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A lightning strike along the Linden Soesdyke Highway has severely damaged several GT&T cables and service equipment, leaving a communication black out in the mining town of Linden and several other communities. All GT&T land line, cellphones and internet services have been affected by the disruption. The disruption was first discovered on Sunday morning. A […]
Crime Scene Investigators from the Guyana Police Force rushed to the scene of a murder-suicide at Mahaica on the East Coast of Demerara early on Saturday morning. A 26-year-old woman who has been identified as Vanessa Richmond was hammered to death by her husband in the couple’s Jonestown, Mahaica home. The man reportedly drank a […]
A mixed jury on Friday night returned a Not Guilty verdict for the two men charged with the murder of 11 persons at Lusignan in 2008. The Prosecution appeared shocked with the verdict and immediately indicated the State’s intention to appeal the verdict that would make the two men, James Anthony Hyles, known as ‘Sally’ and […]
The partly decomposed body of a young man from Mocha Arcadia on the East Bank of Demerara was found in the backdam of the Mocha community on Friday morning and police investigators believe he was murdered. The 26-year-old man who has been identified as Dellon Melville was last seen alive on Monday night. According to […]
Two Customs Officers and an Airline Security Agent were on Friday charged with conspiracy to trafficking narcotics. The trio appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court and were all refused bail on the conspiracy charges. Customs Officers Anthony Thomas and Gregory Loo and Airline Security Agent Ravindra Singh all pleaded not […]
Minister of Housing and Water Irfaan Ali has issued a warning to the general public to beware of fraudsters who attempt to sell house lots to them which are only available through the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA). Minister Ali is urging persons “to safeguard yourself and to operate in an honest way because […]
Two young children were savagely chopped to death by their father early on Wednesday evening at Zeelugt Squatting area on the East Bank of Essequibo when the man went on a murderous rampage in his home. The man’s wife and the mother of the children was also attacked and badly chopped about her body. The […]
Eight Guyanese passengers who were on board the ill-fated Caribbean Airlines Flight 523 that overshot the runway and crashed at the Cheddi Jagan Airport have now moved to the Guyana courts seeking compensation. In the separate lawsuits that were filed in time for the 2nd anniversary of the July 30 accident, passengers Ernest Scott, Abdool […]
A showdown may be looming between the Linden Municipality and the Ministry of Local Government after the Ministry issued a directive to the Linden Council to cease the collection of tolls from heavy-duty trucks and out-of-town vendors, a system that has been in place for the past 16 years. According to the Chairman of the […]
Two years after a Caribbean Airlines flight overshot the runway and crashed at Guyana’s Cheddi Jagan International Airport, the Government of Guyana is getting ready to release a final report on the findings of the investigations by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority. The Minister of Transport is expected to make the findings public before the […]
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