By News Source Guyana on May 21, 2019
Crime, News
Police investigators are probing the shooting death of wanted man, Colin Hooper, in East La Penitence last evening. According to the Police, Hooper was wanted for questioning in connection with the murder of money changer, Prince Alleyne. Alleyne was shot dead back in April just after parking his car in front of the Ashmin’s building. […]
By News Source Guyana on May 20, 2019
News, Politics
Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence, has been elected to the Executive Board of the global World Health Organisation (WHO). In a statement, the Ministry of Public Health said the election of Ms. Lawrence will give Guyana a voice in helping to shape global health policies. The WHO Executive Board has oversight responsibility for implementing […]
By News Source Guyana on May 20, 2019
Crime, News
Two days after the remains of murdered mother of five, Zaila Sugrim, were laid to rest, her ex-husband appeared in Court to face the murder charge. Thirty-eight year old Ryan Sugrim appeared before Magistrate Zameena Ally-Seepaul, at the Leonora Magistrate Court today and was not required to enter a plea to the indictable murder charge. […]
By News Source Guyana on May 20, 2019
Crime, News, Politics
The Ministry of Education has announced that Police investigators are probing an incident that took place at the Corentyne Comprehensive School that has left two students ill. According to reports, two students were taken to the hospital and treated after drinking water that had been laced with some other substance by some of their classmates. […]
By News Source Guyana on May 20, 2019
Crime, News
Two of the three bandits shot dead by Police yesterday in Black Bush Polder Berbice have been identified, while investigators are seeking the public’s assistance in the identification of the third. The names of the two who have been identified have been given as Kelvin Shivgobin and Nesham Jagmohan. Shivgobin was wanted for the Old […]
By News Source Guyana on May 19, 2019
Crime, News
Three suspected bandits, including one who was wanted for murder, were shot dead by Police this afternoon in the Black Push Polder community in Berbice. One of the dead bandits has been identified as Kelvin Shivgobin, who was wanted for the Old Year’s Night murder of two brothers in the Berbice area during a robbery. […]
By News Source Guyana on May 19, 2019
Crime, News
Police on the West Bank of Demerara have launched an investigation into the shocking death of female taxi driver, Indira Bipat. The body of the 47-year-old woman was found dumped in a clump of bushes in the Lust-En-Rust area, West Bank Demerara. Investigators were called to the scene early on Sunday morning following the discovery […]
By News Source Guyana on May 17, 2019
Elections, News, Politics
Opposition Leader and Former President, Bharrat Jagdeo, who remains under scrutiny for his purchase of seaside state property at a cost far below its value while he served President, has launched a Facebook page to fight corruption in Government. At his weekly press conference on Thursday, Mr. Jagdeo, who has in the past admitted that […]
By News Source Guyana on May 17, 2019
Crime, News
Hours after the Guyana Police Force issued a wanted bulletin for 23-year-old Kevin Wilkinson, the man was found close to where he lived. The bulletin was issued after Wilkinson escaped from an East Coast Demerara Police station on Thursday morning. He was held as part of the investigations into the offences of rape and robbery […]
By News Source Guyana on May 16, 2019
News
The Government today announced that it has given approval for 300 senior teachers from across the country to be granted duty- free concessions. At the post-cabinet press briefing today, Director General of the Ministry of the Presidency, Joe Harmon, announced that the beneficiaries will be Headteachers and their Deputies of Grade A and B schools, […]