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A holiday celebration in the East Coast Demerara village of Mahaica came to an abrupt end on Sunday afternoon when two men got into a heated fight and one of them was stabbed to death. Police investigators are probing the murder of 43-year-old Sheldon Richards of Supply, Mahaica. According to reports, Richards and a relative […]
A 21-year-old man who sold burgers with his family on the Kitty seawall took his own life on Boxing day after brutally beating his 16-year-old girlfriend and escaping police custody. The young man, who has ben identified as Lorenzo James, and the teenager shared a rocky relationship for a number of years and he was […]
Vast areas in Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil are being hit by the worst flooding in 50 years, forcing the evacuation of more than 150,000 people. Days of heavy rains brought on by the E l Nino weather phenomenon have caused three major rivers to swell, and officials report at least six deaths. A state […]
In what is turning out to be a bloody holiday weekend, Police investigators have found themselves probing yet another murder. A 28-year-old mini bus conductor identified as Kevon George, was stabbed to death early Sunday morning in an East Coast Demerara village. According to a Police statement, it was just after 7:30 am on Sunday […]
A Crane Housing Scheme family has been plunged into mourning following the death of 22-year-old Dawson Bess, who died on Saturday morning in a head on collision on the West Coast of Demerara. A police report stated that Bess, who was a member of the Guyana Defence Force, was driving a motor car along the […]
An argument in a Route 32 mini-bus over the closing of a window turned deadly on Saturday evening when a passenger whipped out his firearm and shot another passenger dead because the man refused to close the bus window during rainfall. The dead man is still to be identified while his assailant is on the […]
An Albouystown man is dead and his assailant in Police custody after a Christmas Day row in Albouystown turned bloody and deadly. The dead man, according to Police, has only been identified as “Fluffie”. He reportedly got into a heated row with the other man and was brutally stabbed to his chest. He was rushed […]
On Christmas morning, President David Granger and First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger visited the maternity and children’s wards at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) in the company of Minister of Health, Dr. George Norton and Minister of Social Cohesion, Ms. Amna Ally. Mr. Granger said that it is part of his job as President to be […]
Panama’s Supreme Court has ordered the arrest of former President Ricardo Martinelli, who governed the Central American country from 2009 to 2014. Mr Martinelli is accused of using public funds to illegally spy on more than 150 prominent people. Among those he allegedly spied on are trade union activists, politicians, lawyers, doctors and business people. […]
(BBC) Colombia’s president has signed a decree fully legalising medical marijuana in a shift away from preventing drug crop production. Juan Manuel Santos said the move put Colombia “in the group of countries that are at the forefront…in the use of natural resources to fight disease”. But, he said, the country would still fight illegal […]
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