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Police investigators are on the scene of a shooting just outside the Ashmin’s Store on High Street, that has left a money changer dead. The dead man has been identified as Phillip Allen of Grove, EBD. According to reports, Allen worked as a money changer in the America Street area, but was on High Street […]
A multi-agency probe into the working conditions at the manganese mining site in Matthew’s Ridge, where several workers fell ill, resulting in two deaths, has found that the workers were clearing out old mining caves while not wearing protective gear. The Public Health Ministry, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Occupational Health and Safety Department […]
The daughter of the 69-year-old Berbice woman who was found murdered in her kitchen, will face the murder charge after admitting to investigators that she was the one who murdered her own mother. The body of pensioner, Rookmin Jameer, was found sprawled on the floor of her kitchen with her throat slit on Friday. The […]
Commander for A’ Division, Assistant Police Commissioner Marlon Chapman has launched an investigation into reports of some 911 emergency calls going unanswered. The probe has been triggered by yet another complaint about repeated calls to the emergency line going unanswered. The latest complaint came from prominent Public Relations and Media Consultant Alex Graham, who complained […]
Convicted Guyanese drug lord, Shaheed Roger Khan, is scheduled to be released from a US prison in July of this year, on the completion of his 10 year jail sentence for narco trafficking and conspiracy. Khan was slapped with the prison sentence after he opted to take a plea deal rather than face a trial. […]
PPP Member of Parliament, Joseph Hamilton, has confirmed that he is the local representative of a company from Suriname that was granted a number of contracts by the Central Housing and Planning Authority to build government housing in Guyana. According to Hamilton, as the representative of the company, he was involved in all the dealings […]
In the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court today, 25-year-old Revelana Smith was charged and remanded to jail on an attempted murder charge. It is alleged that on the 26th March at Pike Street Kitty, the accused attacked the new girlfriend of her ex-lover. She reportedly became aware that the new girlfriend, Ranetta Bharrat, who is also a […]
A 59-year-old farmer from Port Kaituma was today remanded to jail after being charged for the rape of a 9-year-old girl. The man, Clarence Marques, arrived at the Courthouse with a smile on his face, but that became a frown as he was handcuffed and taken before the Court to face the serious charge. He […]
The Presidential Candidate for the People’s Progressive Party, Irfaan Ali, today declared that he is an “honest candidate” and all of his qualifications are authentic and could be verified. Since being elected to the position of Presidential Candidate by his party, questions have swirled about the academic qualifications for the former Housing Minister under the […]
The new US Ambassador to Guyana, Sarah-Ann Lynch, has been meeting with Government, Opposition and other stakeholders about the political situation in the country. Appearing on the Jumpstart Morning show today, the Ambassador said she is encouraged by the plan of the stakeholders to respect the ruling that will be made by the Caribbean Court […]
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