By News Source Guyana on December 19, 2014
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(National Post) Guyanese Christopher Husbands had a busy day on June 2, 2012. He had lunch with an old teacher. He smoked some pot. He bought a new jacket. And then, while waiting for his girlfriend to pay for dinner, he murdered two men. On Dec. 17, one week to the day before Christmas Eve, […]
By News Source Guyana on December 19, 2014
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(New York Daily News) The stabbing death of a man whose naked body was found outside a Brooklyn apartment building was the result of a sordid love triangle that ended in two killings, not one — and the arrest of a suspect Thursday. Jerome Barrett, 35, of East New York is believed to have been […]
By News Source Guyana on December 19, 2014
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(GINA) The men and women who serve in the nation’s joint services are to receive an extra month’s salary, President Donald Ramotar, announced when he addressed hundreds of soldiers, at Camp Stephenson, Timehri on Thursday as they participated in their annual Christmas luncheon. The President noted that it was his first visit to the base […]
By News Source Guyana on December 18, 2014
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Police at Tuschen on the East Bank of Essequibo are hunting for a cane cutter after he reportedly murdered his former mother-in-law, his young child and his ex wife’s new boyfriend. They were all chopped to death. The man reportedly also chopped his ex-wife who is in a critical condition. The incident took place early […]
By News Source Guyana on December 17, 2014
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A Partnership for National Unity Member of Parliament and Shadow Minister of Legal Affairs, Attorney Basil Williams is confident that the Chief Justice of Guyana will grant a Conservatory Order to block the government from further unapproved spending and further spending on projects that were disapproved by the National Assembly. Mr. Williams who is part […]
By News Source Guyana on December 17, 2014
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(NY Daily News) WASHINGTON — The United States will normalize diplomatic relations with Cuba, opening an embassy in Havana, and easing trade and travel restrictions in move that ends more than a half century of estrangement with the long-communist island. President Obama announced the breakthrough in a noontime speech while Cuban President Raul Castro, the […]
By News Source Guyana on December 17, 2014
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Acting Police Commissioner Seelal Persaud would not say that he is surprised or worried about the number of current and former policemen who have found themselves involved in criminal activity, however, he admits that their behaviour may be a reflection of the society at large. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday morning just after hosting the […]
By News Source Guyana on December 16, 2014
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The second gunman who was shot dead on Monday night during a stand off with police after robbing a Montrose supermarket has been identified as 24-year-old Mahendra Sukull aka Vikki of Prashad Nagar. The other dead gunman was identified as policeman Warren Blue who was wanted for the murder of Agricola teenager, Shaquille Grant who […]
By News Source Guyana on December 16, 2014
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A whale measuring just over 20 feet in length washed ashore at the Kitty Seawalls this morning and died. The occurrence sent hundreds of persons to the seawall for an up close look. Early morning joggers made the discovery just after 5 am and within minutes, scores of persons began rushing to the seawall and […]
By News Source Guyana on December 15, 2014
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Two armed bandits were shot and killed by police on Monday evening during a standoff at a Montrose supermarket on the East Coast of Demerara. One of the dead bandits has been identified as Policeman Warren Blue who was wanted for the murder of Agricola youth, Shaquille Grant. Blue and another policeman have been on […]