Suriname pulled the plug on the semi-legal backtrack route between the Dutch-speaking country and Guyana on Wednesday, leaving hundreds of travellers, some of whom do not have proper travel documents, stranded on both sides of the border.
A five-man crew was on Tuesday rescued by members of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guard after they were held hostage aboard their fishing vessel, Ashley 11 by another crew member, who became enraged after smoking marijuana.
The reconstituted Local Government Task Force is currently in the process of completing the drafting of one of four pieces of local government legislation, which is expected to be presented to parliament in a single package when all the items are completed.
Three persons are in police custody as investigations into the $69M fraud committed on an account at the New Building Society (NBS) continue.
Less than twenty-four hours after he fell off his bicycle landing under a truck travelling along the Reliance Public Road, Essequibo Coast, Lakeram called ‘Bulby’ succumbed to his injuries yesterday afternoon at the Georgetown Hospital.
The woman whose body was discovered in a trench near the East La Penitence Police Station on Friday was identified as an East Ruimveldt mother of two.
In the wake of the recent ambush of an MMC vehicle when two guards were shot dead, the company has announced that they will no longer be collecting money at the ferry crossing or for the road toll service at their interior locations.
Police have launched an investigation into the armed robbery of a ‘Good Samaritan’ businessman by three gunmen along the Ituni Road.
The Guyana Forestry Com-mission (GFC) says the dismissal of a quality control official followed its loss of confidence in his ability to perform his duties “in a manner consistent with his position as the Assistant Commissioner of Forests-Quality Control.”
As part of Heritage Week activities the National Trust last Wednesday launched Cannons of Guyana documenting a part of the country’s military heritage and building on the work of Major Michael Hartland of the Barbados Defence Force and University of Guyana student Joanne Collins.
TravelSpan announced four winners in its GuyExpo 2007 raffle. In a press release the company said Michelle Williams won the first prize of a return trip to New York; Bibi Baptise won the second prize, a return trip to Trinidad; Giovanni Karioaroma the third prize, a miniature plane; and Omawatee Ramsundar a TravelSpan tee-shirt.
Two persons were arrested following the discovery of an illegal firearm, ammunition and firearm silencers in a house at Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara yesterday.
A Trinidad map company on Wednesday presented Prime Minister Samuel Hinds with samples of elaborately designed maps of the different continents of the world after he had demonstrated an interest in them at GuyExpo.
Contrary to what was said in the report captioned ‘Spelling Bee champ’ in yesterday’s edition of the Stabroek News, it was the Rotaract Club of Georgetown Central and not the Rotaract Club of Georgetown that hosted its first National Spelling Bee competition.
Head of the Catholic Diocese of Guyana Bishop Francis Alleyne has announced the formation of a fund-raising committee for the building of the new Sacred Heart Church and the development of the site at Main Street, Georgetown, the Catholic Standard reported.
Two men with pending matters before the court who allegedly shot at another man while he was driving were yesterday placed on $125,000 bail each by Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys.
A woman who was left as the guardian of a toddler and who allegedly ill-treated the child by beating and leaving him alone in the house was yesterday remanded to prison by Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys.
A couple who allegedly had over 1,000 grammes of ganja at a house at Mahdia was yesterday remanded to prison by Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys.
Despite Euros 2B being dangled in front of their faces, Cariforum countries yesterday held out for a better deal with the European Union (EU) and while some differences were narrowed in a two-day Jamaica meeting talks are to continue on sugar and other thorny areas.
By any measure phlegmatic is a tricky word to spell but Nirvanie Ramnarain of Annandale Secondary rattled it off with ease yesterday to win the Rotaract Club of Georgetown first National Spelling Bee competition.
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