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A 70-year-old man, who was a pensioner, died on Tuesday when he was attacked by a swarm of bees in his home village of Novar, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara, police said Wednesday. Imran Alli, also known as ‘Buddy’, a 70-year-old pensioner who resided at Lot 24 Novar, lost his life after he was reportedly attacked by a swarm of bees ...

A police sergeant lost a tooth and his colleague was also allegedly assaulted by a minibus driver after he was intercepted and arrested for reckless driving and suspicion of being drunk, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) said Wednesday. The law enforcement agency said the bus driver, Feroze Khan, of Hosororo, North West District, allegedly damaged the police vehicle and the ...

A family member of a government politician, who was involved in a road accident that resulted in the death of a woman, on Tuesday remained hospitalised, police said. The woman, who died in the accident on La Bonne Intention (LBI) Railway Embankment Road, has been identified as Salima Heeralal. She was an occupant in a vehicle that was driven by ...

Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire has deemed Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo’s description of opposition politician Catherine Hughes as a “low life” unacceptable and chided political and other leaders in Guyana for behaviour that could lead to violent crime. Though the Chief Justice dismissed Ms Hughes’ lawsuit against Mr Jagdeo for racial and gender discrimination, she said the Vice President’s characterisation, which ...

A Guyanese-owned oil exploration company is among 27 companies that submitted bids to market Guyana’s crude entitlement from the three floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels in the Stabroek Block. The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) officials did not announce the prices that were proposed and, instead, referred queries to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of ...

Guyana today signed a US$16 million contract with Bell Textron Inc. for the supply of two advanced rotary wing aircraft. This milestone agreement not only enhances the capabilities of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) but also serves as a testament to the strong bilateral relationship between Guyana and the United States of America (U.S.A.). The signing ceremony highlights the commitment ...

Chief Justice, Roxane George-Wiltshire on Monday dismissed the legal proceedings filed by Mrs. Catherine Hughes regarding the State’s failure to operationalise the Human Rights Commission breached her constitutional rights and Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo’s “low life” description of her constitutional entitlement to equality before the law and equality of women, according to the Attorney General’s Chambers. “The Honourable Chief Justice ...

The People’s National Congress Reform/A Partnership for National Unity’s (PNCR/APNU) 20-point plan, including to seek a revision of the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) with ExxonMobil Guyana and obtain a parent company guarantee for an oil spill clean-up, has been lauded by United States-based commentator and professor, Terrence Richard Blackman. Dr Blackman, who is also an analyst on a range of ...

Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Nigel Hughes on Sunday said if the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) loses next year’s general and regional elections, his party would push for independent forensic auditors to investigate suspected corruption and charge suspects if necessary. He told an AFC ‘bottom house’ meeting at Liverpool, East Berbice, Corentyne, in response to a question ...

Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Aubrey Norton on Sunday continued to maintain that street protests against the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC)-led administration, fearing that it would backfire racially on his largely Afro-Guyanese supported party. “Street protest is not best option,” Mr Norton, who is also Guyana’s Opposition Leader, told a townhall meeting in Toronto, Canada. “Let ...