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Police investigators in Region Seven are probing the murder of a Venezuelan woman, whose body was found with multiple chop wounds and partly buried in a shallow grave in the Eteringbang backdam. Investigators have identified the dead woman as Deissy Antury Perdomo. She worked in the bordering community of Eteringbang as a clothes vendor and […]
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has declared that the National Insurance Scheme is currently in a bankrupt state and is therefore in no position at this time to offer increases in the pension benefits for retired workers. The Vice President made the disclosure on Wednesday afternoon in Bath Settlement, Berbice as he faced questions from one […]
The Durban Backlands former home of ex-President David Granger which now houses an office and his youth foundation was vandalised with thieves carting off more than $600,000 worth of items including computers that were installed for children in the community to use. The incident occurred sometime between the night of April 24 and the following […]
For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic was first recorded in Guyana two years ago, the hospitals across the country are free of COVID-19 cases. The Ministry of Health in its daily COVID-19 dashboard reported today that while there are 93 active cases of the virus, including 8 new cases, none of those cases […]
The regional examination body, Caribbean Examinations Council, today announced that it has made a decision to delay the start of this year’s Caribbean Advanced Proficiency and Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate examinations by three weeks. The exams are now scheduled to start on the 23rd May. Jamaica and a number of other Caribbean countries pushed for […]
After being on the run for four years over the stabbing death of a Kitty man, 33-year-old Damian Bissoon recently surrendered to the Police to face the murder charge. The murder accused appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan this morning at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court and was not required to enter a plea to the […]
The Guyana Police Force is advising owners and drivers of vehicles to stop the practice of installing coloured lights on their vehicles or face prosecution. This past weekend, Police on the Essequibo Coast engaged in a ‘White Light Campaign’ where a number of vehicles were stopped and examined for coloured lights resulting in eleven vehicles […]
A 24-year-old man who was caught red-handed selling marijuana in the Kuru Kururu area is in Police custody and is expected to face charges soon. Police ranks were in the area on Tuesday afternoon when the man was observed collecting money from various persons and handing them a small bag from a large black plastic […]
A 56-year-old man from Coverden on the East Bank of Demerara lost his life this morning when he was mowed down by a motor lorry along the Bagotstown Public Road on the East Bank of Demerara. Police have identified the dead man as Mohan Toolsie. A report of the incident said Toolsie exited a parked […]
President Irfaan Ali is in the United Kingdom pushing investment opportunities in Guyana and today he told a Guyana Investment Seminar in London that Guyana is prime for investment as the country continues to grow as a major oil producer. The President pointed to the development of the manufacturing and industrial sectors in Guyana and […]
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