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Police investigators on the East Bank of Essequibo are probing the murder of a six-year-old Chinese boy, who was chopped to the neck by a Chinese national at Parika. The incident occurred this afternoon at 3:45pm, according to a Police statement. The dead young boy has been identified as Ifeng Cao. The name of the […]
Debris, including tires, were set ablaze on a number of streets in the East Coast Demerara village of Vigilance this afternoon, as reports also surfaced about attempts to set fire to a supermarket in the community. Persons were seen using bottled water to douse the blaze at the supermarket. The fires appear to form part […]
The Guyana Police Force has chosen to remain silent in wake of another damning sexual assault complaint that has been filed by a female Police Officer against the Head of the Special Organised Crime Unit, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Fizal Karimbaksh. Although a number of senior Police Officers have confirmed that an official report was […]
One year after he was charged for the brutal shooting death of his ex-girlfriend, a Linden construction worker was today sentenced to 21 years in prison for the crime. 22-year-old Shaka Phillips appeared at the High Court this morning before Justice Prescilla Chandra-Hanif where he was sentenced to 21 years in jail for the July […]
More farmers in Guyana are embracing science and technology, as the country combats global challenges including climate change, and disruptions on the world market, according to the Minister of Agriculture, Zulficar Mustapha. “Our farmers are innovating by embracing science, technology, research, mechanization, digital agriculture and climate smart production,” the Agriculture Minister said. This morning, Minister […]
Guyana’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Candidate for the position of UN Secretary General, Ambassador Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, is promising greater collaboration in working with the five permanent members on the UN Security Council, should she be given the job. The five Permanent Members of the Security Council—China, France, Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, […]
44-year-old Onai Nassy of Norton Street, Lodge was charged and remanded to jail today for cocaine trafficking. He appeared at the Diamond Magistrates’ Court this morning before Magistrate Tomika Clarke where the drug trafficking charge was read to him. He pleaded not guilty to the charge, but bail was refused and he was remanded. Nassy […]
The Law Enforcement Agencies in the country intend to increase its efforts to get the Courts to freeze bank accounts, properties and assets that are linked to persons who may be involved in crime and criminality. On his “Issues in the News” television programme on Tuesday, Attorney General Anil Nandlall said the agencies plan to […]
Two United States companies are setting the foundation to build 10,000 “affordable homes” in Guyana, with financing through US Export-Import Bank (EXIM), US Ambassador Nicole Theriot has said. During an appearance on the Guyana Energy Perspectives podcast, the Ambassador said the two companies have responded to a call by President Irfaan Ali to bring more […]
A construction truck and another piece of construction equipment were set ablaze this afternoon in the East Coast Demerara community of Vigilance and several other fires were reported in the community after the Police reportedly carried out a search of a house and arrested two relatives of US sanctioned villager, Mark Cromwell aka “Demon”. Cromwell […]
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