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The man who allegedly shot dead his ex girlfriend outside KFC, Water Street on Old Year’s Night 2013 was Tuesday committed to stand trial for murder by a judge and jury. The decision was handed down by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry to Jermaine Maynard. He is accused of the murder of 20 year old Carlissa Matthews two months after they ...

A man was shot Tuesday morning after he went to assist another person who was robbed of a gold chain near ‘Prado Ville One’, Ogle, East Coast Demerara. Police said 21-year old Earl Deokarran of Ogle Front was shot in hip about 9:15 AM. Investigators said he and 19-year old Travis Edwards were attacked by the gunman while crossing a ...

The Ministry of Public Works and the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) on Tuesday announced that they have lowered the threat level from high to moderate on February 15, 2014 – an indication that officials no longer think that a disruption is imminent. A telephone call was received in Barbados in connection with a specific threat to a Caribbean Airline ...

Less than one month after resigning as Local Government Minister, Ganga Persaud has already picked up a job, though short term, at the Ministry of Health, according to well-placed sources. Persaud is the Coordinator of a three-month survey on Behavioural Change for the National AIDS Programme Secretariat which comes under the Health Ministry. He was one of the senior lead ...

Departmental heads along with other stakeholders in the local agriculture sector on Monday met to offer input on the implementation of a European Union funded €11.7M project aimed  at creating and strengthening the regional and national sanitary and phyto-sanitary measures. The project, ‘Support to the Caribbean Forum of ACP States in the Implementation of Commitments Undertaken Under the Economic Partnership ...

A former American soldier was killed when the high-powered bike he was riding crashed into a utility pole on the Clifton Village Public Road, Corentyne. Dead is 37-year old Vincent Indhal formerly of the United States and Cromarty Farm, Corentyne. He was pronounced dead on arrival at the Port Mourant Hospital. Relatives said he served the US army, and re-migrated ...

The European Union (EU) on Monday promised to provide assistance to the Office of the Ombudsman during a meeting with the first such office holder in eight years, Justice Winston Moore. Moore held talks with Head of Delegation of the European Union [EU] to Guyana Ambassador Robert Kopecký, Political Officer, Mr Derek Lambe, Head of Cooperation, Mr Ewout Sandker, Head ...

World Bank Economist Laurence Clarke died in Mozambique after a battle with pancreatic cancer, the Peoples National Congress Reform (PNCR) said on Monday. He was 63 years old. “Laurence had a long and distinguished banking career both locally and internationally,” the part with which he had an association said in a brief statement. The party said he died in a ...

Ganga Persaud, who recently resigned as Local Government Minister, has refused to attend sittings of the National Assembly and could soon be replaced, a top Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) official said Monday.  “The comrade has taken positions on a voluntary basis,” PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee told a news conference at the party’s headquarters, Freedom House. He also said the ...

The Peoples Progressive Party’s (PPP) General Secertary , Clement Rohee on Monday saId that while his party was ready for Local Government elections, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) was not ready to hold the polls. Rohee would not be drawn into saying whether President Donald Ramotar would sign into law an opposition-approved bill for Local Government elections to be held ...