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Teenaged fisherman murdered; body dumped in Atlantic Ocean

Three men are in custody following the murder of a 19-year-old fisherman whose body was reportedly dumped into the Atlantic Ocean after the crime. According to a police statement, fisherman Avo Singh of Dundee, Mahaicony was aboard a fishing boat in the Atlantic Ocean off the foreshore of Bush Lot, Berbice. It is believed that […]

Businessman busted with 88 lbs cocaine in food exports

A 27-year-old  businessman from Albert Street, Alberttown in Georgetown remains in the custody of the Guyana Police Force after he was busted while trying to ship cocaine out of Guyana. The illegal substance was hidden in a consignment of fruits and other food products destined for New Jersey. The businessman has been identified as Darshanan […]

Bandits cart off guns and millions from Caricom Insurance building

Police investigators are probing a multi million dollar heist and theft of high powered weapons from the National Credit Union and Caricom Insurance Company on Regent and Ornoque Streets. According to investigators, the incident took place just after 2 o clock on Thursday morning. Three men reportedly attacked the one security guard who was on duty, […]

Crum-Ewing remembered as nationalist and justice seeker

Hundreds of mourners lined Carmichael and Middle Streets and the Parade ground to bid farewell to the one man protester Courtney Crum-Ewing, who had little company as he stood for weeks outside the Legal Affairs Ministry demanding the resignation of the Attorney General Anil Nandlall. The 40-year-old Courtney Crom-Ewing was gunned down, execution style last […]

UG unions threatening strike action as negotiations crawl

Unions representing the interest of workers at the University of Guyana have threatened to resume strike action which had crippled teaching activities at the Tain and Turkeyen campuses for almost two months. In a press statement on Monday, the unions complained that the negotiations in which increased salaries and better working conditions are being sought, […]

Crum-Ewing was shot three times to the head; twice to the body

A post-mortem examination was carried out on the body of opposition political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing on Friday. The 40-year-old man was executed while campaigning in the Diamond community on Tuesday evening. According to the family’s attorney Nigel Hughes, the post-mortem examination found that Crom-Ewing was shot five times. Three of those shots were to the […]

Brassington declares “Marriott Hotel is here to stay”

Kurt Campbell reports… With the possibility of a change of government at the upcoming May 11 polls and in spite of continued objections from the political opposition, Chairman of the National Industrial  and Commercial Investment Limited (NICIL) Winston Brassington declared on Thursday that the Marriott Hotel is “here to stay.” Brassington who also heads Atlantic […]