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A Sophia family’s worst fears became their grim reality this morning when two schoolboys found the body of 24-year-old Simone Hackett. The body was positively identified by family members. Shocked and horrified family members rushed to the scene and openly wailed as they saw the young lady’s body stashed in the vegetation laden trench. The […]
Weeks after newly elected Georgetown City Councillor, Winston Harding, took his Oath of Office despite concerns from child rights group about past allegations of child molestation, the People’s National Congress has addressed the matter. The PNC recently held a general council meeting and the issue came up for discussion. The President who is the Leader of […]
Arbitrary killings by the government or its agents along with allegations of government corruption, including among police officials, have been listed as two of the most significant human rights problems that Guyana faced in 2015. The United States Department of State recently released its 2015 Report on Human Rights Practices across the world and raised […]
Police investigators and family members are pleading with members of the public to provide them with any information that they might have which could lead them to the whereabouts of 24-year-old Sophia resident, Simone Hackett. The mother of one, should have been the Maid-of-Honour for her sister’s wedding this past Saturday, but the wedding house […]
Just three days after the Government ordered the widening of the cordon around the Camp Street jail and the stepping up of security around it by the Joint Services, the Minister of Public Security has reported that the situation inside the jailhouse is now stable. The move by the government came after 13 prison officers […]
As the first anniversary of the APNU+AFC coalition approaches in the month of May, the Opposition People’s Progressive Party has started to assess the coalition’s first year in office. The party in a Monday morning statement, accused the President and his coalition government of failing to live up to many of the campaign promises, including […]
An elderly couple perished in a deadly blaze last night after bandits set fire to their Good Hope home on the East Bank of Essequibo. According to the reports of neighbors, bandits reportedly invaded the home of the Essequibo rice farmers around midnight on Sunday. The dead couple has been identified only as Jamila and […]
Two persons were killed in a gruesome early morning accident on Sunday morning at Coverden on the East Bank of Demerara. The accident occurred just after 3:00am. Dead are 16-year-old Hansranie Persaud and her friend, 23 year old Rudolph Bess. The two were on a motorcycle when an approaching SUV slammed into them, killing them […]
A 70 – year – old was died on Sunday morning when fire ravaged her Enmore, East Coast Demerara home. According to the police, just after midnight fire of so far unknown origin completely destroyed the house of the elderly woman. After the blaze was extinguished the remains of Banmattie Persaud was found among the […]
A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Ecuador has killed scores of people and injured more than 500, Vice-President Jorge Glas says. The quake, Ecuador’s largest since 1979, hit at 18:58 on Saturday (23:58 GMT) near the northern town of Muisne. Widespread severe damage is reported, with a bridge destroyed as far south as Guayaquil about 300km […]
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