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22-year-old national volleyball player, Kristoff Shepherd has been hospitalized in a critical condition with serious injuries to his head and chest following a smash-up between his car and a truck last evening on Mandela Avenue in Georgetown. Two other persons, including national table tennis champion Chelsea Edghill, who were in the car that was driven […]
With Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo denying claims by a Chinese businessman and lobbyist that he has accepted bribes to facilitate Chinese business dealings in Guyana, the Leader of the People’s National Congress, Aubrey Norton has issued a call on the Guyana Police Force to launch a full investigation into the allegations. “I will like to […]
Police investigators are probing the shooting death of 24-year-old Carlos Waithe. The man was shot dead in Leopold Street, Georgetown early this morning as he reportedly attempted to break up a fight between two other men. Waithe collapsed at the scene and died. At first, persons attempted to resuscitate him after he was shot but […]
One day after he made a dash for his freedom from the Lusignan jail, 18-year-old robbery accused Kavin Singh was recaptured this afternoon in the Good Hope canefields, still shackled at the feet. The man was found in a swampy section of the canefield by members of the Joint Services, who received information that he […]
Days after being busted with over $1million worth in marijuana by the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit(CANU) in a Corentyne house, three persons were taken before the Court today to face drug trafficking charges. Appearing in the New Amsterdam Magistrates’ Court were 54-year-old Veronica Walker, 34-year-old, Neshella Walker, and 30-year-old Simeon Lawson. The Magistrate was told […]
Despite a spate of recent fires with many of them being blamed on arson, Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn told the National Assembly on Thursday that the prevalence of fires is actually on the decline in the country. On the issue of the fire that gutted the Brickdam Police station, the Minister said it […]
Opposition Member of Parliament with responsibility for the security sector Geeta Chandan-Edmond has condemned the government for using the Cybercrime Act for going after its critics, saying that was never the original intention of the legislation. She said the argument that the Act was passed under the coalition is outdated. According to the Opposition MP, […]
An 18-year-old man who was on remand at the Lusignan Prison on charges of unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition escaped from the facility this morning. A search is now underway in the efforts to capture him. The prisoner Kavin Singh was among seven prisoners who were picked up from their cell at around […]
The 30-year-old man who was caught disguised as a woman after a wanted bulletin was issued for him over the murder of his step-son, was taken to Court this morning to face the murder charge. The accused Shawn Bobb was dressed in his own clothes as he appeared before Magistrate Clive Nurse where the murder […]
Fifteen persons in Castello Housing Scheme have been left homeless following a mid-morning fire that gutted their small apartment building. The fire is believed to have been started by a 3-year-old child who was playing with a cigarette lighter on a bed. Within minutes of the fire being spotted in the room just after 9 […]
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