Foreign Affairs Minister Carl Greenidge seeks to lift Guyana’s Foreign Service

New Foreign Affairs Minister Carl Greenidge has announced his intention to considerably lift the profile of Guyana’s Foreign Service, both locally and abroad. While Minister Greenidge has regarded efforts in this regard to be priority, he said political appointees who are currently serving as Ambassadors and Foreign diplomats in other jurisdictions are expected to indicate their […]

68-year-old Mahaica woman found gagged and murdered after robbery

Police investigators up to late on Saturday night were questioning two men in connection with the murder of a 68-year-old, Mahaica woman. According to the police, the woman who was identified as Chandroutie Persaud, of River View Squatting area Mahaica was found dead early on Saturday with her hands tied behind her back and her […]

Woman stabbed to death by best friend during row

A 20-year-old aspiring model was brutally stabbed to death Thursday evening by her best friend as the two got involved in a heated argument just as they were about to leave the Aracari Resort on the West Coast of Demerara. Dead is Renita Thomas of South Georgetown. Her best friend of more than five years, […]

Guyanese born man arrested for murder of Washington family and housekeeper

WASHINGTON (AP) — Authorities have arrested a suspect in the slayings of a corporate executive, his wife, their 10-year-old son and a housekeeper at a northwest Washington mansion. U.S. Marshals Service spokesman David Neumann says 34-year-old Daron Dylon Wint was arrested around 10:45 p.m. Thursday in northeast Washington. Wint is a welder who previously worked […]

Guyanese born, former US Marine wanted for murder of Washington family of three and housekeeper

(AP) Police and federal agents searched Thursday for a welder suspected in the slayings of a wealthy construction executive, his wife, their 10-year-old son and a housekeeper inside their Washington mansion last week. D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier said “just about every law enforcement officer across the country” is on the lookout for Daron Dylon Wint, […]