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…Coalition members say during protest against PPP officials in Berbice Members of the coalition A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) on Wednesday picketed the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) as it held meetings in Berbice with displaced sugar workers. The coalition members had gone to Edinburgh hoping to confront Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo but he was not there. Nevertheless, they then assembled at Angoy’s Avenue where another meeting was scheduled to be held in order to disrupt the meeting there which they eventually were successful in doing. This eventually…

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…claim they were disrespected A group of approximately 19 media operatives on Thursday morning staged a walkout on the Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) Annual Press Conference hosted at the Base Camp Ayanganna. The media – inclusive of both state and private entities- were invited to cover the Annual Press Conference for 09:30hrs. As such, most of the respective members complied and arrived long before the given time. However, upon arrival, instead of being directed to the conference room located in the Officers’ Mess, they were diverted into another building and…

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The Children’s 2018 Mashramani celebration is expected to surpass previous years, with the addition of a new component. The new feature will see the Nursery, Primary and Secondary schools displaying different aspects of the Guyanese culture. Acting Administrator for the Unit of Allied Arts, Lorraine Barker-King, during an interview with the Department of Public Information (DPI), said that the implementation of the component will allow for the students to better showcase this year’s theme – ‘Let’s Cooperate and Celebrate Republic 48’. Barker-King explained that “the Nursery children they will be…

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Just over four years after his sibling’s death, Neville France admitted that he killed his own brother, Richard France, on December 12, 2013 at Falls Top, North West District, Essequibo. The 42-year-old man pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter when he was arraigned before High Court Judge, Justice Navindra Singh on Monday. His sentencing was, however, deferred to February 5, 2018 after his lawyer, Siand Dhurjon applied for a probation report to be presented to the court. According to evidence that was provided by Police, the self-confessed killer…

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After a two-year hiatus, the 2018 Carib Soca Monarch was launched at the Department of Culture, Education Ministry. The competition, which is slated for February 10 and 17, will see 15 performers competing for the grand prize of G$1.5 million. At the press conference on Monday, Minister with responsibility for culture, Dr George Norton highlighted that the competition will now be under the purview of the Central Mash Committee. Minister Norton also stated that music is the bloodline of the Mashramani festival and urged local deejays and promoters to get…

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Starting next week, ExxonMobil will be engaging the general public for considerations into an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the second phase development of the Liza field. ExxonMobil’s Director of Public and Government Affairs, Kimberly Brasington told the Department of Public Information (DPI) on Wednesday that the company will begin “scoping meetings” with Regions Five and Six followed by Regions Two, Three and One and conclude with Region Four. Already, the company has engaged sector stakeholders. Exxon had submitted a project summary for the Liza Phase 2 development to the…

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The 10th Annual Wedding Expo, hosted by Roraima Airways, was launched on Wednesday at Duke Lodge, Georgetown. With great pomp and high expectations for a grand event this year, the Wedding Expo was officially opened. The Expo is said to provide yet another opportunity for a couple to win a million-dollar wedding. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Roraima Airways, Captain Gerry Gouveia said that the Expo would provide the selected couple with an all-expenses paid wedding and other opportunities such as an all-expenses paid honeymoon package with the couple…

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While the 1999 oil agreement between ExxonMobil and Guyana contained a regime of fees that the company had to pay, the renegotiated agreement has thrown away many of these revenue streams. This observation was made by Chartered Accountant Christopher Ram, who, in his recent writings, noted that in the place of these fees, the lump sum payment of US$1 million per year has been added to the agreement. The old agreement had included different rental fees for the initial period of the company’s prospecting or production licence. In similar vein,…

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Two weeks after being found guilty of murdering Melissa Payne during the course of a robbery at the Agricola Public Road on November 5, 2008, Jermain Savory was on Monday morning sentenced to 15 years in prison by High Court Judge James Bovell-Drakes. Despite the accused proclaiming his innocence, the 12-member jury unanimously found the 30-year-old father of one guilty at the end of the weeks-long trial in December. The State’s case was that Savory – in the company of at least one other person –murdered Payne after the woman…

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Days after Marcelle Collymore, the daughter of murdered housewife Donna Taylor testified that the accused Abiola Jacobs and her mother had a fight on the day of her mother’s demise, Police Superintendent Joel David confirmed that the accused informed him that she spoke with Taylor on the day of her death. The Policeman gave this evidence as he testified at the High Court before Justice James Bovell-Drakes on Tuesday where he also noted that the survivor of the attack; Samantha Sabbatt placed Jacobs at the scene of the January 31,…

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