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Four suspects in murder of teen cousins granted station bail

Four of the suspects who were arrested earlier this week in connection with the gruesome murder of teen cousins, Joel and Isaiah Henry have been released on station bail, according to the Guyana Police Force. In a statement last evening, the Police Force would only say that the four were released after the 72-hour period […]

Two remanded to jail for caught on camera murder in Corentyne

One day after the DPP advised murder charges, the Guyana Police Force charged two Corentyne men for the stabbing murder of 27-year-old, Orlando Jonas. The murder was caught on camera. The man was attacked while making his way home on the afternoon of September 5, when he was approached by the two accused, 25-year-old Sampson […]

Guyana records 49th COVID-19 related death and 47 new cases

Guyana has recorded 47 additional COVID-19 cases and one more death. The total number of deaths now stands at 49. According to the Ministry of Health, the latest fatality is a 65-year-old man from Region Four. He passed away in the hospital. There are now 14 persons in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit. The total […]

Opposition Leader calls out President on false rape claims

Opposition Leader Joe Harmon on Thursday said President Irfaan Ali’s statement in an address to the nation that children were being raped at the West Berbice protests are false and were meant to stir and incite hate. In his address to the nation on Wednesday, the President claimed that persons including children had been raped […]

BUDGET: $38.9 Billion allocated to Security sector for development and modernisation

With a plan to be tough on crime and to modernize the country’s crime-fighting capabilities, the Government is allocating $38.9 Billion in the budget to aid the security sector. In the budget presentation, Public Works Minister, Bishop Juan Edghill said additional resources will be deployed to improve investigative and forensic capabilities and provide equipment, facilities […]

PPP government fires Walton-Desir as General Counsel at GCAA after her swearing-in as APNU+AFC MP

With no reason given, the recently elected PPP Civic administration has terminated the services of the General Counsel at the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority, Amanza Walton-Desir. Walton-Desir received her termination letter last Thursday, two days after she took the oath as a Member of Parliament for the APNU+AFC. The Attorney was actually hired at the […]

Violence not part of the solution in pursuit of justice -APNU+AFC

While boycotting yesterday’s budget presentation, Opposition Leader Joe Harmon led a group of APNU+AFC Members of Parliament to the West Berbice area yesterday morning where they met with the family of the two cousins who were brutally murdered on Sunday. During a meeting with the mother of one of the young men, Mr. Harmon said […]

Supenaam woman knifed to death by ex-lover over phone call

Police investigators in the Essequibo Coast community of Golden Fleece have arrested a man over the stabbing death of his ex-girlfriend over a telephone call she received. 24-year-old, Supenaam resident, Lunisa Peters was attacked by the ex-boyfriend who was at her house late last night when she received a phone call from another man. The […]

Porknocker crushed to death by falling rocks in Konawaruk

A Mahaicony porknocker who was working in the Konawaruk Backdam at Whitewater Mountain was crushed to death on Wednesday by falling rocks. The dead miner has been identified as 59-year-old Donston John aka Rambo. According to a Police statement, John and a colleague were working along with two other punters when while working at the […]