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On Saturday, the Guyana Police Force and the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit, joined forces to destroy more than 950 pounds of cocaine and over 1000 pounds of marijuana. The illegal drugs were seized by the two agencies during various operations. Yesterday, the two agencies moved under heavy security to a location along the Linden Soesdyke […]
The body of a 23-year-old gold miner was found this morning in the along the Puruni Trail in Region Seven with a suspected gunshot wound to the chest. The man has been identified as Javie Boyal of Moruca, North West District. Persons in the area said they heard loud gunshots around 3:45 this morning and […]
They were the first to rush to the scene of Friday’s Fly Jamaica crash at the Cheddi Jagan Airport to offer help to passengers, but now investigators believe some local firefighters may have also helped themselves to the belongings of the passengers and crew in the process. Up to late Friday evening, at least ten […]
As the investigations get underway into the crash of a Fly Jamaica flight during an emergency landing at Guyana’s Cheddi Jagan International Airport, the Director General of Guyana’s Civil Aviation Authority has said that data from the plane’s flight data recorder (black box) will be key to the probe. The Toronto bound Fly Jamaica flight […]
A 25-year-old, pork knocker from the Diamond community was this morning charged with the murder of his brother in law. During his appearance before Magistrate Judy Latchman, the man Anthony King was not required to enter a plea to the indictable murder charge. He is accused of murdering Justin Peterkin and has been remanded to jail. […]
by Gordon Moseley Six passengers were injured this morning as a Fly Jamaica 757 aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing at Guyana’s Cheddi Jagan Airport. The flight with 120 passengers and eight crew members departed Guyana for Toronto, Canada just after 2 o’ clock this morning. However, less than thirty minutes into the […]
A pastor from the West Coast of Demerara and one of his friends were killed in a vehicle smash up in neighbouring Suriname as they made their way to the capital, Parimaribo. One of the dead men has been identified as Apostle Patrick Tulsie of the Stream of Living Water Fellowship Church of Cornelia Ida, […]
Police investigators in Linden have arrested a 44-year-old man after he allegedly engaged in sexual activity with a 6-year-old girl. The man, Selwyn Lancaster, was taken into Police custody on Tuesday night after the mother of the child filed a complaint against him. The alleged incident reportedly took place at the home of the child’s […]
The 53-year-old man, who was two weeks ago found guilty of raping a 3-year-old girl, was today sentenced to life in prison. The convict, Deon Aaron from Herstelling, East Bank Demerara, appeared before Justice, Jo-Ann Barlow today and continued to declare his innocence as the life in prison sentence was handed down. The courtroom was […]
An afternoon fire at a house in Freeman Street has claimed the life of a 48-year-old woman, whose charred remains were discovered when firemen doused the flames. The Guyana Fire Service was summoned to the house just after 1 o’ clock this afternoon and firemen were able to contain the blaze to the small wooden […]
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