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Police investigators have found themselves probing another murder involving family members. A late night Saturday hangout between two cousins at Lodge in Georgetown turned deadly when the two got into an argument and one was fatally stabbed. Dead is 51-year-old Lennox Norton. He was stabbed to the abdomen by his cousin Aubrey Clerk. The two […]
Two months after a major riot at the Camp Street jail resulted in the deaths of 17 inmates, the Joint Services moved in to the prison on Saturday and carried out an “Operation Restore Order” search. By the end of the operation, the security agents seized 44 cellphones, over 150 improvised weapons, a quantity of […]
Local technology solutions and marketing company, IntellectStorm, has rolled out its new Directory.Gy app and website, which aims to bring all information about Guyana to the palm of your hands. At the launching of the App at the Pegasus Hotel on Friday evening, Minister of Public Telecommunications and Tourism, Cathy Hughes, announced her Ministry’s partnership […]
Chinese logging company Baishanlin International Forest Development (BSL), on Friday issued letters of termination to employees attached to its Providence Head Office. The letter which served notice of immediate termination outlined that the decision was as a result of financial difficulties brought about by economic conditions. The company also blamed “negative publicity” for its difficulty […]
State Minister Joseph Harmon has sent a Lawyer’s Letter to the Kaieteur News, threatening legal action should the Publication refuse to correct a series of articles that the Minister has deemed libelous. Minister Harmon confirmed on Thursday that his Attorney, Mr. Roysdale Forde, has sent Kaieteur News’ Publisher Glen Lall the letter. Harmon confirmed too […]
The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) is reporting a shortfall of the First Crop for 2016. The Corporation said it experienced a shortfall of 29.3% with actual production of 56, 825 tonnes compared with a budget of 80,270 tonnes. The audit of the production, which takes place at the end of each crop, is underway, […]
Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum has announced that six teenagers have been arrested for the murder of retired University Professor, Dr. Perry Mars. The man who worked for a number of years at Universities in the U.S, was found beaten to death at his Prashad Nagar home on Thursday night. His hands and feet were tied […]
An East Coast Demerara man is in custody after he stabbed his brother in law to death on Thursday night over an argument about contracted work for a property that was not being completed. Dead is 53-year-old Terrence Adams of Haslington, East Coast Demerara. He was stabbed to the neck and other parts of the […]
Police investigators are probing the murder of former University Professor, Dr. Perry Mars. The 75-year-old man was found tied up and beaten to death in his Prashad Nagar home last evening. According to reports, his wife made the discovery after she returned home from work. Police suspect that robbery may have been the motive. There […]
The report of the Commission of Inquiry into the death of Guyanese historian, political activist and scholar, Dr. Walter Rodney, was officially laid in the National Assembly on Thursday and made available to the media and public. The report concludes that Dr. Rodney’s assassination was state organised. According to the findings, former President and then […]
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