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A late night hang between family members turned deadly this morning when the group was attacked by two masked men who shot one of the family members dead while robbing the others. Dead is 30-year-old, Christopher Swamy of Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara. The incident took place around 1:30 this morning. The Police report said […]
Public Policy Specialist, Roxanne Myers, was today officially sworn in as the new Deputy Chief Elections Officer of the Guyana Elections Commission. Ms. Myers took her oath of office before the Chief Magistrate at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. The new Deputy Chief Elections Officer in a brief comment to the media, said she is ready […]
32-year-old, Kenton Haynes of Mocha on the East Bank of Demerara was charged this morning for being in possession of over 500 ecstasy pills. He was arrested last Wednesday afternoon in the Orange Walk area while conducting a transaction with the pills. The Customs Anti Narcotics Unit conducted the bust. In Court today, the accused […]
Two days after he was busted with with over two pounds of cocaine in his possession, a Land of Canaan man found himself before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court facing drug possession and trafficking charges. The 31-year-old accused, Wyette Amsterdam, pleaded not guilty when he appeared in Court and the charges were presented to him this […]
The Guyana Prison Service has announced that prison escapee and murder accused, Travis Evans, has been recaptured. According to a statement from acting Prison Director, Gladwin Samuels, the escapee was recaptured this morning by Joint Services ranks at the Linden/Soesdyke highway junction. The Police was reportedly alerted to the man’s presence in the area by […]
President David Granger was back at the Parliament this afternoon to address the National Assembly and he laid out his government’s plans for moving the country forward. In an address that went on for close to an hour, the President announced that Budget 2019 will be presented in November and it will focus more on […]
A 35-year-old miner is in custody after he stabbed a fellow miner to death during a drunken row over cigarettes. According to a Police report, 20-year-old Daniel George was stabbed to death on Wednesday night at Barakat Landing in the Mazaruni river area. The two men were drinking alcoholic beverages at a shop in the […]
Caribbean Airlines is looking to better its service to the Guyana market. The airline’s new Chief Executive officer, Garvin Madera, met with officials of the Private Sector Commission and the Tourism and Hospitality Association on Wednesday and said his company will be working to improve its service and relationship with Guyana. The CEO said the […]
A 40-year-old farmer from Yarrokabra on the Linden Soesdyke highway was today charged and remanded to jail for the murder of a 19-year-old man. The accused, Anthony Jones, appeared in Court and was not required to enter a plea to the murder charge. He is accused of stabbing Nyron Vyphuis to death after the youth […]
Opposition Leader and PPP General Secretary, Bharrat Jagdeo, today declared his full opposition to the plan by the Berbice Bridge Company to increase its tolls from the 12th November. Like the government, Mr. Jagdeo said the announced increases by the company is “unconscionable”, but he also described it as unlawful and said there is nothing […]
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