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Four prison officers, a Venezuelan woman and a Parika resident were this afternoon charged and remanded to prison over the escape of notorious death row inmate and convicted mass murderer, Royden Williams aka “Smallie”. Appearing via Zoom before Magistrate Christel Lambert of the Bartica Magistrates’ Court, Prison Officers Alexander Hopkinson, Conroy Hosannah, Omar Witherspoon and […]
An 84-year-old woman lost her life in Buxton on Tuesday afternoon after being hit down by a reversing garbage truck. The elderly woman has been identified by relatives as Elaine Williams. The driver of the truck, 32-year-old Timothy Franklin Baynes, told Police investigators that he was reversing along the Sideline Dam access road when he […]
Attorney-at-Law Bernard Da Silva has written the acting Commissioner of Police, Clifton Hicken over the release of the Police interrogation of murder accused Brian Richards to a media house. Richards is currently on remand over the murder of Deputy Headteacher and Actor Kirwyn Mars. In the letter, which was also copied to the Chancellor of […]
Police investigators are probing the murder of a 47-year-old carpenter. The dead man has been identified as Terry Washington of Durban Street, Georgetown. A Police report stated that on Tuesday morning, Washington was in his yard when an argument broke out between him and another construction worker who was working on a nearby building. As […]
by Svetlana Abrams Parents and relatives of at least three of the 19 victims of the Mahdia dorm fire, have identified the remains of their children. DNA tests are being done to identify some of the other remains. For Rihanna Jeffrey, who is the sister of Bibi Rita Jeffrey who died in the fire, it […]
Having completed its investigations into the fire at the Mahdia School Dormitory that claimed the lives of 19 children, the Guyana Police Force has written to the Director of Public Prosecutions seeking advice on possible criminal charges. The Police Force in a statement tonight announced that a female student who was housed in the same […]
The Labour Ministry is spearheading an investigation into yet another workplace fatal accident. A Sophia labourer, who has so far been identified only as “Kevin”, lost his life this morning when a concrete beam at the construction site for the Buddy’s Apartment complex on Sheriff Street came crashing down on him. Emergency services were summoned […]
Chief Prison Officer, Patrick Perry, lost his life late on Monday night after crashing into a heap of sand that had been dumped on the roadway in the Melanie area, on the East Coast Demerara. Police investigators have launched a probe. An investigation revealed that at around 11:55pm on Monday, Perry was driving his motorcar […]
With help from the US, Guyana has been able to push back against the drug trade, according to President Irfaan Ali The President has credited the outgoing US Ambassador, Sarah-Ann Lynch for the successes recorded in the Security Sector. Speaking at a farewell reception held on Friday in honour of the US Ambassador, President Ali […]
Convicted mass killer and death row inmate Mark Royden Durant aka Royden Williams and “Smallie” made a daring escape from the Mazaruni Prison this afternoon under the guard of a boat load of heavily armed gunmen, suspected to be members of a Venezuelan gang. In a statement, the Ministry of Home Affairs said the inmate […]
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