Two bandits, armed with cutlasses, woke up a #69 Village, Corentyne Berbice couple minutes after midnight on Saturday and robbed them of several pieces of jewellery. The victims, Amanauth Ragunauth and Samantha Singh, secured their house and retired to bed at around 20:30hrs on Saturday, however, just after midnight, the husband was awakened by a…
Screams of despair filled the air this evening along Durban Street as a young mother of two was brutally stabbed to death by her lover. The dead woman has been identified as 32-year-old Nicola Wilson. Eyewitnesses said the woman and her lover, who has been identified only as “Lawrence”, were having an argument moments after…
— President Ali says in Labour Day message; workers today breathing somewhat easier, FITUG contends DESCRIBING workers as the prime force in transforming the country’s resources into wealth, President Irfaan Ali on Thursday emphasised the vital role they play in national development. President Ali in a message issued in observance of Labour Day, noted that…
GAWU Labour Day address 2021 By Seepaul Narine, President Comrades, I greet you on behalf of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) as we, once again, observe Labour Day. We begin by extending fraternal greetings to all workers as we recognize our advancements cannot be delinked from the efforts of our working-class. We…
For the third day this week, Guyana recorded more than 100 new cases of Coronavirus within a 24-hour period. The Ministry of Health reported this afternoon that 177 new cases of the virus were recorded in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of active cases in the country to more than 1700. Another…
–as sector edges closer to becoming economic powerhouse WITH an accelerated housing programme, massive highways, and community roads to be developed, Guyana’s quarrying industry will no longer be able to take a backseat among the productive sectors, but rather be efficiently exploited for local consumption and progressive projects. According to the Institute of Quarrying, this…
Shaquawn Alleyne, the boyfriend and suspected killer of Shonette Dover, had said that he was willing to pay any amount of money just to know whether the young woman was fine. In a Facebook post on April 6, some three days after Dover’s family and friends realised that she disappeared, Alleyne wrote: “anybody with info…
A Soesdyke man was today found guilty of bigamy and fined $100,000. If he fails to pay the fine, he will face 12 months in jail. The 35-year-old man, Michael Taylor, was charged for marrying one woman last year, while he was still married to another woman. It was in May last year that the…
— system to be tightened up against possible acts of fraud, says President Ali AS investigations continue into the alleged attempts by officials of the Guyana Oil Company Ltd. (GuyOil) to improperly engage a fuel supplier and solicit his services, President, Dr. Irfaan Ali, has ordered the removal of a Director of GuyOil, Akanni Blair…
By Shikema Dey The Guyana Fire Service is not accepting any blame for the escalation of the inferno that ravaged Sharon’s Mall on Wednesday evening, completely destroying the building and leave millions of dollars in losses. The Mall, located at the corner of King and Charlotte Streets, Georgetown, was completed gutted at around 19:30hrs; the…
