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Two men were Tuesday arraigned for the murder of a taxi driver whose body was found in a sugarcane field at Ruby Backdam, Parika days after he disappeared. Appearing before Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine-Beharry for the indictable charge were Asraf Ali, 17, and 18-year old Abdul Razack. They were not require to plea to the charge that stated between June ...

A Technical Committee comprising  representatives from different Ministries and agencies has been established to spearhead the city’s clean – up exercise. The announcement was made Monday by Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Norman Whittaker during a press conference at his Ministry located at Kingston, Georgetown. The sum of GUY$1Billion was approved during this year’s national budget for a ...

President Donald Ramotar on Monday announced that mechanization of the loss-making state-run Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco) would continue because of disappointing labour turnout partly due to a more educated workforce. “We don’t think that the labour situation will become better. In fact, our successes in some ways, the fact now that almost all of our young people have access not ...

The Guyana Police Force on Monday announced that it has pulled its support from the Police Wives Association because that organization has not submitted audited financial statements as is required under the law and a call for elections to be held have been rebuffed. Announcing its decision to withdraw from the PWA, the police force said that “it is felt ...

A Church’s Chicken maintenance worker was Monday arraigned on a charge of causing the death of a seven year old by dangerous driving. The alleged offender is 28-year old Jermaine Carroll of Stevedore Housing Scheme.  He is accused of driving motor car, PPP 5931, in a manner dangerous to the public resulting in the death of seven-year old Clement Joseph ...

A man was Monday refused bail on a charge of stealing a motor car that was outside the owner’s residence and taking it to Buxton, East Coast Demerara., Mortimer Chand was ordered to return to court on July 4, 2014. Appearing  before Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine-Beharry, the accused pleaded not guilty to a charge that he stole one Mazda motorcar, ...

A fire was Monday afternoon raging on Delph Street, Campbelville, destroying one house and threatening neighnouring buildings. The scene is located between Durey Lane and Campbell Avenue. A mechanic shop is nearby. That area is known for  several wooden houses located close to each other.

General Secretary of the Peoples Progressive Party (PPPC), Clement Rohee says he is preparing to appear before the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry in the coming weeks. He declined to divulge the thrust of his memorandum to the three-member panel that has been set up to probe the circumstances that led to the death of Rodney, a renowned historian and ...

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting death of a man at a mining camp at Cuyuni. The name of the victim has been identified as 24-year old devindra Alfred of Leonora, Werst Coast Demerara. A team of investigators has been dispatched to Sandhills, Cuyuni where the body was found at about 2 AM Monday, a police spokesman said.

Caribbean foreign ministers are to Monday lobby United Kingdom (UK) Foreign Secretary, William Hague to ask the G-20 for softer borrowing terms although the income rating for the group of largely former British colonies has gone up, a senior member of the delegation said. Chairman of the 15-nation Caribbean Community’s (Caricom) ministerial council on foreign relations. Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett said that ...