Police are on the hunt for a Sixteen-year-old who escaped from the Juvenile Holding Centre in Sophia. The youth reportedly escaped six days ago, on August 9. The Ministry of Public Security in a statement has identified him as Leon Patterson, who is of African descent. He was discovered missing from the facility on August…
TWO Ukrainian men, who are employed at the West Bank Demerara Gold Inc , were on Tuesday remanded to prison after appearing before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court charged for assaulting and using threatening behaviour towards two Guyanese miners. The men, Maksym Furtak, a 33-year-old manager and Vitaly Paraschuck , a
The Nereid’s Annual Yacht Rally, a major tourist attraction which draws scores of persons to Guyana, may be cancelled this year due to safety concerns in light of the recent piracy attack offshore neighbouring Suriname. Minister of Business, Dominic Gaskin says there is still hope to salvage the event which is usually hosted at the…
Minister of Business, Dominic Gaskin, on Monday blasted persons he described as “self appointed experts on oil”, over their doom and gloom outlook for the oil industry in Guyana. Gaskin was at the time speaking at the launching of the American Chamber in Guyana at the Marriott Hotel. He said while Guyanese should not bend…
…Yogeeta Persuad’s mother recalls her daughter’s love for volunteerism By Indrawattie Natram “My daughter was a determined child, she was never rude to anyone and she was very humble, she chased after he dreams,” said Devika Persaud , the mother of Yogeeta Persaud , the young Guyanese scholar who died suddenly in Peru on Sunday.
By Devina Samaroo The heroic act of a 20-year-old man of Good Hope, East Coast of Demerara (ECD) has left him with a gunshot wound to the face as he fought off bandits who attempted to rob them Saturday night. Anzan Ladoux is currently recovering at a city hospital and his family fears that he…
The Guyana Teachers Union has officially informed its membership of the decision for them to begin strike action in time for the new school year. In a memo to teachers, GTU President Mark Lyte informed them that the strike action will begin on August 27 and continue until further notice. Schools are set to reopen…
Ticket sales for the Guyana Amazon Warriors’ final two home games of the Hero Caribbean Premier League is set to commence tomorrow (Monday, August 13). Those games will take place in September. According to information from the local CPL office, tickets would be sold at the three established ticketing locations countrywide: (1) CPL Guyana Office…
By Ravin Singh In the first six months of this year, the government raked in an increase of $3.4B in Value Added Tax (VAT) when compared to the corresponding period last year, the Ministry of Finance has revealed in its mid-year report. The report details that revenue collections totalled $109.2B at end-June 2018 – a…
The Ministry of Public Infrastructure has announced that the construction of the supporting infrastructure for the Indian Immigration Monument located at Palmyra Village, Corentyne, Region 6 will commence on August 14, 2018, and is expected for completion by October 31, 2018. The monument came crashing down in April of 2017, hours after workers complained of not being paid…
