Heatburn man found dead in Berbice River
An East Bank Berbice man is believed to have drowned in the Berbice River.
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An East Bank Berbice man is believed to have drowned in the Berbice River.
The government and the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) are being asked to defend their decision to award a $4.6B contract to a Chinese group for the rehabilitation of the power company’s low and medium voltage distribution network, which one of the bidders says was “improperly” done.
President David Granger has spoken confidently of a second term for the ruling APNU+AFC Coalition.
The People’s Progressive Party/Civic is preparing to convene a consultation with all parliamentary parties on the nominees for the Local Government Commission (LGC) even as it calls on Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan to convene a meeting of the 71 local government authorities (LGAs) so that his nominee could be selected.
Popular maths teacher Dennis Patterson was on Monday evening a victim of an armed robbery.
A fire, suspected to be an act of arson, gutted a two-bedroom house at Covent Garden, East Bank Demerara early yesterday morning.
Billion-dollar bids were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the procurement of pharmaceutical supplies for next year for the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation.
A man was yesterday charged with conning a woman of over $2 million in a scheme in which he claimed he could sell her a house and land.
A Laing Avenue man was yesterday brought before a city magistrate to answer to charges of being in possession of just over half a pound of cannabis and attempting to bribe an officer.
Two Guyana Defence Force (GDF) ranks were yesterday arrested with several bags containing a quantity of milk and butter, believed to be stolen items.
Accused of fraudulently converting $1.6 million in raw gold to his own use, a man was yesterday granted bail by a city magistrate after he denied the crime.
The Epilepsy Foundation of Guyana (EFG) on Monday hosted a discussion with several stakeholders to enlist their help to raise awareness about the illness and available treatment.
Forensic exhibits that are still at the Eureka Laboratory, caused a further delay of the Preliminary Inquiry into the murder charge against Colin Alleyne, the man accused of killing elderly Montrose caretaker Danrasie Ganesh.
Vendors and drivers are calling on the authorities to fix a section of North Road approaching the intersection with Orange Walk, which they say is disrupting traffic and causing damage to vehicles.
The 28-year-old mother who along with her three children were rushed to the hospital during last week after displaying symptoms of poisoning, were all discharged yesterday, and a mental evaluation has revealed that the woman is mentally ill.
A former murder accused was yesterday charged with attempting to stab another man to death.
The Alliance For Change today said it is alarmed and disturbed by reports that Georgetown Mayor Patricia Chase-Green has sought to blame Deputy Mayor Sherod Duncan for taking misinformation to the public and causing civil disobedience.
Mayor yesterday announced plans to slash parking rates by 50%. At a meeting yesterday with members of the commercial banking community, Chase-Green said the rates would possibly be reduced to a rate of $28 VAT inclusive for 15 minutes or just over $100 per hour.
Mayor Patricia Chase-Green yesterday accused Deputy Mayor Sherod Duncan of causing “civil unrest” by peddling misinformation in the public domain.
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) would be filing private criminal charges against ministers and other government officials for corruption.
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