By News Source Guyana on April 6, 2021
News, Politics
24-year-old Mark Anthony Henry was today charged and remanded to jail for the murder of pensioner Sooroojdeo Deochand of West Berbice. Henry was not required to enter a plea to the indictable murder charge. The murder accused is the brother of Joel Henry who was one of the Berbice teen cousins found brutally murdered last […]
By News Source Guyana on April 6, 2021
Crime, News
The Guyana Police Force this morning issued a wanted bulletin for 40-year-old manslaughter convict, Rondell Bacchus aka “Killa”. According to the Police, he is wanted for questioning in connection with the gunning down killing of Ricardo Fagundes aka “Paper Shorts”. Fagundes was shot to death by two gunmen outside the Palm Court nightspot two weeks […]
By News Source Guyana on April 6, 2021
Crime, News
The family of a 21-year-old Linden woman is seeking the public’s help in locating her. The young woman, Shonette Dover was last seen on Saturday evening by her boyfriend who told relatives that she left the home they shared for work. The woman’s workplace has since told the family that the last time she was […]
By News Source Guyana on April 6, 2021
Crime, News
Police investigators are probing the murder of 23-year-old Roy Ross of Swan on the Soesdyke Linden Highway. The man’s body was discovered in his house with multiple stab wounds early yesterday morning. He was last seen alive on Sunday night. The discovery was made by a workmate who lives in the same area. After noticing […]
By News Source Guyana on April 6, 2021
Crime, News
Hours after the body of a man was discovered between rocks on the western side of the Demerara river at Belleview, family members of a 19-year-old missing youth have identified the body as that of Joel Skeete. The youth had been reported missing last Wednesday after he never returned home from an evening trip to […]
By News Source Guyana on April 6, 2021
News, Politics
Four more persons died from Coronavirus on Monday taking the total number of recorded deaths in Guyana to 247. Fourteen of those deaths occurred with the past five days. In a statement, the Ministry of Health reported that all of the latest deaths took place in a medical institution while the persons were under care […]
By News Source Guyana on April 4, 2021
News, Politics
Members of the joint services arrested 46 persons late on Saturday night and early on Sunday morning for breaching the COVID-19 curfew order. Just before midnight, the Joint Services swooped down on a number of nightspots that were still operating beyond 9:30pm. While the curfew begins at 10:30pm, bars and restaurants are expected to close […]
By News Source Guyana on April 4, 2021
News
The Coronavirus death toll in Guyana jumped to 241 on Sunday with the passing of two more persons. Of the 241 persons who have died from the virus since the first case was recorded locally a year ago, 151 were men and that number represents 62.7% of COVID related deaths in Guyana, according to Ministry […]
By News Source Guyana on April 3, 2021
Crime, News
Georgetown businessman and sports enthusiast Colin Ming passed away on Friday after sustaining several serious injuries in an accident with an ambulance. The accident occurred on Thursday at the intersection of Thomas Road and the JB Singh Road near the GDF headquarters. Ming was the CEO and a Director of Mings Mines Products and Services […]
By News Source Guyana on April 3, 2021
News, Politics
The Ministry of Health has issued a warning to citizens to guard themselves against the current surge in new COVID-19 cases by following the national guidelines and avoiding large gatherings. In the past two days, Guyana has recorded almost 200 new cases of coronavirus. The month of March saw the highest number of new infections […]