By News Source Guyana on December 28, 2015
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Two Corentyne, Berbice men were killed and three others injured on Sunday night during brawl in a bar at Manchester in Corentyne. Dead are 28-year-old Mark Simon, and 23-year-old Kempton Gray, both of Corentyne. The incident took place late on Sunday night while the two men and three other men were at a bar and […]
By News Source Guyana on December 28, 2015
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A holiday celebration in the East Coast Demerara village of Mahaica came to an abrupt end on Sunday afternoon when two men got into a heated fight and one of them was stabbed to death. Police investigators are probing the murder of 43-year-old Sheldon Richards of Supply, Mahaica. According to reports, Richards and a relative […]
By News Source Guyana on December 28, 2015
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A 21-year-old man who sold burgers with his family on the Kitty seawall took his own life on Boxing day after brutally beating his 16-year-old girlfriend and escaping police custody. The young man, who has ben identified as Lorenzo James, and the teenager shared a rocky relationship for a number of years and he was […]
By News Source Guyana on December 27, 2015
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In what is turning out to be a bloody holiday weekend, Police investigators have found themselves probing yet another murder. A 28-year-old mini bus conductor identified as Kevon George, was stabbed to death early Sunday morning in an East Coast Demerara village. According to a Police statement, it was just after 7:30 am on Sunday […]
By News Source Guyana on December 27, 2015
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A Crane Housing Scheme family has been plunged into mourning following the death of 22-year-old Dawson Bess, who died on Saturday morning in a head on collision on the West Coast of Demerara. A police report stated that Bess, who was a member of the Guyana Defence Force, was driving a motor car along the […]
By News Source Guyana on December 27, 2015
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An argument in a Route 32 mini-bus over the closing of a window turned deadly on Saturday evening when a passenger whipped out his firearm and shot another passenger dead because the man refused to close the bus window during rainfall. The dead man is still to be identified while his assailant is on the […]
By News Source Guyana on December 26, 2015
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An Albouystown man is dead and his assailant in Police custody after a Christmas Day row in Albouystown turned bloody and deadly. The dead man, according to Police, has only been identified as “Fluffie”. He reportedly got into a heated row with the other man and was brutally stabbed to his chest. He was rushed […]
By News Source Guyana on December 26, 2015
News, Politics
On Christmas morning, President David Granger and First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger visited the maternity and children’s wards at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) in the company of Minister of Health, Dr. George Norton and Minister of Social Cohesion, Ms. Amna Ally. Mr. Granger said that it is part of his job as President to be […]
By News Source Guyana on December 24, 2015
Caribbean & International, News
(Washington Post) Brazilian health authorities are sounding the alarm about a mosquito-borne virus that they believe may be the cause of thousands of infants being born with damaged brains. The pathogen, known as Zika and first discovered in forest monkeys in Africa over 70 years ago, is the new West Nile — a virus that […]
By News Source Guyana on December 23, 2015
Entertainment, News, Politics
The Ministry of Public Security has announced that it is relaxing the enforcement of the curfew for bars and clubs to close their doors by 2:00am. In a statement on Wednesday, the Ministry said it has been inundated with requests from various promoters and business owners for an extension of the time for partying during […]