The Guyana Police Force has issued a wanted bulletin for two men in connection with the murder of 44-year-old gold miner Deon Stoll, who was shot in front of the El Dorado Trading establishment at lot 63 DaSilva Street, Newtown Kitty Georgetown. Wanted are 33-year-old Delon ‘Demon’ Morgan a.k.a Shane Morgan and 23-year-old Lennox Estwic…
The Guyana National Broadcasting Authority, together with international assistance, intends to establish a mechanism to monitor broadcasters when the elections season heats up. Regional and General Elections are set for March 2, 2020. The Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) has indicated that it will be engaging foreign help, to increase the Authority’s monitoring capabilities, in…
… says Town Week celebrations must trigger efforts at its revival …as a well-laid out, well-drained and well-managed municipality PRESIDENT David Granger, on Friday, attended the opening ceremony of the New Amsterdam Town Week 2019 activities, where he proposed a five-point, New Amsterdam Plan of Action (NAPA) for Urban Revival. The five components of the
President David Granger on Friday attended the opening ceremony of the New Amsterdam Town Week 2019 activities where he proposed a five-point, New Amsterdam Plan of Action (NAPA) for Urban Revival. The five components of the plan are to ensure the town becomes a centre of educational excellence offering top-class nursery, primary, secondary and technical…
The Guyana National Broadcasting Authority has rubbished recent statements by the Opposition Leader that the sanctions against the PPP affiliated Freedom radio station and MTV Channel 65 were as a result of the President being described as a “charlatan”. At a press conference today, Chairman of the GNBA, Attorney Leslie Sobers dismissed that claim and…
…Trinidad removes restrictions on export of Guyana’s pineapples, peppers …Government, local farmers welcome decision TRINIDAD and Tobago has removed restrictions related to pineapples and peppers, which had been identified by Guyana as possible trade barriers to the export of agricultural products, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Thursday. In a statement, the Foreign Affairs
By Isanella Patoir The Director of the Child Care and Protection Agency, Ann Greene, Thursday evening called for laws to protect LGBTQ students from bullying in school. Greene delivered the keynote address at the third annual reception to commemorate Spirit Day 2019 at the residence of the British High Commission in Georgetown. “All groups of…
The pilot of a small aircraft that crashed this morning in the interior has survived. He was the only person on board the single-engine plane when it went down moments after take-off from the interior location of Aricheng. A full search and rescue operation was mounted by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority moments after the crash…
Chief Justice throws out PPP application for Cabinet to resign …deems action wholly misconceived, vexatious and an absolute abuse of the court ACTING Chief Justice, Roxane George-Wiltshire, on Wednesday, threw out a Fixed Date Application (FDA) filed by People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Attorney-at-Law, Anil Nandlall, for an order, compelling Cabinet, including the President, to resign,
A pilot whose aircraft crashed approximately two minutes after take-off from Aricheng in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) is confirmed to be alive. The News Room was reliably informed that Captain Bernard Singh who was piloting the Piper PA31 aircraft, which went down at about 07:53hrs on Thursday, managed to climb a tree and used a flare…
