Man shot dead and robbed of motorcycle

A Guyana Water Incorporated employee was shot dead on Monday night and robbed of his Honda CG motorcycle while on his way home after visiting his girlfriend in the Sophia area. The incident took place just before 9 o’clock. The dead man has been identified as Marvin Cumbermack. Residents in the area said they heard […]

No Confidence move shows “desperation” -Rohee

With the Government facing a no confidence motion when the National Assembly comes out of recess in October, the governing People’s Progressive Party/Civic is getting ready for the snap elections that will follow that motion’s passage. PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee on Monday declared that his party has activated its “electioneering machinery” to begin checks […]

Police Sergeant under arrest for millions in missing cash

A Guyana Police Force Sergeant is facing several theft charges in connection with the disappearance of over $8 million in cash from the Police Force. The Police Sergeant whose name has not been released was taken into custody over the weekend and charges against him could come before the end of this week. The money […]

Guyanese man stabs wife to death outside Bronx party

(NEW YORK POST)  A Guyanese man who lives in Queens, New York stabbed his wife to death in a jealous rage Saturday outside a relative’s Bronx home, where the couple had tried to smooth over their rocky marriage, witnesses and police sources said. His wife Amarita Khan, 23, is also Guyanese and had just left […]

Travelspan cancellations leave hundreds stranded

Hundreds of passengers in Guyana, New York and Trinidad and Tobago are fuming over several cancellations of Travelspan flights to and from its scheduled destinations. On Saturday in Georgetown, scores of passengers stormed the Travelspan Regent Street office demanding answers about the cancellation of their flights. The airline has cancelled a number of flights over […]

Cases of murders and robberies continue to soar in Guyana

While the Guyana Police Force reports that there has been an 8% drop in serious crimes for the first seven months of the year, a glance at the murder and robbery figures for the same period tell a different story. The statistics in relation to the offences of murder and robbery under arms for the […]

Plaisance woman found murdered in home

Police investigators are probing the murder of 55-year-old Plaisance woman, Ann Mendonca, whose lifeless body was found in her Prince William Street house on Friday night. Police sources have said that from all appearances the woman was strangled to death. It is believed that she may have come face to face with a burglar or […]

Guyanese truck driver slams into unmarked police car and kills officer in New Jersey

A veteran police officer in north Jersey has died after a tractor-trailer rear-ended his unmarked police car and the driver charged with second degree Vehicular Homicide, Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli said Waldwick Police Officer Christopher Goodell, 32,  was operating radar to look for speeders, on Route 17 at Begen Avenue when the tractor-trailer driven […]

Unclaimed remains of Jonestown victims found in Delaware Church

DOVER, Del. — Nine unclaimed containers found inside a funeral home contain the ashes of victims of the 1978 mass cult Jonestown Massacre, according to police. The discovery was among 38 small containers of unclaimed ashes found inside the former Minus Funeral home by the property’s owner, said Kimberly Chandler, a spokeswoman with the state Department […]