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Former Guyana and World Boxing Champion, Andrew “Sixheads” Lewis died on Monday (May 4th) afternoon in a road accident in the village of Hope along the East Bank of Demerara. According to initial reports, the former boxing champion was riding his bicycle along the roadway when he was hit down by a car. He was badly injured […]
A young sales clerk attached to the Bhena’s Shoe Store on Regent Street was kidnapped early on Monday morning while on his way to work. The young man has been identified as 28-year-old Xanier Waaldijk. According to one of his co-workers, the two were walking together on their way to the store just before 9 […]
Days after sacking his Health Minister, President Donald Ramotar continues to defend his desision not to budge on demands from several local and international bodies for him to also let go of his Attorney General, Anil Nandlall. Appearing on the local radio talk show, ‘Hard Talk’ on Sunday, the President said the issue involving his Attorney […]
An off duty policeman is nursing a gunshot wound to his left shoulder after he was accidentally shot early on Sunday morning by another policeman who was trying to arrest two men. The incident took place just outside the Mackenzie Sports Club ground in Linden as the off duty policeman, 22 year old, Lathaniel Giddidngs, […]
Police investigators are probing the Friday night gunning down of a Sophia businessman at his home during a robbery. 37-year-old Shawn Anys who owns and manages a small grocery shop at his home, was accosted by the bandits just before 11pm on Friday night. According to reports the man was in his home when he […]
Two days after firing his Health Minister over his verbal attacks on a women’s rights activist, President Donald Ramotar is convinced that the Minister was “set up” and was “entrapped” by the activist and therefore he feels sorry for him. In a preview of an interview on radio programme, “Hard Talk with Christopher Chapwanya”, which […]
From the crack of dawn, members of Guyana’s Disciplined Services were in line to cast their ballots for the national and regional elections on Saturday morning. At Police Headquarters, Eve Leary, the line of police officers stretched to the road as they turned out in their numbers to vote. Over at the Guyana Defence Force […]
With just over a week to go before Guyanese head to the polls for regional and general elections, President Donald Ramotar is seeking to pull the nation’s workers on his side with promises of an increase in the minimum wage. The President used Friday’s Labour Day rally hosted by the Federation of Independent Trade Unions […]
Presidential Candidate of the APNU+AFC Coalition, retired Brigadier David Granger, is urging members of the Disciplined Forces to support his party when they head to the polls on Saturday, May 2. Members of the Disciplined Forces usually vote one week before the rest of the country. There are just over 7,000 eligible voters in the […]
Police investigators are probing the murder of a 28-year-old West Bank Demerara woman who was stabbed to death by her husband on Thursday afternoon. The woman has been identified as Donessa Barker. According to reports, the woman and her husband would have regular arguments and he would make threats against her. The man, Allan Barker, […]
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