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The Guyana elections Commission has warned that the use of cameras and cell phones in voting stations is strictly prohibited. The Commission published a notice in the local media today, warning against persons using camera or their phones to snap photographs while in the voting booths. GECOM explained that pursuant to the provisions of Section […]
A threat of Court action did not stop the Guyana Prison Service from moving ahead with the cremation of the remains of prison escapee and convicted murderer Royden Williams aka “Smallie”. Two days after a post-mortem examination that was not witnessed by relatives, revealed that Williams died from multiple gunshot wounds, he was cremated following […]
Wednesday’s tragic fire at Mahaica, which claimed the lives of two young children has prompted the Guyana Fire Service to again remind persons that they should not leave children unattended at home. The two sisters who died in the Mahaica fire were just 9 and 3 years old. In a statement, the Fire Service said […]
As part of its ongoing crackdown of the drug trade in the Berbice region, the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit carried out an operation at No. 3 Village, West Coast Berbice on Wednesday. The operation resulted in the seizure of 92.1 pounds of marijuana, which was found stashed at a house in the village. In a […]
A Lieutenant Coast Guard in the Guyana Defence Force, who served as the special assistant to the recently retired Chief of Staff, lost his life late last night after he was gunned down during a robbery in Culdesac Street, North Ruimveldt area. 33-year-old Rondel Douglas, was left to die in the street after putting up […]
Two young children perished in a fire that ripped through their home at Market Road in Mahaica this afternoon. Family members have identified the two victims as 9-year-old Anamika Hardat and 3-year-old Shameena Hardat. The Guyana Fire Service was alerted to the fire at 1:30 this afternoon and immediately dispatched one of its tenders from […]
One week after the lifeless bodies of a 38-year-old woman and her 13-year-old daughter were found in their Providence home, the cause of death has not been determined. Government Pathologist, Dr. Nehaul Singh carried out a post-mortem examination on the two bodies on Tuesday and said the cause of death was “undeterminable”, owing to the […]
The Customs Anti Narcotics Unit is continuing its efforts to uproot the marijuana cultivation and drug trafficking trade across the country. In one of its latest operations in Corentyne, Berbice, which was carried out on Monday, CANU agents moved into #65 village and found eight large bags of marijuana stashed near a koker. In a […]
The Opposition has restated its intention to support a Commission of Inquiry into the deadly Mahdia dorm fire which claimed the lives of twenty children. In a statement today, the office of the Opposition Leader said the Opposition is fully aware of the gravity of the of the situation and therefore will support any detailed […]
A 31-year-old man who allegedly broke into a Brickdam house and came face to face with the occupants was stabbed to death late last night in a confrontation. The dead man has been identified as 31-year-old Christopher Gonsalves, who was known to law enforcement, and had been previously charged on a number of occasions for […]
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