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The Guyana Fire Service has found itself investigating yet another fire in the Sophia area. Late on Monday afternoon, the Fire Service was summoned to the South Sophia community after an alarm was raised about a house on fire. Despite the best efforts of the firemen, the entire two-storey building was completely gutted, leaving millions […]
A young mother and her three children have been left looking for a new home after a fire this afternoon gutted their house in Kiskadee Drive, South Ruimveldt. The mother, who asked that her identity not be disclosed, said she was at work when she received a call that her house was on fire just […]
Two men accused of shooting a man dead outside a Canal #2 Polder wedding house and injuring another, during the course of a robbery, were charged and remanded to jail on Monday. 35-year-old Otto Pitman and 49-year-old Oliver Franklyn appeared before Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Vreed-En-Hoop Magistrate’s Court, where they were charged for the […]
The Guyana Police Force has reported that another life has been lost on the country’s roadways. 25-year-old motorcyclist, Ricardo Bipta last his life late on Monday night along the #9 Public Road on the West Coast Berbice. In a report, the Guyana Police Force stated that the accident took place at around 10:30 on Monday […]
The early Monday morning accident between a mini-bus and an SUV outside the Ruimveldt Police station has claimed the lives of a husband and wife. A Police report identified the two dead persons as 51-year-old Sarah Wilson and 54-year-old Rawle McKenzie. The husband was the driver of the mini-bus while his wife was the front […]
Two years after the Brickdam Police Station was completely gutted by fire, the Government today turned the sod for the start of the construction of the new US$28.1M building. The Bassoo Building and Civil Engineering Company has won the contract for the Police Station’s reconstruction. This time around, the central Police station will be state-of-the-art […]
A row over a cellphone turned deadly on Saturday night when a 29-year-old labourer was stabbed to death by a businessman. Police investigators have identified the dead youth as Otis Haimchand of Nabaclis, East Coast Demerara. The suspect is a 36-year-old businessman from Haslington, East Coast Demerara. He is on the run. A Police report […]
39-year-old Parika resident, Gurudeen Lalaram, was charged and remanded to jail on Thursday for the murder of his 25-year-old wife, Parbattie Persaud. The man appeared at the Leonora Magistrates’ Court before Magistrate Zamilla Ally-Seepaul, and he was not required to enter a plea to the indictable charge. He is accused of using a piece of […]
A mini-bus operator who was arrested and jailed after being mistaken for another man, has filed a $35 million lawsuit against the state. The mini-bus operator, Richard Rodney, in his complaint said he was unlawfully arrested and jailed on the 4th October 2023. He spent four days in jail before the Prison Service figured out […]
Police and Prison officials arrested a Corentyne man on Tuesday morning after he attempted to smuggle two grams of marijuana into the New Amsterdam prison in his underwear. In a statement, the Prison Service said 29-year-old Safraaz Hoossein, was at the Prison on Tuesday to deliver personal items for his brother, who is an inmate […]
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