A businessman was shot and robbed outside the High Court shortly after leaving a city commercial bank, reports say. A woman, who was passing by at the same time, was also shot when one of the bandits opened fire.
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Speaker to rule on budget cuts admissibility
Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman is to rule on Tuesday whether some GUY$35.5B in budget cuts proposed by the Alliance For Change (AFC) could be entertained in the House. A motion in the name of AFC’s Khemraj Ramjattan is before the House proposing an amendment to the government’s GUY$208.8B budget estimates.
Read More »CARILED appoints successor to Guyanese Naresh Singh
Alix Yule Two months after Guyanese Dr. Naresh Singh resigned as Programme Director of the Caribbean Local Economic Development Project (CARILED), he has been replaced by Canadian Alix Yule. Singh in mid February resigned from CARILED in his failed bid to become the Deputy Secretary General of the 15-nation Caribbean Community (CARICOM) after questions had been raised about his alleged ...
Read More »Suspect in businesswoman’s robbery nabbed
One man has been arrested and police are hunting two others in connection with the armed robbery of almost half a million dollars from a businesswoman on the Corentyne.
Read More »Ramotar warns foreigners to stay clear of drug trade
President Donald Ramotar (left at lectern) addressing foreigners living and working in Guyana. President Donald Ramotar on Monday warned foreigners working here against getting involved in the drug trade and other illegal activities, while assuring them that immigration bottlenecks would addressed.
Read More »Guyanese boyfriend, son shot by NY policewoman
Gruesome: A body is removed from the home after the shootings (WALL STREET JOURNAL).-An off-duty New York Police Department officer apparently shot and killed her 1-year-old son and the boy’s father before fatally shooting herself inside her apartment in Brooklyn on Monday morning, a law enforcement official said.
Read More »Opposition leaves talks with govt empty handed
Several media personalities protest opposite Office of the President, Shiv Chanderpaul Drive. Even as President Donald Ramotar and opposition negotiators were Monday morning meeting on a range of issues inside the President’s Office, several media owners protested the unfair allocation of radio frequencies.
Read More »Woman charged with murder of her baby
The 25-year old woman, who allegedly killed her eight month old son, was Monday arraigned on a charge of muder.
Read More »President of Georgetown Domino Assoc. Orin Joseph shot dead
Orin Joseph (Stabroek News photo) President of the Georgetown Domino Association, Orin Joseph was shot dead by a gunman outside his home in South Ruimveldt, a relative confirmed.
Read More »Nicolas Maduro wins Venezuela presidential election
(CARICOM NEWS NETWORK).- CARACAS, Venezuela, Monday April 15, 2013 – Caribbean heads of government breathed a collective sigh of relief on Sunday night as Venezuelans voted to honor Hugo Chavez’s dying wish for Nicolas Maduro to continue his socialist revolution.
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