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A woman was shot to her abdomen after she resisted a bandit who eventually snatched her bag while she was  shopping at Bourda Market on Bourda Street and North Road. “She refused after which the suspect pulled away same (bag) and discharged a round in the her direction,  which hit her to the left side abdomen and fled the scene ...

The Guyana government has moved to the High Court to repossess the BK Marine Inc. Wharf in Kingston, Georgetown because it was sold at just over GYD$200 million although it is worth GYD$5 billion. Attorney General Anil Nandlall is asking the High Court to declare that BK Marine “has been unjustly enriched” by about GYD$5 billion as that “is the ...

Three brothers have been arrested in connection with the killing of a 20-year old resident of Belle West, West Bank Demerara in front of his residence early Friday night after he allegedly struck one them with a piece of wood, police said on Saturday. The victim has been identified as 20-year old Emanuel Solomon of 317 Belle West. Investigators said ...

A gunman opened fire an Information Technology (IT) expert after pushing her off her motorcycle and riding off with it, the Guyana Police Force said. The victim’s name has been given as Munifa Erskine, 27, of Block X Liliendaal, South Sophia. She told police that she was robbed of her Haojue motorcycle, bearing licence number CK 1906 and valued GYD$178,000, ...

Guyana’s oil production has been dropped and the quantity of gas being flared has been reduced due to a faulty gas compressor that has been removed to be taken to Germany for repairs, the company said Friday. “We have lowered production levels on the Liza Destiny since the compressor failed and continue to seek ways to reduce flaring. We are ...

Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon has warned the Indian government that Guyana’s proposed appointment of Mr. Charrandass Persaud as High Commissioner could hurt relations between the two Commonwealth member nations. “The people of Guyana have always enjoyed cordial relations with the government and people of India and we are concerned that Mr. Persaud’s appointment may place a significant strain on this ...

A 40-year old prisoner was  Friday afternoon killed by another inmate at the Lusignan Prison on Thursday. Prison officials say the inmate, Victor Soomaru, was asleep when he was lashed to the head with a brick wrapped in a towel by another inmate. Pprison guards responded to an alarm and took Soomaru to the prison’s medical facility where he was ...

An 86-year old man is Guyana’s latest COVID-19 virus fatality, bringing the total number of deaths since last year March to 180, the Ministry of Health said Friday morning. The Health Ministry said the man died while receiving care at our medical facility. He was from Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) which accounts for 3,438 cases since the virus was first detected ...

The Inter-American Development Bank’s private sector arm, IDB Invest, will be kneading US$4 million into Fernandes Guyana Enterprise (FGE), a subsidiary of the Suriname-headquartered Fernandes Group as the company eyes increased spending and more customers with different tastes. “This will lead to higher and more efficient local production of bread products, which are an essential part of the Guyanese diet, ...

The opposition APNU+AFC says the now aborted decision by the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC)-led government to allow Taiwan to set up an office in Guyana has damaged long-standing relations with China that will take hard work to revive. “It will now take years and considerable diplomatic and other scarce resources to repair and rebuild trust with the Chinese after ...