By News Source Guyana on April 5, 2016
News
Two teen girls have reportedly confessed to the brutal murder of their 64 – year – old father at the weekend. Police investigators believe Roger Manikam’s 13-year-old adopted daughter and his 18-year-old biological daughter Nalanie Manikam along with the help of a male friend planned and executed the murder of the man. His body was […]
By News Source Guyana on April 5, 2016
News
The Guyana Police Force has released statistics for the first quarter of 2016 which showed a slight decline in murders and robberies under arms. Forty murders were recorded for the period January 1 to March 31, 2016 when compared to 42 murders for the same period during the previous year, representing a 5% reduction. There […]
By News Source Guyana on April 4, 2016
News, Politics
Politicians from across the political divide, including immediate past President Donald Ramotar and former Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, joined President David Granger and other Government officials to bid farewell today to former Deputy Prime Minister, Haslyn Parris. The Funeral Service for the former Minister under the People’s National Congress Government was held at the St […]
By News Source Guyana on April 4, 2016
News
First Lady Sandra Granger, on Sunday visited the New Amsterdam Prison where she urged female inmates to see the experience of incarceration as an opportunity to become better and stronger individuals. Speaking to the women, following a tour of the facility, Mrs. Granger said, “When we learn from our experiences and we start to look […]
By News Source Guyana on April 4, 2016
News, Politics
The blame for the death of the 17 inmates who perished inside the Camp Street Prison during a recent unrest was on Monday placed squarely at the feet of Deputy Director of Prisons, Gladwin Samuels by inmate Kenneth Griffith. The prisoner who is currently housed in Capital C Division on a charge of murder cried […]
By News Source Guyana on April 4, 2016
News, Politics
Prison officials at the Camp Street Prison were stoned by inmates while carrying out an operation on March 3, 2016, one inmate admitted while testifying before the Commission of Inquiry on Monday. One month after the fiery unrest inside the jailhouse which left 17 inmates dead, 23 – year – old Trevor Williams took the […]
By News Source Guyana on April 4, 2016
News
First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, has encouraged donors and other enthusiasts participating in the Step by Step Foundation/Republic Bank ‘Light it up blue’ Autism Awareness Walk to continue to support the Foundation’s efforts to nurture and educate children affected by Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The First Lady made this appeal in her address at a reception […]
By News Source Guyana on April 4, 2016
Sports
Kolkata (AFP) – Carlos Brathwaite hit four consecutive sixes in a last-over thriller Sunday as the West Indies became the first team to win the World Twenty20 Championship twice. But the victory over England at Eden Gardens was marred when a long-running spat between players and the Caribbean board erupted into public. The West Indies […]
By News Source Guyana on April 3, 2016
Sports
Marlon Samuels, the West Indies batsman and Player of the match during the ICC World T20 final against England, has been fined 30 per cent of his match fee for breaching Level 1 of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Code of Conduct during his side’s World Tweny20 final against England at Eden Gardens on Sunday […]
By News Source Guyana on April 3, 2016
News
A jealous ex-husband is on the run in the mining town of Linden, after he opened fire and shot his former wife and a male friend she was with on Sunday morning. The incident occurred just before 2 o’ clock on Sunday morning at Half Mile, Linden. Injured are 41-year-old Simone Belle and 41-year-old Sherwin […]