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Map showing Berbice River Two persons are dead and two others-including an ill uncle- were Wednesday night still missing following a boat-mishap almost one week ago.

Linden nurses picket for their gratuity payments opposite the Parliament Building. Minister of Health Dr. Bheri Ramsaran on Wednesday told the National Assembly that gratuity payments for Linden nurses were being handled even as the nurses continued strike action started earlier in the day with a picket outside Parliament Building . The matter was raised by APNU’s Region 10 representative ...

APNU MP Rennita Williams being sworn in. New APNU parliamentarian Rennita Williams was Wednesday sworn in allowing the opposition to carry the vote in favour of consideration of the budget estimates beginning next Monday.

Tuesday’s sitting went past midnight AFC Leader Khemraj Ramjattan says the “trouble” that will befall the 2013 budget when consideration of the estimates begins stems from the turmoil within Guyana’s politics. His remarks on Tuesday came in the wind down of debate on the GUY$208.8B budget estimates presented by the government.

A manhunt was in progress Wednesday morning for a prisoner who escaped from the Timehri Prison, well-placed sources said.

Striking Linden Hospital nurses mingle near the health care institution. Even as the Health Ministry probes why almost 80 staff members of the Linden Hospital Complex were not paid their gratuities, the workers on Wednesday went on strike after negotiations failed for them to get the much needed cash in time for the new school term.

Patrick Prince, a Guyanese born New York Police Department (NYPD) officer died after he lost control of his vehicle that slammed into a tree last Thursday. Relatives said that Prince was on his way home after ending his shift when the accident occurred in the early hours of the morning.

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 ...