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Shamar Gibson, 21, and Fedel Gibson, 47, were charged on Thursday and granted bail of $100,000 each for malicious damage to property. Police Headquarters reported that the men, both boat operators, committed the act on Aryan Gafoor, a 22-year-old boat operator. The case was heard at the Suddie Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Tamieka Clarke, where
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See below the full release from the Environmental Protection Agency:  Officials from the Environmental Protection Agency, Guyana Energy Agency, Guyana Fire Service and the Guyana National Bureau of Standards met on Friday, January 24, 2025 to coordinate efforts aimed at reviewing the recent series of suspected cooking gas cylinder-related explosions across the country. The meeting
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Aubrey Haynes, a 37-year-old man, was charged on Friday and remanded to prison after he was nabbed with a firearm and ammunition. Haynes was arrested on Monday after he was accused of discharging a loaded firearm in the vicinity of Makouria Creek, Essequibo River. Police searched for his person and discovered a .32 semi-automatic pistol
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Police Headquarters on Saturday said ranks captured a pack of stray dogs in Leonora after it was reported that the animals attacked and killed a woman’s sheep at Leguan. Sharron Stephens, of Leguan Island, reportedly told ranks that the dogs attacked five of her sheep on Thursday and Friday. As such, an Officer and other
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Police are investigating a public fighting incident on Friday outside a betting outlet at Leonora, West Coast Demerara. According to a Police release, 23-year-old driver Javier Kubair was involved in a confrontation with 24-year-old JFazal Jabbar and 42-year-old Donia Alleyne after attempting to make a purchase before others who were in line before him. Soon
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Paul Battersfield, a 48-year-old businessman of Mocha Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara (EBD), was nabbed with 1,989 grammes (or about 4.4 pounds) of marijuana. He was also caught with 82 grammes (or about 0.18 pounds) of cocaine. Police Headquarters reported that the man was caught at the Police checkpoint at Mabura while he was a
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Head coach Aaqib Javed promised that Pakistan could prepare a spin-friendly wicket anywhere in the country, and the first day of the second Test against West Indies in Multan demonstrated he had kept his promise. Spin ran riot once more, as 20 wickets fell and both sides wrapped up within nine runs of each other.
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Member of Parliament (MP) Sanjeev Datadin delivered a passionate address in the National Assembly on Friday, countering opposition claims and lauding what he described as transformative developments under the PPP/C government. He praised Budget 2025 as a “blueprint for sustainable growth” while critiquing the opposition’s record on healthcare, education, and economic policies. MP Datadin disputed
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See below the full release from the Ministry of Health:  The Ministry of Health is pleased to announce that the National Public Health Reference Laboratory (NPHRL) has officially received accreditation from the Pan American Health Organisation/World Health Organisation (PAHO/WHO) as a National Influenza Centre (NIC) and has become a member of the Global Influenza Surveillance
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Between 2020 and 2023, Guyana’s exports increased by a massive 285 per cent, moving from US$2.8 billion to US$10.8 billion. This was revealed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hugh Todd, who was defending the 2025 budget in the National Assembly on Friday. This accounts for a 106 per cent improvement in
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