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Six months after China Railway was identified as the preferred bidder to open negotiations for the construction of the US$700 million Amaila Falls Hydropower project, that company has told the Guyana government it could not afford a Build Own Operate Transfer (BOOT) model, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said Monday. “The negotiations are very difficult and as of April 22nd, they ...

An operator at Toolsie Persaud’s logging company at Tiger Creek, Essequibo River area was shot dead by a co-worker as a result of an accusation between the assailant and another man over claims of one of them “looking” at his wife, the Guyana Police Force said. Dead is 29-year old Rohit Hansraj called ‘Master’, of Wakenaam, an island on the ...

A boat captain disappeared two days ago when his boat collided with another vessel at Jawalla, Upper Mazaruni, and the other captain has been arrested as the probe continues, the Guyana Police Force said Monday. The collision occurred at about 5:45 PM on Saturday May, 28, 2022 resulting in the disappearance of 40-year-old Fabian Sam of Jawalla Village. At the ...

As police on Monday continued their manhunt for a man, who is the prime suspect in the death of his wife, an autopsy showed that she was battered to the head. Police say Government Pathologist Dr Nehaul Singh has found that 39-year old Omega Ault died as a result of brain hemorrhage and multiple blunt trauma to the head. The ...

                Statement by the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation on the passing of Dr Ramsundar Doobay   The Board of Directors, Management and Staff of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) join the medical fraternity in extending deepest condolences to the family, friends and loved ones of Dr. Ramsundar Doobay who regrettably passed on ...

Engineer Neil Rampersaud was Sunday morning stabbed to death by a man who he lashed for failing to go to the police station because he had one hour earlier stabbed another man, the Guyana Police Force said. Investigators said the suspect,40, of Victoria Road, Plaisance, East Coast Demerara, was arrested and a ‘coconut blade’ that he alleged used to stab ...

A day after the Guyana Police Force was criticised for robberies and discharge of several rounds in the air during  Friday night’s concert by Jamaican artiste, Skeng, at the National Park, police  Saturday night seized dozens of scissors from patrons at the Jouvert at the same venue. However, no mention was made  about whether marijuana was found in the possession ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Saturday encouraged part-time government employees to take up opportunities to become qualified, even as the administration appeared poised to allow foreigners to take up jobs in the booming oil-related economy. “I hope that all of you, who are going to work on the programme, you see this as a stepping stone for something bigger, not ...

Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton, on Guyana’s 56th Independence Anniversary, urged an end to “lip service” on tackling racial disunity and socio-economic and political marginalisation. In a message to mark the end of British colonial rule on May 26, 1966, he said Guyanese need to do better to entrench their shared values, strengthen their sense of “One Destiny” and rejuvenate their ...

Three children were early Thursday morning burnt to death in a house at Mocha, East Bank Demerara, Fire Chief Gregory Wickham said. Other sources identify them as Timothy Kippins 8, Trayshaw Flur, 6, and 1-year old Zhlia Flur. The sources said they were working on the theory that the fire was deliberately set by their mother’s partner while she was ...