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Borrowers with bad credit scores will soon find it harder to borrow more or obtain additional credit when the local credit bureau begins operations after receiving its license next week. Governor of the Bank of Guyana Lawrence Williams is expected to sign the license for CreditInfo (Guyana) Inc. to operate a credit bureau here, according to sources. The license is ...

In the wake of a spate of robberies on business places and business persons, the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) on Tuesday called on the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to reveal its plan to address the growing scourge. The city business organisation wants the police force to present its strategy at a seminar scheduled for August 13 to ...

The initial volume of speeches of the late former President Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham was handed over by its editor, Professor David Dabydeen to Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman at Parliament building on Monday. The handover was welcomed by the Speaker, who noted that after two previously scheduled attempts, it was timely. He said the volume would serve ...

One customer was Monday night shot dead in a supermarket at Guyhock Park and one of the attackers was injured, police said. The incident occurred at Fuzzy’s Variety Store, Arapaima Street. The dead man has been identified as 36-year old Heron Dennis of Guyhoc Park, He was shot to his neck. One of the alleged perpetrators, 29-year old Dwayne Simon, ...

A city gas station was Monday afternoon robbed of GUY$1 million by two men during the 10 minute ordeal, according to the owner of the decades-old business enterprise. Steve Cheong, who operates a Rubis-branded outlet on Vlissengen Road and Eping Avenue, Bel Air Park, believed that the attack was an inside job. “I suspect this but I can’t tell u ...

The Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) says widespread power outages like the one which affected some 37,000 customers in Demerara on Sunday should now be a thing of the past with the work done during the outage. The company had placed ads in the media stating that power would be out from 8 AM to 5PM to facilitate work ...

Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI)on Monday blamed the Guyana Power and Light’s (GPL) fluctuations for less than satisfactory water production. Sections of Georgetown as well as East Bank Demerara from Agricola to Timehri are experiencing water service disruptions due to Guyana Power and Light (GPL) power fluctuations.   “Normal service will return when GPL restores full power to GWI water production sites,” ...

BY Denis Chabrol and Alva Solomon A Cessna Caravan was Monday morning involved in an incident while it was preparing to land on the Matthew’s Ridge airstrip, according to usually reliable sources. Under the command of Captain Feriel Ally, the plane ended up in thick vegetation. Transport Minister Robeson Benn was quoted by the Government Information Agency (GINA) as saying ...

The 15-nation Caribbean Community (Caricom) hopes a new ballistic information system will help track down guns used by certain gangs and reduce the backlog of criminal cases across the region. The Regional Integrated Ballistic Information Network (RIBIN)  would be empowered by a Charter and Participation Agreement. the Caribbean Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS) said in a statement that ...

Six men are in custody in connection with the separate discovery of a large quantity of marijuana and a handgun with matching bullets, police said. A mobile patrol stopped and searched a minibus at Ithaca, West Bank Berbice around 5:30 PM Saturday and found 3 kilogrammes 192 grammes of marijuana. Three men have been arrested and are in police custody ...