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One gold miner was killed and two others seriously injured in a vehicular accident at Puruni, Region 7 early Thursday night. The dead man has been identified as David Young. The names of the injured were  not immediately available. Sources said the van, bearing number plate GPP 4724, in which the men were travelling was climbing a hill in “high ...

Police Thursday night captured three suspected bandits and recovered two firearms following a gunfight on the East Coast Demerara, police sources said. Sources said Odingo Allen,23, of Brush Dam and Strathspey, East Coast Demerara was shot to his right knee. Elroy Newton,23, sustained lacerations to his face. The confrontation ensued when mobile police patrol foiled a robbery at a Chinese ...

A man has been charged in connection with the robbery-murder committed on an East Coast Demerara businessman and his employee earlier this week as they were heading to a city bank, police sources said. The accused was expected to be arraigned in the Georgetown Magistrates’ court on Thursday, but his court appearance has been deferred until Friday. 71-year old Cecil ...

A man, who had snatched a chain from a tobacco leaf vendor, was on July 11 sentenced to 12 months imprisonment. The sentence was handed down by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine Beharry in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. Shaka Nunes first appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on June 4, for the charge of stealing the piece of jewelry worth GUY$135,000 ...

The government says it will not budge on the new minimum wage policy and that employers who feel set upon can always opt out of the contracts they have with the administration. The remarks by Cabinet Secretary Dr. Roger Luncheon on Thursday came a day after RK’s Security announced that it would be terminating its government contracts over the new ...

Several television stations are preparing to take the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority over what has been described as exorbitant licenses and anti-free speech provisions of the broadcast law. At issue is the GUY$2.5 million license fee for radio and television stations regardless of their size, coverage and market share. They are also concerned about content control provisions of the Broadcasting ...

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) on Thursday said it would not tie its support for changes to financial crimes legislation to the establishment of the Public Procurement Commission (PPPC). APNU parliamentarian Joseph Harmon said that his party’s decision to give Guyana a “good” rather than a “piecemeal” AML/CFT law was not contingent on the PPC being established. “That’s right. ...

The Guyana Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory that will have the capability to test, detect and diagnose diseases that may affect animals and the public’s health is 45% complete, and is expected to be commissioned in approximately four months, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported on Wednesday. This US$2.5M investment, which is located at Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara will be equipped ...

A logger was Tuesday morning crushed to death in Ituni by a tree, relatives said.  He has been identified as 37-year old Steve Daw of Coomacka Mines, Linden.  Relatives said he was cutting a tree when it fell and crushed him around 7 AM Tuesday. The body was brought out from the logging concession late Wednesday night and placed at ...

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) stakeholders in the field of energy, as well as International Development Partners that are active in the regional energy sector will gather in Barbados 11 July, 2013, to discuss initiatives and activities identified as part of the Caribbean Sustainable Energy Roadmap and Strategy (C-SERMS) Phase 1 Study. The Guyana-based Caricom headquarters says tyhe stakeholders will participate in ...