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A drunken man and his four-year old son were Saturday afternoon seriously injured on the Essequibo Coast Public Road in a collision with a Guyana Power and Light (GPL) truck. The truck driver was arrested to assist police in their investigations. The injured have been identified as Delon Henry and 32-year old Norbert Benn. Henry was admitted to the Suddie ...

Police have arrested a man in connection with the killing of a woman at her Plaisance home, East Coast Demerara. Investigators said jewellery and electronic equipment were missing from the home of 57-year old Jennifer Ann Mendonca. Her body was found about 9 O’clock Friday night in her home with her mouth and hands tied with duct tape. An autopsy ...

A man was shot and injured as he tried to escape from two men who pounced on him early Saturday morning as he was about to enter his yard. Clifton Anderson, 50,  told police that about 1:45 Saturday morning he was about to enter his North Ruimveldt yard in his motor vehicle when he was confronted by two men. Anderson ...

(GHANAWEB.COM).- Ghana’s Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Barbara Serwaa Asamoah has indicated that government will soon commence the importation of timber into the country. Serwaa Asamoah disclosed this at the 5th edition of National Forest Forum-Ghana (NFF-G) in Dodowa on Thursday. She said timber products on the domestic market were not adequate. The forum, which was attended by Civil ...

A 26-year old woman was killed in a gruesome accident on the Non Pariel Main Road, East Coast Demerara when a car slammed into her after the driver avoided hitting another female. The victim has been identified as 26-year old Navita Ishram of Non Pariel. Police said the woman was standing on the road when she was struck down by ...

The Guyana Youth and Student Movement, the youth arm of the Peoples National Congress Reform today (9th August 2014) held it Biennial Congress at the Party’s Headquarters Sophia. The Congress was held under the theme “One Movement, One Partnership, One Nation,” the PNCR said in a statement. In his farewell address to congress outgoing National Chairman Mr. Christopher Jones MP ...

Guyana’s economic growth this year is expected to drop to 4.5 percent due to a decline in gold declaration, driven largely by a slump in the international price for the precious metal, Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh said Saturday. He said the economy was now projected to record a 4.5 percent overall growth in 2014, down from the 5.6 percent ...

Brazil’s Vice Consul to Guyana , Theotonio  Santa Cruz de Oliveira died Saturday morning following a vehicular collision in Lethem that also left the daughter of a top Region Nine official and her children in a critical conditon, multiple sources have confirmed. Residents in the southern Guyanese township said the junior diplomat was driving the Vice Consulate’s car when it ...

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and the Ministry of Agriculture have launched a crackdown on fishing vessels that are working illegally on the country’s coastal and inland waterways. The army said operators of nine fishing vessels, felt the brunt of law enforcement, when the GDF Coast Guard, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries Division conducted a joint maritime ...

CARICOM’s Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) has approved a Strategy and Plan to reduce the number of adolescent pregnancies in each country of the English- and Dutch speaking Caribbean by at least 20 %, over the five year period 2014 – 2019. The plan was developed by a multi-sectoral and multidisciplinary Regional Task Force led by UNFPA in ...