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(NY Daily News) A man armed with an assault rifle was spied barging into a Brooklyn apartment where a 16-year-old girl was shot to death, a police source said Wednesday. Victim Shemel Mercurius initially tried to keep the gun-toting man and a female companion from coming inside, where she was babysitting her 3-year-old cousin, the […]
The Government of Guyana, through the Foreign Affairs Ministry, has dispatched a diplomatic note of protest to the Venezuelan government over Monday’s shooting incident at the Guyana/Venezuela border in the Cuyuni area. Three officers of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission were shot at by Venezuelan soldiers from the Venezuelan side of the border. Guyana […]
Exactly one week after seating controversy at the national flag raising ceremony, which led to a walk out by PPP Members, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has issued a call for the issue to be put to rest. The PPP had issued two press releases on the issue within 48 hours. On Wednesday Mr. Jagdeo hosted […]
The Commission of Inquiry which examined the deadly March 3rd, 2016 Camp Street Prison riot has recommended that the Government takes urgent and serious steps to address the problem of overcrowding at the jailhouse. After more than two months of hearings, the Commission completed its final report and handed in that report to President David […]
by Kurt Campbell… Guyana is closer to benefiting from Britain’s help in the reform of its security sector along with the release of British funds for improving the country’s water supply and hinterland airstrips. The good news was delivered on Tuesday as British Member of Parliament and Minister for Africa, Caribbean and Overseas Territories, James […]
A retired British soldier who kept a 50 year promise and returned to Guyana for the Golden Jubilee celebrations is pleading for the return of his valuable jewellery that he was robbed of at the Stabroek Market square on Monday. The retired soldier, Edward Constant, was last in Guyana back in 1966 when Guyana became […]
(NY Daily News) A 16-year-old girl was shot dead while babysitting her little cousin inside their Brooklyn apartment Tuesday — and now cops are looking for her boyfriend, police sources said. Shemel Mercurius moved four years ago from her native Guyana to the East Flatbush apartment she shared with her aunt and cousin, relatives […]
A number of women miners have broken their silence on the issue of alleged conflict of interest involving Junior Natural Resources Minister Simona Broomes. On Tuesday the women threw their support behind Broomes who worked in the mining industry for over two decades. The women miners said it is time the issue be put to […]
A Guyanese man who lives in New York was killed in a fatal hit and run incident in Schenectady, New York. But investigators believe the hit and run might have been deliberate. Police have identified the victim as 47-year-old Inshan Ali, of Schenectady. According to a report carried by NEWS10 ABC, Ali was two weeks away […]
Three firemen attached the Mahaica Fire Station were taken into police custody for questioning early on Tuesday morning just after responding to a fire along the East Coast of Demerara. Fire Chief Marlon Gentle confirmed that the three men were being questioned by police after a phone was reported missing from the home where they […]
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