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Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton today called on the Guyana Police Force to stop the indiscriminate firing of pellets and bullets into crowds. The call by the Leader of the Opposition comes in wake of the use of pellets and teargas to clear the East Coast of protesters on Tuesday night. During the Police operation, a […]
Guyana and China are celebrating 50 years of diplomatic relations and with Guyana eyeing more infrastructural development in the coming years as it becomes a major player in oil and gas, the Chinese Ambassador to Guyana believes, the country now sits as a hotbed for investment. During a reception to mark the golden anniversary of […]
One day after she was last seen alive by relatives, the lifeless body of 29-year-old Canje, Berbice resident, Donalesa Park was found dumped at the side of the roadway in Corentyne. According to a Police report, the body was found wrapped in plastic. Family members have been left confused and shocked by the murder. The […]
Taxi driver, Thurston Semple, who was recently found guilty of physically assaulting and raping a woman who was a sex worker, will be spending the next 15 years in jail for the crime. High Court Judge Priya Beharry handed down the sentence today after the jury found the man guilty of all the charges related […]
Sixteen men were today charged for allegedly participating in riotous behaviour. The sixteen men appeared at the Cove and John Magistrates’ Court this morning. Fifteen of the sixteen men pleaded not guilty to the charge and were granted bail in the sum of $15,000. The sixteenth man, Andrew Sumner pleaded guilty and was fined $20,000. […]
A La Penitence mother of five lost her life this afternoon in an accident on Mandela Avenue involving a motorcycle and a Mercedes Benz SUV belonging to the prominent Mohamed business family. The dead woman has been identified as Odessa Sam of Middle Walk, La Penitence. She was the pillion rider on a motorcycle being […]
A Golden Grove man who is a known psychiatric patient was last evening arrested in connection with threats that he made against the life of the President while participating in yesterday’s protests along the East Coast of Demerara. In a statement this afternoon, the Guyana Police Force announced the arrest of 35-year-old Marvin Richmond. The […]
Two months after the bodies of close friends Richie Hansraj and Justin Teixeira were found in a car in the Marriott parking lot, a toxicology investigation found that the two men died from cyanide poisoning. In a brief statement today, the Guyana Police Force said the findings also revealed that the two men had a […]
Guyana and Brazil will be stepping up cooperation to fight transnational organized crimes. Earlier this week, the two countries signed an agreement for Inter-institutional cooperation. Guyana’s Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn signed the agreement on behalf of the Government of Guyana. In addition to providing for increased cooperation to combat transnational organized crime, it […]
Eccles resident Andrew Morgan was this morning charged and remanded to jail over the alleged possession of more than seven pounds of cocaine. Morgan appeared at the Diamond Magistrates’ Court and pleaded not guilty to the cocaine trafficking charge. The Prosecutor’s case is that he was found with a large quantity of cocaine for the […]
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