Year: 2022

Man gets 14 years for killing Wales Estate labourer

Hemraj Bramdeo, also known as `Scrawly’, who last month pleaded to the 2016 unlawful killing of Wales Estate labourer, Dellon…

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Licensing round for offshore blocks offers great local content opportunity – manufacturers

With the government’s recent launch of the licensing round for 14 offshore oil blocks, the Guyana Manufacturing & Services Association…

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Court upholds child rapist’s conviction, 28-year sentence

Both the conviction and 28-year sentence imposed upon child rapist Colvin Norton were yesterday affirmed by the Guyana Court of…

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Dutch company signs $1.38b contract for removal of 17 wrecks

The Ministry of Public Works yesterday signed a contract valued some $1.38 billion with a Dutch company for the removal…

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Six regions flooded as a result of heavy rain – CDC – -Cuyuni/Mazaruni worst hit

Heavy rainfall within the past 48 hours has resulted in flooding in  six of the 10 administrative regions, with Region…

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President unwraps major salary hikes for health sector – -biggest increases for midwives, pharmacists

President Irfaan Ali last night announced that effective from January 1, 2023,   salaries will be increased significantly for professionals in…

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Cuban curiosity: Raft with US flag caught in plain view

HAVANA (AP) — Onlookers scratched their heads at a peculiar scene just off the coast of Havana on Monday —…

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