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President Donald Ramotar was Sunday engaged in last ditch efforts with Opposition Leader, David Granger to rescue the Amaila Falls Hydropower project, even though the United States-based investor, Sithe Global, has pulled out. Granger could not be reached immediately for a comment because he was engaging in political fieldwork. However, Granger’s office said he would be holding a “special press ...

A 44-year old man was shot to his head on Light Street, Georgetown near Nigel’s Supermarket, sources said. The seriously injured man has been identified as Claude Petrie. He was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) around 9:30 PM. He was expected to undergo emergency surgery.

by Ivan CairoPARAMARIBO, Suriname, (De Ware Tijd) Five individuals are confirmed dead while another is listed in critical condition after a horrible car accident here early Saturday morning. Four vehicles including a passenger’s bus were involved in the incident. Police spokeswoman Drophatie Ramkhelawan told reporters that the driver of one of the smaller cars was travelling at a fast rate ...

A family of three Saturday night experienced a close shave with death when the minibus they were travelling in burst into flames and exploded on Aubrey Barker Street, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown. The minibus, bearing private registration number PGG 8778, was being driven by “Brother Archer” east along the roadway when it suddenly developed a mechanical problem. Eyewitnesses said that the ...

Cuba is to provide post-graduate training to Guyanese doctors who have been trained in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean nation, Health Minister Dr, Bheri Ramsarran announced Saturday. He was at the time addressing the convocation ceremony at the Guyana International Conference Centre for 70 Guyanese doctors who had received Guyana government scholarships to study at the Latin American School of Medicine. Ramsarran ...

Venezuela’s President, Nicolas Maduro is expected to pay an official visit to Guyana at month-end, his Guyanese counterpart announced on Sunday. President Donald Ramotar made the announcement at the formal opening of the GUY$300 million dollar Hugo Chavez Rehabilitation and Reintegration Centre at Onverwagt, West Coast Berbice. Venezuela provided GUY$200 million for the project. Well-placed sources said Maduro would visit ...

Miss World Guyana 2013, Ruqayyah Boyer is in Trinidad and Tobago speaking out against Bullying & Gender Based Violence. Boyer, an Ambassador for the Caribbean American Domestic Violence Awareness (CADVA), is looking to increase international awareness on the issue and is advocating for a Domestic Violence Policy in Guyana that does not fail its victims. At least three women and ...

Chairman of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), Retired Brigadier David Granger has shrugged off concerns by the governing Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) about military links with the opposition coalition. Former long-serving PPP Executive Member, Ralph Ramkarran, however, believes that the remarks made at the just concluded 30th Congress of the ruling party were aimed at capitalizing on historical fears. ...

Two days after Guyana’s National Assembly failed to reach consensus on key-related legislative arrangements to support the more than US$800 million Amaila Falls Hydropower Project, a key American investor has pulled out. Head of the National Industrial Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), Winston Brassington said the New York-based Sithe Global has formally advised the government of its decision. “I feel a ...

A 20-year old sales representative at a Call Centre in Linden was Friday arrested after she was caught allegedly attempting to smuggle cocaine in chunks to Canada. Oneika Neils of 612 Half Mile, Wismar, Linden was charged with being in possession of 1.100 kilogramme of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. She was arrested on Friday at the Guyana Post ...