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Scammers are taking advantage of the fears of the coronavirus and the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company is warning its customers to be aware of several scams using the company’s name. GTT’s Public Relations Manager, Jasmin Harris, today revealed that the company has received a number of queries and reports from customers over the past […]
A fight between a group of inmates at the Lusignan prison’s holding bay has left a 30-year-old remand prisoner dead. Prison authorities have identified the dead prisoner as 30-year-old Jason Dundas. Police investigators have been called in to probe the murder. A statement from the Police last evening indicated that there was a scuffle among […]
The Police Force and the Prison Service are continuing their search for the four escapees from the Lusignan Prison. There is still no trace of the four men who bolted from the Lusignan Prison’s holding bay on Monday. In a statement, the Prison Service said the men escaped during a heavy downpour at around 3:46 […]
Two men who were on Saturday nabbed with just over three ounces of cocaine and fifteen pounds of marijuana have been sentenced to four years in jail and fined $240,000 each. 32-year-old mini-bus driver Stanley Mann and 28-year-old porter, Lawrence Harper appeared in Court this morning at Linden and pleaded guilty to the to two […]
A Sunday night accident at Bagotstown on the East Bank of Demerara has claimed the lives of two young men who were best friends. Police investigators have indicated that the accident occurred just after 9:30 pm. The dead young men have been identified as 19-year-old Courtney Marcus and 20-year-old Ronaldo Simmons. They were the passengers […]
The Police Force has announced the arrest of the three suspects who were caught on camera during a robbery at a Republic Park home. Investigators say they are on the hunt for the other suspects. Those already arrested were positively identified by the victims and several pieces of jewelry that were stolen during the robbery […]
Police investigators in the town of Linden are probing the shooting death of a vendor in front of his home. The incident occurred last evening at Wismar, Linden leaving residents with more questions than answers. The dead man has been identified as 43-year-old Glenroy Chapman aka “G” of Half-Mile Linden. According to reports, Chapman and […]
A complaint late night about loud music turned deadly for a 40-year-old man after he was attacked, beaten and stabbed by his wife’s sister and her husband. According to a Police report, labourer Albert Raghu and his wife lived in the bottom flat of a house at Enmore while the wife’s sister and the sister’s […]
Flamboyant Guyanese-American businessman Marcus Bisram has been committed to stand a High Court trial for the murder of carpenter Faiyaz Narinedatt. Magistrate Renita Singh who was directed by the DPP to reopen the Preliminary Inquiry made the decision this morning to commit Bisram to the High Court trial. Last week, the same Magistrate found that […]
Guyana entered a month’s long 6pm to 6am curfew on Friday with other measures aimed at reducing social gatherings as part of the efforts to fight the coronavirus. While many businesses made a decision to close up operations on their own, others have now been forced to follow the curfew order. Under the order, banks, […]
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