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At least four of the nine persons seriously injured in an early Saturday morning jet boat accident on the Essequibo River have arrived in the city for additional treatment. No one died in the accident involving the vessel named Odessie and owned by Barakat Speedboat Service.They are Charles Richards,40, one-year old Jonathan (only name), Devon Williams, Enrique and Sandra (only ...

United States Ambassador, Brent Hardt and Attorney General, Anil Nandlall were Friday night at odds over the censorship of Guyanese media. Addressing a reception in honour of World Press Freedom Day 2014 that is being observed on May 3 under the theme “Media Freedom for a Better Future: Shaping the Post-2015 Development Agenda,” the American envoy declared that government’s “opposition ...

The United States (US) embassy is mum on whether the controversial Leadership and Democracy (LEAD) project is still being implemented after the Guyana government pulled his work permit. Questioned specifically about the fate of the US$1.5 million dollar project, the embassy would only say that “The status of the LEAD program is an issue for discussion between the Government of ...

A member of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guard, accused of being in possession of a large quantity of cocaine at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), was Friday refused bail and remanded to prison. Facing the summary charge is 22- year old Private Zegga Phillips of 440 Kuru Kuru Soesdyke, Linden Highway. He pleaded not guilty to allegedly ...

Guyanese politician Dr. Walter Rodney, who was killed in a bomb-in-walkie-talkie explosion 33 years ago, might have been acquiring walkie talkies to establish a communication network, one of his brothers said Friday. Lawrence “Eddie” Rodney, however, told the three-member panel of commissioners that he was unaware that his brother had been collecting explosives at the time. “I saw no reason ...

The United States embassy here on Friday expressed “regret” at the Guyana government’s revocation of the work permit of the Head of the Leadership and Democracy Project (LEAD), Glenn Bradbury. The embassy appeared to suggest that the revocation of Bradbury’s work visa amounted to a stumbling block in pushing ahead with joint talks on the project. “The decision to revoke ...

A fisherman was hacked to death at his East Coast Demerara home early Friday morning during what investigators are treating as a robbery. “The men demanded cash and jewellery during which the two victims were chopped about their bodies,” a police spokesman said in a statement. Police identified him as 40-year old Chetram Bharrat of 418 Block 20, Haslington Village, ...

A man believed to be a drug addict was Thursday night allegedly stabbed to death after he stole the property of a security guard. The incident occurred on Quamina Street between Thomas and Camp Streets, Georgetown. Relatives identified him as 40 year old Nige‎l Lawson of Camp Street, Georgetown next to Ambience Restaurant. He survived by his 14-year old daughter ...

A 15 year old boy, suspected to have been involved in a robbery, was shot in his mouth and a policeman has been since placed under close arrest in connection with that incident. “The incident occurred during the response to a report of robbery with aggravation committed on a relative of the rank earlier in the evening,” a Guyana Police ...

Even as disunity continues in the larger trade union movement, the Guyana Teachers Union’s new executive is taking a neutral stand by refusing to associate with either of the two federations. Under its newly elected president, Mark Lyte, the GTU’s contingent continued the practice of branching off at Woolford Avenue and Albert Streets and heading to its headquarters for its ...