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Brazilian restaurant owner found dead in Regent St. restaurant

53-year-old Brazilian restaurant owner Beto Coutinho was found dead this afternoon at his Regent Street restaurant. The man’s body was found hanging in the living quarters of his restaurant. The gruesome discovery was made by relatives and friends this afternoon after they became concerned that he had not been seen all day and his business […]

Rainy conditions to continue during July -Hydromet Office

Following the more than usual rainfall that drenched Guyana over the past two months, the National Hydromet Service is warning that the umbrellas should not be put away just yet. The Hydromet Service today announced that most of Guyana will experience rainy conditions throughout the month of July with the dry and sunny weather returning […]

Relative of murdered Henry boys among 4 charged for murder of Haresh Singh

Nine months after the brutal killing of Berbice teenager Haresh Singh in the #3 village backdam, four men were today charged and remanded to jail for the youth’s murder. The four men, 29-year-old Philip Anderson, 27-year-old Joel Gittens, 27-year-old Gladston Henry and 21-year-old Charles Scott appeared before Magistrate Peter Hugh at the Fort Wellington Magistrates’ […]

Norton Street man remanded for murder of brother

With tears flowing down his face, Norton Street, Georgetown resident Quincy Chase was this morning remanded to jail for the murder of his younger brother, Paul Chase. In Court, the 27-year-old man was not required to enter a plea to the indictable charge, which stated that on the 25th June at the Cummings Street home […]

Police Service Commission members will disregard President’s “unlawful” suspension -PSC Attorney

The Attorney for the Police Service Commission Selwyn Pieters has written to President Irfaan Ali, indicating to him that the Commissioners will continue to discharge their function since his decision to suspend them is unlawful and illegal. In a letter sent today to the President, the attorney reminded that in his earlier show-cause notice, he […]

Government will ignore list of Police promotions -AG Nandlall

Within an hour after the Chief Justice threw out a challenge to the Police promotions list and the Police Service Commission issued its full list of promotions, the Irfaan Ali government rejected the promotions by the Police Service Commission, indicating that the list will be ignored. In a statement, the Attorney General said the issuance […]