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Donald Ambedkar- the son of the Region Five Regional Executive Officer-died Wednesdaynight in a collision on the West Bank Berbice public road. The  30-year old man was employed by Plan B Construction Company, East Bank Demerara as an Engineer. Donald was the son of Region Five Regional Executive Officer, Ashford Ambedkar. The accident occurred about 9 O’ Clock Wednesday night ...

United Nations Good Officer in the Guyana/Venezuela border controversy Professor Norman Girvan has died. The renowned Jamaican economist and political thinker died in Cuba on Wednesday aged 72. CARICOM Secretary General Irwin LaRocque in a news release expressed his sadness at Girvan’s passing and lauded his contributions to the region. “It is with deep sadness that I have received the ...

The parliamentary opposition Wednesday night voted in favour of the $6B subvention for the struggling GuySuCo as consideration of the $220B budget estimates got underway. The parties had been indicating since the budget reading on March 31 that they were going to cut the subvention if they were dissatisfied with the answers to their questions. Agriculture Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy ...

Unmasked bandits on a motorcycle grabbed GUY$10 million from two Corentyne businessmen before they could have deposited it at Republic Bank’s Rose Hall Town branch early Wednesday morning, police sources confirmed. One gunshot was fired at the scene during the course of the robbery and several others during their escape but no one was injured. The robbery victims have been ...

Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman has crafted a measure to clear the way for the National Assembly to consider amendments to the budget in light of the High Court’s ruling that only the executive could do so. In a written opinion read out in the Hosue before the start of Wednesday’s sitting the Speaker said that the court ...

A pork-knocker, who attempted to ‘mine’ his way to riches by robbing a female gold miner and her relative in the city, was Wednesday jailed for six years. City Magistrate, Ann Mc Lennan sentenced 18-year old Harish “Terry” Gokul to three years each on two counts of robberies he committed on Jean Melville and Carlotta Melville at Alberttown, Georgetown on ...

The body of kidnapped East Coast Demerara (ECD) businessman Rajendra Singh has been found. Sources confirmed that that the body was discovered in Le Repentir Cemetery Wednesday morning and it was later confirmed by the police in a press release. “During this morning, Wednesday April 09, 2014, the body of Rajendra Singh, of Hope West, Enmore, ECD, was found in ...

The Customs Anti Narcotic Unit (CANU) has issued a wanted bulletin for a man in connection with Sunday’s cocaine in pastry bust at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA). He has been identified as Raul Anthony Chin and anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to contact CANU at 227-3507. Chin’s particulars are as follows: Name : Raul Anthony Chin ...

AFC Leader Khemraj Ramjattan says billions of revenue dollars are not represented in the $220B national budget thereby denying the House a true picture of the state of the country’s finances. Speaking on the last day of the budget debate Tuesday Ramjattan said the government had withheld more than $30B from the estimates. “We are told that we largely have ...

A 17-year old girl from Hubu Hill , Mabaruma was brutally stabbed about her body early Tuesday morning by her aunt at the North West District community. Critically injured is Lynette Morgow who was stabbed several times about her abdomen and chest by her aunt during a drinking spree close to their home around 2 O’clock Tuesdsy morning. Reports are ...