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Bandits Tuesday morning apparently traced two men from a city bank to a cafe where they assaulted and robbed them of an estimated GYD$1 million, sources said. The incident occurred at Coffee Bean Cafe, Church Street, Georgetown. The two customers-a Guyanese and a Malaysian-were gun butted before the driver of the vehicle surrendered the keys. A source said the bandits ...

The man, who allegedly knifed his teenage common-law wife to death and fled to neighbouring Surinameay, was Tuesday arraigned for her murder. Thirty-year old Ryan Singh was not required to plea to the indictable charge when it was read to him by Magistrate Alex Moore at the Sister’s Village Court. He is accused of the murder of 16-year old Parbattie ...

The Brazilian-registered Beechcraft Kingair plane found in southern Guyana is bearing the registration number of a plane belonging to Brazil’s third largest bank, Banco Bradesco, sources said. Director General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), Retired Col. Egbert Field said he has received such information and would be factoring that into efforts to ascertain the origin of the plane. “I ...

Guyana plans to expand its airspace coverage in the wake of the latest discovery of an illegal airstrip and an illegally-landed plane bearing a Brazilian registration number. “The Government is extremely concerned.  We are concerned that that these aircraft are utilising our large gaps in the security coverage in the hinterland areas, but we are looking carefully to see how ...

Vehicular traffic to and from Lethem resumed on Friday following the completion of emergency works on the Hunt Oil stretch of road that was washed away for several weeks, the Ministry of Public Infrastructure said Monday. Prior to the repairs, all filling stations in the southern Guyanese town had run out of gasoline because tankers had been unable to cross ...

The Guyana Police Force on Monday said a foreign aircraft has been discovered on an illegal aircraft in North Rupununi. The foreign aircraft’s discovery followed the location of an illegal airstrip by Guyana Defence Force soldiers in the same area. Following is the full text of the Guyana Police Force statement. As a result of an exercise of due vigilance ...

Three major utility companies have for the year so far racked up almost 400 customer complaints and has had to refund a total of GYD$30 million to customers, according to the Public Utilities Commission (PUC). PUC Complaints Manager, Destra Bourne said Guyana Telephone and Telegraph has has had to refund GYD$635,000; Guyana Power and Light more than GYD$30 million and ...

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) has begun legal action against owners of large swathes of land that have done nothing with those properties, Chief Executive Officer of the authority, Lelon Saul said Monday. “The terms and conditions of the agreement of sale- the company that was involved in the agreement with CH&PA has not lived up to the ...

Family members as well as the Berbice populace were shocked when news of the Canje murder/ suicide spread throughout the town of New Amsterdam. No one expected that on a quiet Friday morning, businessman and owner of the Stretch D’ Dollar chain store,  46-year-old Rudy Blair would take his own life or was even capable of brutally stabbing his ex ...

Five men men were this week arraigned for allegedly raping two children under 16 years old and they were granted bail totalling GYD$800,000. Police said Romario Smartt, Ryan Boodhoo, Dale Edwards and Cadacy De Gees committed between January 1 and January 31, 2017 at 9th Avenue, Bartica. Police said the men were charged based on advice by the Director of Public ...