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The Ministry of Education has announced that Police investigators are probing an incident that took place at the Corentyne Comprehensive School that has left two students ill. According to reports, two students were taken to the hospital and treated after drinking water that had been laced with some other substance by some of their classmates. […]
Two of the three bandits shot dead by Police yesterday in Black Bush Polder Berbice have been identified, while investigators are seeking the public’s assistance in the identification of the third. The names of the two who have been identified have been given as Kelvin Shivgobin and Nesham Jagmohan. Shivgobin was wanted for the Old […]
Three suspected bandits, including one who was wanted for murder, were shot dead by Police this afternoon in the Black Push Polder community in Berbice. One of the dead bandits has been identified as Kelvin Shivgobin, who was wanted for the Old Year’s Night murder of two brothers in the Berbice area during a robbery. […]
Police on the West Bank of Demerara have launched an investigation into the shocking death of female taxi driver, Indira Bipat. The body of the 47-year-old woman was found dumped in a clump of bushes in the Lust-En-Rust area, West Bank Demerara. Investigators were called to the scene early on Sunday morning following the discovery […]
Opposition Leader and Former President, Bharrat Jagdeo, who remains under scrutiny for his purchase of seaside state property at a cost far below its value while he served President, has launched a Facebook page to fight corruption in Government. At his weekly press conference on Thursday, Mr. Jagdeo, who has in the past admitted that […]
Hours after the Guyana Police Force issued a wanted bulletin for 23-year-old Kevin Wilkinson, the man was found close to where he lived. The bulletin was issued after Wilkinson escaped from an East Coast Demerara Police station on Thursday morning. He was held as part of the investigations into the offences of rape and robbery […]
The Government today announced that it has given approval for 300 senior teachers from across the country to be granted duty- free concessions. At the post-cabinet press briefing today, Director General of the Ministry of the Presidency, Joe Harmon, announced that the beneficiaries will be Headteachers and their Deputies of Grade A and B schools, […]
President David Granger, this morning, accepted the Letters of Credence from Suriname’s new Ambassador to Guyana, Ebu Rohno Jones. The President said the appointment will further consolidate relations between the two neighbouring countries. The accreditation ceremony was held at the Ministry of the Presidency. President Granger told the new Ambassador said that he is pleased […]
With the possibility of early elections, the Government took legislation to the National Assembly to ensure that the Guyana Elections Commission is fully funded for the hosting of elections. Finance Minister Winston Jordan presented a Supplementary Budget Bill to the National Assembly this afternoon, seeking total funding of just over $7.9 Billion. Of that amount, […]
The Mahdia resident who allegedly stabbed a miner when he was refused an alcoholic drink appeared in Court today to face a murder charge, related to the stabbing death of the same miner. 55-year-old Phillip Bachhus aka “Tattoo nose”, appeared before Magistrate Leron Daly today and was not required to enter a plea to the […]
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