By News Source Guyana on August 6, 2013
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Several city vendors who ply their trade along the pavement of Regent Street armed themselves with placards and candles on Monday night as they launched a soulful protest outside the Cambellville home of Town Clerk Carol Sooba. The vendors sang hymns and lit candles as part of a vigil to bring attention to the latest […]
By News Source Guyana on August 5, 2013
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Amidst controversy and criticism over its location at the Kitty Seawall, the 1823 Demerara Uprising monument was unveiled on Monday evening during a cultural programme organised by the Ministry of Culture and attended by the President and other Government officials and special invitees. Notably absent from the unveiling ceremony were members of the Parliamentary Opposition […]
By News Source Guyana on August 5, 2013
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Police investigators are probing the death of two security guards in two different parts of the country. In Berbice, a 78-year-old watchman was found badly beaten on August 1, 2013 at his work site. He was rushed to the Georgetown Hospital where he died on August 4th. According to a police report, the man who […]
By News Source Guyana on August 5, 2013
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The Guyana Police Force on Monday issued a bulletin for Richard Lord who is wanted in connection to the murder of 5 year old Kimberley Houston and 2 year old Tarif Lord which occurred on July 31, 2013, at Zeelugt Squatting Area, EBE The two young children were chopped to death as their father went […]
By News Source Guyana on August 5, 2013
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A lightning strike along the Linden Soesdyke Highway has severely damaged several GT&T cables and service equipment, leaving a communication black out in the mining town of Linden and several other communities. All GT&T land line, cellphones and internet services have been affected by the disruption. The disruption was first discovered on Sunday morning. A […]
By News Source Guyana on August 3, 2013
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By Rawle Toney For most Guyanese footballers at age 19, they settle for playing in their domestic league; at least whenever there’s one, but for Trayon Bobb things are different. The Uitvlugt village native at age 16, had found a way ‘out’, thanks to former Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Technical Director Jamaal Shabazz who spotted […]
By News Source Guyana on August 3, 2013
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Providence, Guyana – To say that the Guyana Amazon Warriors made light work of the Jamaica Tallawahs would be a grave understatement in itself. The Tallawahs playing their first match of the Limacol Caribbean Premier League were blown away by a strong Amazon Warriors performance, who was brilliant with the bat, ball and in the […]
By News Source Guyana on August 3, 2013
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Crime Scene Investigators from the Guyana Police Force rushed to the scene of a murder-suicide at Mahaica on the East Coast of Demerara early on Saturday morning. A 26-year-old woman who has been identified as Vanessa Richmond was hammered to death by her husband in the couple’s Jonestown, Mahaica home. The man reportedly drank a […]
By News Source Guyana on August 3, 2013
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A mixed jury on Friday night returned a Not Guilty verdict for the two men charged with the murder of 11 persons at Lusignan in 2008. The Prosecution appeared shocked with the verdict and immediately indicated the State’s intention to appeal the verdict that would make the two men, James Anthony Hyles, known as ‘Sally’ and […]
By News Source Guyana on August 2, 2013
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The partly decomposed body of a young man from Mocha Arcadia on the East Bank of Demerara was found in the backdam of the Mocha community on Friday morning and police investigators believe he was murdered. The 26-year-old man who has been identified as Dellon Melville was last seen alive on Monday night. According to […]