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Police Investigators were on Saturday called to the Amelia’s Ward, Linden home of an elderly woman who was found strangled to death. Sources close to the investigations said the woman who has been identified as 76-year-old Yvonne Adams, was found with an electrical cord wrapped around her neck. According to reports, Adams who lived alone […]
A Linden family is counting their losses but thanking God for life after they managed to escape from their burning home at Determa Street at Mackenzie Linden on Saturday morning. The entire house was gutted. The family of five managed to get out of the blaze after the 9-year-old son woke his parents just after […]
Just one day after President Donald Ramotar said he was upbeat about the National Budget receiving the full support of the National Assembly in its current form, Opposition Leader David Granger is assuring him that there is no way A Partnership for National Unity will support the Budget estimates without amendments. At a press conference […]
The Guyana Police Force on Friday afternoon bid farewell to retiring Police Commissioner Leroy Brumell at a special parade in his honour at the Police Sports Ground, Eve Leary. Brumell who became acting Commissioner of Police following the resignation of Commissioner Henry Greene in 2012 was confirmed in the position last October. He had one […]
A packed St. Andrews Kirk was on Friday afternoon told that the late former Speaker of the National Assembly, Deborah Jan Backer loved and treasured her family and also had great love for her country. Hundreds of mourners packed the historic church and flowed into its yard as they said a final farewell to Debbie […]
The 50-year-old Port Kaituma businessman who trapped his wife and four children in their home then set the house on fire, died early Friday morning at the Georgetown Hospital where he was undergoing treatment for severe burns to his body. The man who was identified as Linus La Cruz was brought to the city from the […]
A Mahaicony woman identified as Awena Rutherford is under Police guard at the Georgetown hospital after she allegedly murdered her two young children by forcing them to ingest a poisonous substance. The woman reportedly attempted to take her own life after giving the children the poison. The two children died on Thursday night at two […]
Police investigators are probing a complaint filed by a 13-year-old East Coast Demerara School girl and her mother against freelance radio announcer Ossie Rogers who is attached to the National Communications Network and NTN 89.1 Radio. According to the complaint, it is alleged that the announcer who hosts a programme titled “Happy Hour” on NTN […]
Leader of the Opposition, Retired Brigadier David Granger, wants the Opposition parties to be heard by members of the Joint Services about the Opposition’s position on the amendments to the Anti-Money Laundering Bill. Mr. Granger is expected to make a formal request of the Joint Services for a meeting where the Opposition will tell its […]
In his budget presentation, Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh said that a new National Drug Strategy Master Plan is being finalised to enhance Guyana’s ability to combat drugs at the local, regional and international levels. However, the lead agency in the fight against the narco trade in Guyana, The Customs Anti Narcotics Unit, appears to […]
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