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Five men were charged and remanded to prison today for the murder of 54-year-old Berbice resident, Bheem Evans. Evans was beaten, chopped and stuffed in a rice bag last Friday when he attempted to stop the men from attacking his son. The men were reportedly looking for the same Evans initially, accusing him of stealing […]
Acting Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Yonnette Cummings has revealed that over 3000 cases of gender-based violence have made their way to the Courts so far for this year. Describing the situation as a cause for concern, the Chancellor made a call for there to be a special department set up to deal specifically with […]
On the eve of the start of the campaign to vaccinate children between the ages of 5 to 11-years-old against COVID-19, the Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony has raised concern about a noticeable slowdown in the vaccination rate among children ages 12 to 17-years-old. At the start of the teenage vaccination campaign, thousands of […]
The recent call from civil society group Article 13 for the government to ban the exportation of logs and provide full disclosure on foreign companies working in Guyana’s forestry sector, has been cut down by the Guyana Forestry Commission which sees the call by the group as “emotional”. The group made the call following President […]
Opposition Leader Joe Harmon wants to see the Police come clean with the reality of the crime situation in the country. With the Police Force recently indicating that serious crimes in Guyana are at their lowest in 10 years, the Opposition Leader said the figures may be presenting a false narrative as the Government fails […]
Although new infections are being recorded daily at a rate of over 50 per day, Guyana continues to record a reduction in the overall number of positive COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations across the country and the vaccination campaign is being credited for the sharp decline. Last week the Minister of Health announced that Region Three […]
The race for the next Leader of the People’s National Congress is now in top gear as seven members of the party have been officially nominated for the position of Party Leader. In a statement today, the People’s National Congress announced the nominations of Aubrey Norton, Richard Van West Charles, Sharma Solomon, Volda Lawrence, Joe […]
There appears to be growing tension between the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the former Minister of Foreign Affairs over the local team of experts dealing with the border controversy case. The former Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge was retained by the PPP Civic government as an advisor on the matter following last year’s […]
With the government pushing ahead with its plans to build a new bridge over the Demerara River, the Region 4 Chairman, Daniel Seeram is calling for consultation to be held with the residents who are likely to be directly impacted by the construction of the bridge. The Regional Chairman has written to the Ministry of […]
A Police operation in the Berbice river community of Fort Nassau unearthed a large marijuana farm with more than 120,000 plants and 450 pounds of dried marijuana. The Police said the marijuana found was valued at more than $115 million. During the operation, the plants were discovered on the large farm with some of the […]
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