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A 28-year-old miner from Bartica in Region Seven, was found dead on Sunday afternoon in the Quartzstone Backdam, Cuyuni River. Police have identified the dead miner as Oniel Richardson. According to a statement, the self-employed miner worked in the area and would operate a metal detector as part of his search for gold. On Sunday, […]
Police investigators in Georgetown are probing the death of Nakema Dimitri Deonauth, whose lifeless body was found this morning in his apartment at the corner of Regent and Cummings Street. The investigators believe he was murdered. The dead man was the son of the owners of the popular Nesha’s Flowerland store. His father, Raj Deonauth, […]
-by Svetlana Marshall- Local Government Elections got off to an extremely slow start this morning with voters trickling in at their polling stations across the country. However, many of the country’s political leaders were among some of the early voters in line to cast their ballots in their communiities. President Irfaan Ali and his wife, […]
The Guyana Police Force has issued wanted bulletins for two men for the murder of GDF Lieutenant Coast Guard, Rondell Douglas. Douglas was shot dead last Wednesday night in North Ruimveldt as he worked as a late night taxi driver. The two men who are wanted for his shooting death have been identified as Jamie […]
A row between two soldiers escalated early this morning when one of them armed himself with a service weapon and shot his colleague dead. The dead soldier has been identified as Private Tevon Daymon. His assailant has been identified as Private Brian Morrison. The incident took place at GDF Camp Stephenson at Timehri just after […]
-by Svetlana Marshall- One week after members of the Disciplined Services went to the local government polls ahead of the rest of the country, the Guyana Elections Commission has revealed that 47% of the more than 9,000 registered Disciplined Services members, cast their ballots. At a press conference today, the Deputy Chief Elections Officer, Aneal […]
The Guyana elections Commission has warned that the use of cameras and cell phones in voting stations is strictly prohibited. The Commission published a notice in the local media today, warning against persons using camera or their phones to snap photographs while in the voting booths. GECOM explained that pursuant to the provisions of Section […]
A threat of Court action did not stop the Guyana Prison Service from moving ahead with the cremation of the remains of prison escapee and convicted murderer Royden Williams aka “Smallie”. Two days after a post-mortem examination that was not witnessed by relatives, revealed that Williams died from multiple gunshot wounds, he was cremated following […]
The Guyana Elections Commission today admitted that an error in the procurement order for elections materials for at least two Local Authority Areas, resulted in a shortage of material and forced the electoral body to produce the needed documents locally. The Chairman of the Elections Commission, retired Justice Claudette Singh said despite that issue, GECOM […]
Chairman of the APNU, Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton has urged supporters of the APNU to not be complacent with the upcoming local elections. He called on the party’s supporters to show up and cast their ballots for the party and its candidates at Monday’s elections. During a public meeting on the East Coast last evening, […]
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