By News Source Guyana on January 9, 2023
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Retired Deputy Commissioner of Police, Maxine Graham today told the Elections Commission of Inquiry (COI) that Assistant Commissioner of Police, Edgar Thomas ignored initial instructions to send additional police support to the Guyana Elections Commission’s Command Centre when a ruckus broke out during the tabulation of votes on March 5, 2020. She also told the […]
By News Source Guyana on January 9, 2023
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A 33-year-old labourer of Leopold Street, Georgetown was gunned down this morning on Durban Street in a drive-by execution that has left investigators baffled. The victim, Anthony Charles aka “Skiddle” was walking along Durban Street in the company of another labourer when a grey Toyota motorcar was seen approaching the men from behind. Gunshots rang […]
By News Source Guyana on January 9, 2023
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President Irfaan Ali has invited the private sector of India to invest in Guyana’s economy, saying that the time is right for major investments from India, given the country’s long and friendly relationship with Guyana. The President, who is on an official visit to India, made the remarks while addressing officials of the Indian Government […]
By News Source Guyana on January 9, 2023
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Police are investigating the murder of a young deejay, who was reportedly chopped to death during a row at a party in the village of Laluni on the Linden/Soesdyke highway. The 28-year-old disc jockey, Brian Pitman aka DJ Viper, was at an event on Sunday night with his father-in-law in the Laluni area, when the […]
By News Source Guyana on January 9, 2023
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A Guyanese man is among two persons nursing gunshot wounds after a drive-by shooting outside a nightclub in New York. According to reports, Guyanese Laurex Fraser, who is well known as “Polo Boss”, and another man were standing outside the Impulse nightclub in Queens, New York when gunmen opened fire from a passing car. Fraser […]
By News Source Guyana on January 4, 2023
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A 26-year-old Kuru Kuru man has been arrested on suspicion of being involved in auto theft. The man, Romaine Watson, who is already before the Courts on carjacking charges, was arrested on Tuesday with four car doors in his possession. A Police report said a group of ranks was on a patrol in the Annandale […]
By News Source Guyana on January 3, 2023
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A post-mortem examination conducted on the bodies of the Police Detective and the Fisherman who were both shot by Police Officers during an arrest gone wrong, has found that both men were shot multiple times. According to a Police statement, a post-mortem examination revealed that Police Detective, Corporal Dwayne McPherson was shot twice. Both shots […]
By News Source Guyana on January 3, 2023
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Fort Wellington Hospital medical practitioner, Dr. Michelle Paul has regained full consciousness and is recovering well following last evening’s smash-up just outside the Region 5 Administration Office at Fort Wellington. Dr. Paul is now a patient at the New Amsterdam Hospital. She regained consciousness late last night and has been responding well to treatment, according […]
By News Source Guyana on January 3, 2023
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The two suspects in the murder of Durban Street, businessman Shimron Adams, were remanded to jail this morning when they appeared before the Chief Magistrate. The two accused, Andrew Ridley of Albouystown and Akelow Marshall of East La Penitence were not required to enter a plea to the indictable murder charge. The Court was told […]
By News Source Guyana on January 3, 2023
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Police investigators in Berbice are probing the murder of 25-year-old Corriverton resident, Jason Bownauth. The man died on Sunday after he was stabbed by his reputed wife after he repeatedly slapped her during an argument. According to reports, on Sunday, the couple was in attendance at a family event when they got into a disagreement. […]