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More than 40 persons, mostly Cuban nationals, have been left homeless after a fire ripped through a three-story apartment building in Fifth Street, Alberttown on Tuesday evening. The Guyana Fire Service was alerted to the blaze just before 7pm and responded with multiple fire tenders. The mostly wooden building was completely engulfed in flames when […]
Two Guyanese-Canadian citizens who were preparing to board a Toronto bound flight at the Cheddi Jagan Airport were detained on Thursday after they were found in possession of over 15 ounces of raw gold. It is illegal to export raw gold without a license. In a statement this morning, the Guyana Police Force said the […]
Today’s cross-examination of the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sharon Roopchand, in the ongoing Mohameds’ extradition case, centered around a Diplomatic note that was dispatched by the Government of Guyana to the US Government, seeking assurances that US indicted businessmen, Nazar and Azruddin Mohamed will not be extradited to a third state […]
A tragic scene unfolded on Friday morning along the Orangestein Public Road, East Bank Essequibo when a 22-year-old motorcyclist, who had an amputated leg, crashed into a sales truck, while carrying his girlfriend and their young baby on his motorcycle. The motorcyclist, Krishna Persaud and his 4-month old baby lost their lives in the accident, […]
An investigation has been launched into a violent attack at a mining camp at Siparuni in Region Eight that has left one miner dead and at least two others nursing serious injuries. Police investigators have traveled into the area to probe the incident, which has left 32-year-old miner, Rowell La Cruz dead. The young miner […]
Days after the head of a woman who was initially believed to be Guyanese was discovered dumped in the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens, New York and month after the rest of her body was discovered in another section of Queens, the Police in New York have arrested and charged the woman’s 75-year-old husband. […]
Police in Queens, New York are probing the death of a Guyanese woman, whose head was discovered last week near the Jamaica Wildlife Refuge in Broad Channel, Queens, four months after the rest of the body was discovered in another section of the same Queens community. Investigators have identified the woman as a Guyanese woman, […]
Police in Linden arrested a taxi driver from Wismar on Sunday afternoon following the discovery of several large parcels of marijuana stashed in five-gallon jars. The 58-year-old driver was stopped by the Police during an operation at Bamia along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway on Sunday afternoon. The Police said the driver was the only occupant in […]
Two persons died tragically early this morning in a smash-up at the Mandela Avenue Roundabout. One other person remains in a critical condition. The accident occurred at around 1:50 this morning. The two dead persons have been identified as Kenneth Johnson, who was the driver of the car, and 15-year-old Kelly Johnson. The identify of […]
Police in Region Six are investigating the discovery of firearms and ammunition, which were found on Tuesday during an operation in Ulverston Village, Corentyne, Berbice. The Police today said that acting on information received in relation to recent robberies committed at Rose Hall Town, Corentyne, Berbice, ranks contacted and arrested a 21-year-old construction worker of […]
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