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A suspected smuggler, who allegedly opened fire on a number of customs officers during an operation, has been arrested, police said Saturday. “Two men have been arrested, including the main suspect, and are in police custody, police spokesman Ivelaw Whittaker said. However, a Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) official has dismissed claims by the police that the customs officers have so ...

President Donald Ramotar on Friday said his administration was ready for early general elections if the opposition-controlled National Assembly approves a no-confidence motion in the government but they would have to answer the electorate on number of key issues. Responding to Alliance For Change (AFC) leader Khemraj Ramjattan’s letter, the Guyanese leader said the ruling Peoples Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) was ...

A teenager was Friday convicted for robbing a couple in the Promenade Gardens and he was jailed for 50 months. He is Dwayne Christopher of 12A Rosemary Lane, West End (Tiger Bay) South Cummingsburg, Georgetown. The sentence was handed down by City Magistrate, Judy Latchman after he changed his plea to guilty on June, 17. He is currently on probation ...

The smaller opposition Alliance For Change (AFC) has told President Donald Ramotar that it is going ahead with its vote of no confidence in the government that will inevitably see Guyana going into early general elections before year end if approved by the combined opposition-controlled House. AFC Leader Khemraj Ramjattan told the Guyanese leader that he was pushing ahead with ...

(JAMAICA OBSERVER).-A number of flight delays have rocked Fly Jamaica Airways Limited over the past month, leaving passengers angry at the inconvenience. Yesterday, news emerged that a flight to New York from Georgetown, Guyana, scheduled to leave last Friday, was delayed for two days. Before that, on July 10, the Kingston to New York flight was cancelled, an irate passenger ...

Two females were seriously injured early Friday morning when the car in which they were travelling ran off the Ogle Public Road, crashed into a utility pole and flipped over. Their names were not immediately available. Public spirited citizens used tools to remove the persons from the wreck. One of the women sustained severe head injuries and the other a ...

In the wake of the discovery of the body of one the fishermen after what is believed to have been piracy, Guyanese police hope their Surinamese counterparts will deport the captain for him to be grilled by crime sleuths. Head of the Criminal Investigations Department, Senior Superintendent Leslie James said his investigators would like to question boat captain, Feroze Hack. ...

The Guyana Police Force is currently investigating an armed attack on four officers of the Guyana Revenue Authority’s  (GRA) Law Enforcement and Investigation Division (LIED) at around 23:25hrs Wednesday night in the vicinity of Dundee, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara, the tax agency said in a statement. The GRA said the officers, who were conducting a surveillance exercise based on intelligence ...

Colwyn Harding, who has sued the State for more than GUY$80 million for alleged torture and other constitutional infringements, on Thursday appeared in court on a charge of robbery with violence. He pleaded not guilty to the offence he allegedly committed on Cheryl-Ann Hope on July 9, 2014. Harding was granted GUY$75,000 bail by Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine-Beharry and ordered ...

Rice farmers on the Essequibo Coast on Wednesday began receiving outstanding payments for paddy from Golden Fleece Rice Investment, even as government hoped that commercial banks would provide advances to the millers. Demerara Waves Online News was told that GUY$250 million were provided last week and GUY$150 million were disbursed on Tuesday to facilitate the payments. Asked whether government was ...