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Lewis calls on citizens to hold government more accountable and demand a place in decision making

The Guyana Trades Union Congress, (GTUC) is urging citizens to hold the government accountable and demand a place at the decision-making table. In a Labour Day Statement, GTUC’s General Secretary, Lincoln Lewis said the Labour movement is dissatisfied that citizens continue to be deprived of benefits of the country’s resources and urges citizens to “reorganize […]

Durban Street woman stabbed to death by jilted lover

Screams of despair filled the air this evening along Durban Street as a young mother of two was brutally stabbed to death by her lover. The dead woman has been identified as 32-year-old Nicola Wilson. Eyewitnesses said the woman and her lover, who has been identified only as “Lawrence”, were having an argument moments after […]

177 New COVID-19 cases recorded in 24hrs

For the third day this week, Guyana recorded more than 100 new cases of Coronavirus within a 24-hour period. The Ministry of Health reported this afternoon that 177 new cases of the virus were recorded in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of active cases in the country to more than 1700. Another […]

Murdered Linden woman was shot as boyfriend cleaned gun; Victim’s teenage sister led Police to shallow grave

The Guyana Police this morning revealed that it was the 15-year-old sister of the missing Linden woman who led investigators to the buried body after explaining to them how her sister was killed. According to the Police, the sister of the dead woman Shonnette Dover, during an on-camera interview in the presence of social workers, […]

COVID Death toll for April reaches 62

The death of two women today from Coronavirus pushed the death toll for the month of April to 62. The overall death toll now stands at 295. 143 new cases of the virus were recorded today pushing the number of active cases in the country to 1685. The majority of the persons are in home […]

$100,000 fine for man found guilty of bigamy

A Soesdyke man was today found guilty of bigamy and fined $100,000. If he fails to pay the fine, he will face 12 months in jail. The 35-year-old man, Michael Taylor, was charged for marrying one woman last year, while he was still married to another woman. It was in May last year that the […]