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Family of teen shot in mouth by police turn down compensation

The mother of the 15-year-old young man who was shot in his mouth by a russian roulette obsessed police officer, has turned down compensation being offered  to her by the policeman. The boy’s mother Marcelle Griffith, told News Source that she has been receiving a number of calls from persons claiming to be attorneys representing […]

PPP labels US Ambassador a “meddler in local politics”

The Governing People’s Progressive Party is not happy with recent statements from the U.S Ambassador about the state of the state media in Guyana and the need for the independent media to stop being referred to as “Opposition media”. The party has now labeled the US Ambassador Brent Hardt as a “meddler in local politics”. […]

Guyana does not need LEAD -Pres. Ramotar

President Donald Ramotar has indicated that he does not believe that Guyana needs a Leadership and Democracy Project at this time and that may be the real reason why the Government has opposed the U.S funded project from the time it was introduced. The Government announced last week that it had revoked the work permit […]

9 year-old Guyanese girl killed in NY crash

(NY Daily News) A 9-year-old girl who had just left church was killed in Brooklyn on Sunday when a motorist suspected in a hit-and-run crash fled a traffic stop and caused a three-car wreck, police said. Rebecca Ramnarine, a fourth-grader from St. Albans, Queens, died at Brookdale University Hospital shortly after the 5 p.m. accident […]

Three adults and child killed after ingesting cocaine laced tonic

Police and Drug Enforcement officers are investigating a bizarre case that has left four persons dead and  young child in a critical state. The dead persons have been identified as Alex Baird, Natasha George and Simone Price. Alex and Simone were a couple. Their son Jahaquel Blair also died. Pandemonium broke out at an East […]

Senior Counsel Dana Seetahal executed in Trinidad

(Trinidad Express)  At about 12:05 a.m. Sunday morning, senior counsel Dana Seetahal was in her Volkswagen SUV proceeding north along Hamilton-Holder street, Woodbrook when upon reaching the vicinity of the Woodbrook Youth Facility two vehicles pulled alongside her causing her to come to a stop. One of the vehicles, a Nissan Wingroad, then drove ahead a […]

Haslington man chopped to death during robbery

Police investigators are looking for two men who on Friday broke into the home of a Haslington, East Coast Demerara family and chopped the owner to death while injuring his wife. According to the Police, initial investigations indicate that two men, both of whom were armed with cutlasses, entered the home of 40-year-old Chetram Bharrat […]

Guyanese busted at JFK with cocaine in custard powder packets

A 35-year-old Guyanese man who travelled to the United States on Travelspan Airlines on April 22, 2014 was busted at New York’s JFK International Airport with over 17 pounds of cocaine stashed in custard powder packets. He pade it pass all the layers of security at Guyana’s Cheddi Jagan Airport without the packets of cocaine […]

Pres. Ramotar expresses worry about CARICOM food imports

President Donald Ramotar, while attending the Third CARICOM-Mexico Summit which began on Tuesday, April 29, 2014 in Mérida, Yucatan, Mexico, highlighted the challenges which the region faces in the agricultural sector, pointing out that despite the many initiatives taken, the Caribbean was still be a net importer of food with the food bill amounting to […]