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A gold miner was killed on Sunday when a mining pit caved in at Mazwa Mountain, Marudi, deep South Rupununi. Confirmed dead is 56-year old Clifton Rodrigues of Aishalton, according to usually reliable sources. The pit caved in and trapped three miners about 300 feet below the surface but, according to the sources, one of them managed to escape to ...

Afro-Guyanese need to find ways of acquiring wealth legally but they will first have to change their mindset towards education, panelists on Sunday told a forum on the State of Black African Guyana. Held at the Critchlow Labour College under the theme “Guyana Approaching 50 and Beyond: Whither Independence?,” the forum heard Attorney-at-Law, Onassis Granville saying that the February 2002 ...

Police are depending on an autopsy to determine how prisoner, who was accused of murder, died at the Georgetown Prison. He has been identified as Victor Larry, said to be in his 30s.  Head of the Criminal Investigations Department, Senior Superintendent Leslie James said there were no visible marks of violence on Larry’s body. He said Larry was pronounced dead ...

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 ...