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Several parts of the main roads along the East Coast of Demerara have been blocked as residents of Golden Grove and nearby villages launched a massive protest this morning over the Police shooting death of Golden Grove youth, Quindon Bacchus. Bacchus was shot dead just over three weeks ago by a Police officer in the […]
A 23-year-old miner from Bartica has become the latest victim of a mining pit accident, triggering yet another investigation by the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission and the Ministry of Labour. The miner, Akeem Khan died on Sunday afternoon when a mining pit that he operated at Sand Hill Backdam in the Cuyuni river collapsed […]
As protests erupted at Golden Grove on the East Coast of Demerara this morning over the police shooting death of Quindon Bacchus, the Guyana Police Force announced that the rank fingered in the shooting death remains confined to Police headquarters and has not been released from custody. In response to the protest action which came […]
Police Special Branch Officer Kristoff Denobrega who was under close arrest for the past three weeks as the probe continues into the shooting death by the Police of Golden Grove youth Quindon Bacchus, has now been placed under open arrest. The young police rank moved to the High Court through his Attorneys and challenged his […]
The Guyana Police Force has launched an investigation into a suspected trafficking-in-persons ring after 15 foreign women, suspected to be Venezuelans, were found in a West Coast Demerara nightclub. In a statement today, the Ministry of Home Affairs said the discovery was made on the 25th of June during a cordon and search operation at […]
Eccles resident, Andrew Morgan was arrested on Monday morning after more than 7 pounds of cocaine and .32 firearm, and 25 rounds of ammunition were discovered at his Eccles, East Bank Demerara home. The 52-year-old Andrew Morgan was arrested at the house. Morgan is the brother of former race car driver Peter Morgan who was […]
The new national minimum wage for the private sector has been gazetted and will take effect from the 1st July 2022. In a notice in the official gazette, the Ministry of Labour announced the increase in the minimum wage. According to the order, with effect from the 1st July 2022, the minimum wage paid to […]
The Government is awaiting the approval of over $24 billion (US $120 million) from the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) to resurface the Soesdyke-Linden Highway. During the recent contract signing for the Ogle to Eccles road link, the Minister of Finance Dr. Ashni Singh said the administration is hoping for the financing to be approved in […]
A fugitive who was on the run for the past 20 years and was wanted for the murder of his wife, was arrested on Saturday afternoon just before he got the chance to say I do to a new wife. 51-year-old Jerome Fernandes was nabbed on Saturday afternoon after Police investigators received a tip-off about […]
Police investigators in Region Three are probing the murder of a 34-year-old man, identified as Linsford Duguid. Three Venezuelan nationals are suspected of murdering the man after he attacked a Venezuelan woman. A police statement said the incident occurred at De Kinderen on the West Coast of Demerara early on Sunday morning. An eyewitness told […]
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