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70 single houses will be built to relocate the Broad and Lombard Street squatters, each costing $1.2M, with funding provided by the Ministry of Communities and Food for the Poor. This was disclosed during the Ministry’s mid-term review and budget proposal held at the Regency Hotel, Hadfield Street. Minister within Ministry of Communities Valerie Adams-Patterson […]
Nearly over week after an Agricola teen, who escaped lawful custody was caught hiding in a barrel, he made his first appearance in Court to answer to several armed robbery charges along with discharging a loaded firearm. 18-year-old, Melvor Jeffery, stood before the Court and faced seven criminal charges which included five armed robbery charges. […]
Denying accusation that he was the instigator of an alleged plot to kill the President, 38-year-old businessman Nizam Khan spent over two hours giving evidence before the Paul Slowe Commission of Inquiry on Monday. The Diamond resident’s posture in the stand appeared self-protective, as he folded his arms and responded to questions put to him with […]
A Hadfield Street man was today remanded to jail after he was charged for discharging a loaded firearm at his friend. 22-year-old, Osafo Swade, stood before the Chief Magistrate and denied the charge that was laid against him. The charge stated that on the 26th July in Georgetown, he discharged a loaded firearm at his […]
Testifying before a packed room, Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud on Monday denied allegations that he gave instructions to have Nizam Khan, who faces allegations of plotting to kill President David Granger, released from police custody less than 12 hours after being arrested by police. Several senior police ranks who testified before Persaud, had claimed that he was […]
Police investigators have arrested a husband and wife from the Mocha Arcadia community after prison escapee, Shawn Harris, was nabbed hiding out in the bottom flat of their two-storey house. The prison escapee was arrested without incident and the husband and wife who were found in the upper flat were also arrested on suspicion of […]
Heavy gunfire rattled the midday silence in the East Ruimveldt community on Sunday as members of the Joint Forces engaged Lusignan Prison Escapee, Clive Forde. The man, who was on the run for close to a week, was shot dead during the armed confrontation. Acting Police Commissioner David Ramnarine confirmed that acting on information provided […]
Eighteen teachers have completed training in theatre arts, as part of a Department of Culture initiative. The training was done through the Education Ministry’s Unit of Allied Arts (UAA), in collaboration with the National School of Theatre Arts and Drama (NSTAD). The teachers were drawn from the 10 Administrative regions and benefitted from training in […]
(DPI) The need for a national effort to curb alcohol abuse by minors was highlighted recently, when the Parliamentary Sectoral Committee (PSC) on Social Services met with a team of senior Guyana Police Force officers. The team of officers, comprising Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum, Senior Superintendent Royston Andries-Junor, and A Division Commander Marlon Chapman. The […]
Up to late last evening, Homicide Detectives in Berbice were in search of a 25-year-old man who slashed his 16-year-old girlfriend to death. The gruesome incident took place on Saturday afternoon in #2 Village, East Canje in Berbice. The dead woman has been identified as Parbattie Lakhpal. The man suspected of slashing her across the […]
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