AFC accuses PPP of waging “nasty” LGE campaign because of competition in strongholds

The Alliance For Change is accusing the People’s Progressive Party of waging a “nasty” campaign in the local government elections and believes the Guyana Elections Commission must address the issue. At a press conference today, the AFC complained that many of its supporters in PPP stronghold areas are being harassed and intimated by the members […]

Police probing shooting of mini-bus driver by City Constable

A route 42 mini-bus driver is a patient of the Georgetown Hospital after he was shot to one of his legs by a Georgetown City Constable. The incident occurred this morning in Cornhill Street just outside the old GNCB building where mini-buses were recently relocated. Eyewitnesses reported that the driver, John Paul, got into a […]

Police launch murder investigation into sex tape suspect’s death after PME points to strangulation

In wake of the post-mortem examination pointing to the cause of death being asphyxiation and compression to the neck, the Guyana Police Force has opened  murder investigation into the death of 41-year-old Sherwin Apple. Apple was found dead yesterday morning on the Kitty foreshore as Police were looking to question him about a sex video […]

Guyana’s Public Health Minister to serve on WHO Executive Board

Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence has been nominated to be a member of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Executive Board at next year’s World Health Assembly. The announcement came at a Regional Committee meeting for the Americas being hosted by the WHO in Washington DC. Minister Lawrence is attending the meeting. She will serve […]

Linden man in viral sex video found dead

One of the men in a sex video making the rounds on social media has been found dead, amidst a backdrop of being accused of rape and being castigated on social media his actions in the video. The body of 42-year-old Sherwin Apple aka “Yellow” was found on the seawalls this midday and investigators are […]

Father, Mother and Daughter remanded to jail over marijuana in barrel bust

Three members of a North Ruimveldt family found themselves appearing before Principal Magistrate, Judy Latchman today, facing marijuana possession charges. The father, mother and daughter were marched into the Courtroom this afternoon and all pleaded not guilty to being in possession of over 90 pounds of marijuana at their North Ruimveldt home. The three, 64-year-old Keith […]