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A 31-year-old engineer from Better Hope on the East Coast. Of Demerara was stabbed to death on Sunday morning after lashing another man to the body during an argument. The dead engineer has been identified as Neil Rampersaud. A police report on the incident said at around 7:30 on Sunday morning, Rampersaud confronted another man […]
The discovery of 54 pounds of cocaine in several large parcels at the Demerara Shipping wharf on Lombard Street over the weekend has once again raised concerns about security at the country’s shipping ports. No one has been arrested over the large drug bust. The bag with the cocaine was found stashed inside a container […]
The Labour Ministry has joined the investigations into the death of two men while at work at the Trans Rice Mill in Mahaicony late on Friday. The two men, Shaquille Butts and Gousham Narine reportedly fell off a scaffold after being electrocuted while executing their work duties. A part of the scaffold had reportedly come […]
The partly decomposed body of New Central High School Home Economics teacher, Omega Ault was found in her Crane, West Bank Demerara home on Friday afternoon. Investigators suspect that she died at least three days prior to the discovery. The body was discovered by the dead woman’s brother, who visited her home after repeated calls […]
Police investigators are reviewing CCTV video footage that they hope could lead to the arrest of a suspect in the late-night execution of Ministry of Health driver and Sophia resident Collin McPherson. The 43-year-old man was shot dead on Thursday night at his D Field, Sophia home, who attacked him in front of his children […]
Three young siblings, ages 8,7, and 3 died tragically this morning in a fire that ripped through their small wooden house in Barnwell North, behind the village of Mocha Arcadia. The children were left alone at home by their mother who was working the night shift as a security guard. Police investigators believe the fire […]
As Guyana Celebrates its 56th Independence anniversary today, President Irfaan Ali issued a call on citizens to rededicate themselves to working together in the interest of the nation. Speaking at the national flag-raising ceremony which was held at Anna Regina in Essequibo, President Ali also spoke about the importance of defending Guyana’s territorial integrity and […]
GTT has signed a new agreement with the Guyana Postal and Telecommunication Workers’ Union (GPTWU) that will see its employees benefiting from salary increases over the next two years. Under the agreement, all union members will receive an immediate 2 percent pay increase effective February 2022, which will be on top of the six percent […]
Days after teachers housed in the Ministry of Education living quarters highlighted their poor living conditions on social media, the Minister of Education has announced that the concerns will be addressed by Education Officers in Region 10. The teachers who have been transferred to the Kwakwani area complained of their bat-infested living quarters with the […]
The Guyana National Bureau of Standards seized more than 150 unapproved dial scales during weights and measures surveillance visits at more than 1000 shops and retail outlets on the East Bank and East Coast of Demerara, and areas in Regions 2 and 6. In a statement, the GNBS said its inspectors continued to encounter the […]
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