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-by Svetlana Marshall– Citizens are being urged to keep their surroundings clean and take other precautionary measures to guard against the dengue fever as the country has recorded a number of dengue related deaths at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC). Six children are among those who have died from the mosquito-borne virus in the past […]
Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority, Retired Justice William Ramlall has accused Acting Police Commissioner, Clifton Hicken of flouting the Police Complaints Authority Act, and he wants the President to intervene. In a strongly worded report, which was laid in the National Assembly last week, Justice Ramlall complained about files being done by the Police […]
Hours after a 12-year-old and her aunt perished in a fire at Linden, a mother and son lost their lives in another fire at Good Hope, Essequibo. The mother has been identified as Sasha LaCruz, while the son’s name has been given as IIyas Wilson. The two were reportedly asleep when the fire broke out […]
A row between a horse cart operator and a labourer turned deadly in Plum Park, Sophia on Monday night when the 25-year-old horse cart operator was stabbed to death by the 20-year-old labourer. A Police report said the incident took place at around 7:30pm on Monday. The dead labourer has been identified as Mark Harris. […]
Two persons, including a 12-year-old child who celebrated her birthday yesterday, lost their lives in a late night fire in the Silvertown community in Wismar Linden on Monday. The other person who died has been identified as the child’s aunt, Cheryl Moore. The child has been identified as Ekeila Adams. News Source understand that the […]
A young couple was found dead this morning in a suspected murder-suicide case at Long Creek on the Soesdyke/Linden highway. The two dead persons have been identified as 26-year-old farmer Ajay Budhan and his girlfriend 18-year-old Ashley Singh. A Police statement said the two were last seen leaving a highway resort at around 12:30 this […]
A Plaisance, East Coast Demerara youth who is currently before the Courts on illegal gun possession and narco trafficking charges, has been charged and remanded to jail for the murder of former Chief Education Officer, Olato Sam. The youth, Joshua Archer was not required to enter a plea to the indictable murder charge when he […]
Foreign Secretary Robert Persaud today issued a call for innovative solutions to Guyana’s labour shortage, making it clear that the need for skilled and semi-skilled workers cannot wait around for the diaspora to do something. While addressing a multi-stakeholder group on diaspora matters at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre on Monday, the Foreign Secretary said […]
The Chief of Security at the BK Security company lost his life tragically this afternoon in an accident at Le Ressouvenir on the East Coast of Demerara. The man, Michael Bascom, was driving a 4×4 pick-up with a relative as his lone passenger, when he suddenly lost control of the vehicle and slammed into the […]
Two teenage friends lost their lives late on Sunday night in a smash-up on the Montrose Public Road on the East Coast Demerara. The incident occurred just after 10pm. A Police report of the incident which involved three cars, explained that the two 19-year-olds, Michael Pierre and Daniel Durant were traveling in Pierre’s car when […]
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