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Embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police and Head of the Special Organised Crime Unit, Fizal Karimbaksh, has threatened to challenge the Police Commissioner’s move to instruct him to proceed on accumulated vacation leave that could lead into his retirement. The Guyana Police Force announced last Thursday that the Deputy Commissioner of Police had been sent on […]
Linden teacher and former national school athlete, Leslyn Major, died tragically this afternoon in Linden after a car slammed into her when the driver of that car lost control of it while attempting to overtake a truck The driver of the car, Denisha Carmichael, has been hospitalised with multiple injuries. According to reports, the school […]
A 33-year-old single parent mother of three is pleading for help after her two-bedroom Sophia home was destroyed during an early morning blaze on Thursday. Postal worker, Yolanda Gilgeous-Sampson, said the fire left her with nothing but the clothes on her back, and two gas bottles that she was able to save. With three young […]
Police investigators have launched a probe into the death of a 23-year-old Sophia man, who was found lying in a pool of blood in his yard, with a gunshot wound to the head. The young man, whose remains were discovered at his ‘C’ Field Reserve Dam, Sophia residence on Thursday, has been identified as Kurt […]
The Ministry of Agriculture has rejected claims reportedly made by the VPAC political movement, suggesting that approximately one million pounds of contaminated chicken may be on the local market for purchase and consumption. In a statement this morning, the Ministry said the claims being circulated are without supporting evidence and have the potential to create […]
The U.S Government has released its latest Trafficking in Persons report, and has flayed the Guyana Government over what it sees as a decrease in victim protection efforts. Although the report also stated that the Government of Guyana fully meets the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking, and continues To demonstrate serious and sustained […]
Another security guard in a Chinese supermarket was gunned down this afternoon during a suspected armed robbery. The dead security guard has been identified as 38-year-old Esan Orlando Rose, who was on duty at the LIDA Supermarket in Charlestown, Georgetown. According to reports, Rose, who was also armed, may have been taken by surprise when […]
Guyana’s nominee for the United Nations Secretary General job, Ambassador Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett has slipped to third place in the latest straw poll conducted by the United Nations Security Council. Rodrigues-Birkett is among seven candidates seeking the top UN job, but the job may be slipping away from her as the Security Council inches closer to […]
President Irfaan Ali has made known his displeasure about the existing process for Guyanese to obtain a Schengen visa for travel those European countries in the Schengen region, describing the process as backward. Last year, the European Commission Delegation in Guyana announced that persons wishing to apply for Schengen visas will be allowed to do […]
The members of the MV Barima Commission of Inquiry visited the Kingston Loading Wharf today as part of a series of on-site visits ahead of public hearings, which will begin next week. The Kingston Loading Wharf was the last port of departure for the MV Barima Ferry which sank on July 18, 2026 claiming the […]
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