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January 5, 2018

Garbage collection fee from February

By Bibi Khatoon In an effort to increase the revenue of the City Council, Town Clerk, Royston King will be moving to have the approval of the council to implement a $200 garbage collection fee. He told members of the press on Friday,…

UPDATE: Pensioners’ house goes up in flames

By Devina Samaroo A man, who lost his son two years ago after he was shot dead, is now suffering another loss when his home was destroyed by fire. Tragedy struck after midday on Friday, January 5, 2018, the elderly couple who lived…

41 foreign nationals detained in police raid

A police raid on a popular nightclub in the city today resulted in the discovery of drugs and the detention of dozens of female foreign nationals. A total of forty-nine persons, including employees, were removed from the Diamond Hotel and…

Bar owner jailed for trafficking teenager

Jagetram Hariram, a Bar Owner on the East Coast of Demerara, was sentenced to three years imprisonment on Thursday, January 04 and fined $100,000 for the recruitment, transportation and harbouring of a fourteen (14) year old, for the…

Fire guts East La Penitence house

A fire this afternoon erupted in a house at Morcut Square, East La Penitence, Georgetown occupied by a man, his wife and several other relatives. It is unclear how the fire started in the concrete two-storey structure. News Room is on…