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Three prisoners escape from Lusignan jail

A manhunt is underway for three prisoners who escaped from the Lusignan jail this morning. Acting Prison Director, Gladwin Samuels, confirmed to News Source that the escape took place early this morning around 4:30. One of the prisoners has been identified as murder accused, Travis Evans. The other two have been identified as Sudesh Dyal […]

Guyanese religious leader on the run after stabbing female pastor to death in Trinidad

(Trinidad Guardian)  A Long­denville pas­tor was al­leged­ly stabbed to death by an­oth­er pas­tor last night. The blood­shed evoked hor­ror among wor­ship­pers in the com­mu­ni­ty of Gill Trace, La­m­ont Street, Long­denville, where the de­ceased Al­isa Ali lived and wor­shipped. In­ves­ti­ga­tors said Ali, 42, op­er­at­ed a church next to her home. Last night at around 10.30, Ali […]

New Mackenzie Police Station Commissioned

A new $117M two-storey Police Station at Mackenzie, Linden has been commissioned. It will also serve as the headquarters of ‘E’ Division, Upper Demerara-Upper Berbice. The commissioning took place on Friday and according to the Department of Public Information, it comes at a time when there is a change of Command in the Police Division. […]

Food and Drug Analyst Department warns against fake expiration dates

The Government Analyst –Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) is advising consumers to pay closer attention to the expiry date on products sold at local market places. However, the Department has sounded the alarm on those markets and supermarkets along the East Coast, East Bank, and West Coast Demerara areas. In a statement today, the Department […]