. He said his wife, ...

Local Government Minister Norman Whittaker has refuted claims made by residents of the Industry/Plaisance Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) in respect of the newly appointed overseer, stating that he was selected fairly using a democratic process. The Government Information Agency (GINA) quoted Whittaker as saying that the residents were misinformed and misguided on the appointment of overseer, Orlando Jardine. On October ...

The Caribbean and French Guiana Chambers of Commerce on Thursday inked a 10-year deal to boost trade and investment between the region and that Overseas Department of France. President of the Caribbean Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CAIC), Ramesh Dookhoo said the two sides would each exchange the names of 20 companies that could explore business opportunities. “In a practical ...

In Guyana’s capital city where residents and businesses are forced to cope with blocked drains, piles of garbage and dilapidated markets, the first Town Hall meeting in Georgetown on Local Government sponsored by the American-funded Leadership and Democracy (LEAD) project was poorly attended. The main opposition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), which has intensified agitation for Local Government Elections ...

The police are investigating the death of Rocklyn Solomon, 32 years, a miner, of Paradise Village, West Coast Berbice which occurred at about 1230h. today Thursday October 02, 2014, at Princeville, Potaro River. Investigations revealed that Rocklyn Solomon and other workers were in a pit working, when the wall caved in and trapped him beneath the soil. His body was ...

The National Procurement and Tender Administration (NPTAB) was Thursday afternoon publicly instructed to take steps to have procuring agencies abide by the law and inform both successful and unsuccessful bidders for multi-million dollar contracts, in the wake of concerns that this was not being done. “We want to see it happen and I am making it very clear that procuring ...

Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon was Thursday afternoon discharged from the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), hours after he was rushed there. Luncheon complained of feeling unwell while at work at the Office of the President. He was taken to the GPHC-based Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI) by ambulance. A usually reliable government official told Demerara Waves Online ...

Police early Wednesday morning removed markings on land aback Plaisance-Better Hope that residents early Sunday morning began occupying to construct houses. No one was injured or arrested during the pre-dawn operation. A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) activist, Sean Austin said the Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco) also flooded the large acreage of land. This is the fifth time that Police ...