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Another licensed firearm has ended up in the hands of criminals and the owner has been shot during an armed robbery on Tuesday. Police said that about 12:25 Tuesday afternoon, 48-year old Fenton Duncan of Roxanne Burnham Gardens and 38-year old Sherry Ramroop of Eccles, East Bank Demerara were at a car wash on Mandela Avenue. There, they were held ...

The Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organisation/World Health Organisation (PAHO/WHO) on Monday launched the Guyana Strategic plan for the Integrated Prevention and Control of Chronic Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and their risk factors strategy 2013-2020. The official document for the plan was handed over to Minister of Health, Dr. Bheri Ramsaran by PAHO/WHO representative, Adrianus ...

The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development in collaboration with Guyenterprise, today held a Corporate workshop to educate various stakeholders of their role in solid waste management (SWM).       This is part of the Ministry’s public awareness and community participation component of the Georgetown Solid Waste Management Programme (GSWMP). The key purpose of the workshop held at Georgetown club, Camp ...

The successful career and example set by Captain Debbie Gouveia were lauded by President Donald Ramotar as he delivered the feature address at the unveiling of a stamp to honour her contributions to the aviation sector on Saturday. The President congratulated the Guyana Post Office Corporation for honouring several women for their outstanding contributions to the sector and described the ...

The curtains came down on the 2013 National Drama Festival on Saturday evening with the hosting of the award ceremony at the National Cultural Centre, amidst call by Minister of Culture Youth and Sports Dr. Frank Anthony for the holding of village and regional drama festivals. This would allow winners to advance to the National Festival, and encourage the emergence ...

The 19-year old man who allegedly killed the South Central hotelier was Monday arraigned for the alleged murder of the owner of South Central Hotel, Joseph Alexander Jagdeo. Brian ‘Big Foot’ Leitch was not required to plea to the indictable offence when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry. Leitch, who was unrepresented, was remanded to prison until December 7. ...

The Firearms Licensing Approval Board has been instructed to examine Guyana’s gun laws and regulations and recommend how they can be overhauled, Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee said Monday. “I completely put that out of my head. I thought the best thing would be to put it to those men who are not political. Let them come up with something ...

The carnage on Guyana’s roads continued early Sunday morning with the killing of one person and injury to two others. The accident occurred on the Profit/ Foulis Public Road, West Coast Berbice about 5:30 Sunday morning. Trevon “Antsman” Jamal Wilson,22, of Catherine, Mahaicony has been identified as the dead man. He was at the time driving motor car PRR 3473 ...

A young man wanted in connection with the murder of a hotelier earlier this month was handed over to the police by his mother Saturday afternoon. Brian ‘Big Foot’ Leitch was turned in one day after police issued a wanted bulletin for his arrest. The 19-year old man was accompanied to police about 4 PM and remained in police custody ...

A drunken driver might have been responsible for Saturday afternoon’s minibus collision that left more than one dozen persons injured. The accident occured at Ruby, East Bank Essequibo. They include Cheryl Ramnarayn- an instructor at the New Opportunity Corps (NOC), Onderneeming, Essequibo Coast- and the intoxicated driver of the other minibus. He has been identified as Bissoon Roopnarine. Georgetown Public ...