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The truck, GPP 5592. The body of the dead woman is nearby. One woman was killed and several persons injured when a truck toppled at Big Creek, North West District earlier Tuesday, officials confirmed. The woman has been identified as Angela Lawrence.

NCB Group Managing Director Patrick Hylton and his boss, Chairman Michael Lee-Chin (Jamaica Gleaner photo) A Jamaica-headquartered conglomerate is eyeing the running of yet another fibre-optic cable to Guyana and getting a “toe-hold” in the financial services sector, a top official of Portland Holdings said Tuesday.

Richard Allen Ailing APNU parliamentarian Richard Allen has resigned making way for the coalition to swear in another representative in the National Assembly which the combined opposition parties control with a one seat majority. Clerk of the National Assembly Sherlock Isaacs confirmed Tuesday morning that he had received a letter outlining APNU’s intention from Leader of the Opposition and APNU ...

Government and the combined opposition are Tuesday expected to continue negotiations to mend a rift over whether the National Assembly should begin examining 2013 budgetary allocations from Wednesday or next week Monday.

Richard Allen The collapse of APNU’s parliamentarian Richard Allen during budget debate last Thursday has the coalition considering its options to ensure the opposition maintains its one-seat majority in the National Assembly.

Bibi Shaddick M.P Chairperson of the Board of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) Bibi Shaddick says the agency cannot revoke licences without cause as the controversy over licences issued by former president Bharrat Jagdeo shows no sign of abating. The former government minister and current MP took the opportunity Monday night during her presentation on the budget debate to ...

A mason was on Monday remanded to prison after appearing at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court One for robbing a student of a GUY$149,000 cellular phone.

A New York-based Guyana-born lawyer and his sister have been accused of US$3.3 million mortgage fraud and larceny from a well-known American bank. Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown, joined by New York State Department of Financial Services Superintendent Benjamin M. Lawsky,  on Friday last announced that three individuals – including a Richmond Hill attorney and his sister – have ...

L to R: The GGMC’s Legal Adviser, Rosemary Benjamin-Noble; GGMC Commissioner, Rickford Vieria; Natural Resources Minister, Robert Persaud; President of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association, Patrick Harding and Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Natural Resources, Joslyn Mc Kenzie Drug traffickers may soon find it tough to wash their ill-gotten gains by investing in the booming gold industry ...

A 19-year old man, who attempted to rob a Kitty Seawall vendor, was stabbed to death and rushed to a city hospital in a car that was subsequently abandoned by his accomplice, police said.