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The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) at the weekend disconnected electricity supply from First Federation Building, prompting outcry and accusations that that is another move by government to evict the tenants. The decades-old concrete building located on Croal Street and Manget Place, Stabroek is occupied by several lawyers, a summer school, a snackette and other small businesses. Attorney-at-Law, Saphier Hussain ...

High Court Judge Nareshwar Harnanan on Monday ordered that two top officials of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) appear before him concerning two cases filed against them by an aggrieved union member. Harnanan told Attorney-at-Law Keisha Chase that she must ensure that President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) Colin Bynoe and General Secretary, Coretta Mc Donald appear before him. ...

A Chinese supermarket was robbed of  GUY$3.2 million by two men, one of whom was armed with a shotgun, police said. The robbery victim’s name has been given as Cahannnan Jaing. Police were told that the bandits struck during heavy rainfall at the weekend. One of them concealed the shotgun in an umbrella while entering the premises at Cummings Street ...

President of the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU), Colin Bynoe and his General Secretary Coretta Mc Donald will Monday have to answer an alleged contempt of High Court action brought by an aggrieved union member. Milne Seymour wants the High Court to cite Bynoe and Mc Donald for contempt of court because they have allegedly ignored court orders related to the ...

Ziploc bagfuls of marijuana in the crotch, police on Sunday found out, is a new way to move around that narcotic. Police nabbed 42-year old Sean Campbell allegedly with the 20 bags of marijuana in his lower region while he was walking in the Swan, Soesdyke Highway. He is expected to be charged by Tuesday for being in possession of ...

Two fires of unknown origin have left one miner homeless and another man burnt to death, authorities said. Police said that a man whose only name has been given as Martin was killed by fire that also destroyed his house at Grant 1780, Crabwood Creek, Corentyne, Berbice. That fire occurred around 1:40 AM Sunday. Investigators are also probing what led ...

Guyanese actor and storyteller, Maurice Braithwaite died in the United States where he had been living for several decades. He was 71. The Guyana Cultural Association (GCA) on Saturday said the man who acted as “Mentore” in the radio serial,  “Tides of Susanburg”, passed away. Francis Quamina Farrier, who wrote and directed that radio play, on Saturday said Braithwaite’s passing ...

Guyanese living along the densely populated coastline were Saturday warned to brace themselves for flooding due to a combination of heavy rainfall and spring tide. “We advise that wet conditions with possible flooding in low lying areas that wet conditions with possible flooding in low lying areas when rain is coupled with spring tide event will prevail,” the Ministry of ...

The Alliance For Change (AFC) says it is prepared to pass the hydro-electric bill it opposed on Thursday but that it needs more guarantees before it okays a motion to raise the debt ceiling.  At a news conference on Friday party executive Moses Nagamootoo said they had indicated their support for the bill Hydro Electric Power (Amendment) Bill 2013 but ...

Regional airline LIAT on Saturday announced that it would shortly commence scheduled services to and from the Ogle International Airport in Guyana. Effective Monday July 22, LIAT will operate a daily flight from Barbados to Ogle with a daily return service. Flight LI 521 will depart the Grantley Adams International Airport at 12:30 pm daily, arriving at Ogle at 2:20 pm. The return ...