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Friday, March 29, 2024

“My mother was everything for us” – family demands justice over murder of Essequibo...

Fifty-two-year-old Indira Lall of Affiance, Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) died on Monday night and a postmortem conducted on her body gave the cause...

Trio robbed of car, US currency shortly after arrival in Guyana

– Shortly after their touchdown in Guyana at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, a visiting trio was robbed of their car, US$8,000, two...

Gunmen on bicycles intercept, rob bakery truck

by Ramona Luthi Even as the Police are making stringent efforts to tackle crime and continue to report that serious crimes are down by 17...

8-year-old mysteriously shot in leg

Investigators in New Amsterdam, Berbice, are trying to ascertain how an eight-year-old girl was shot on Friday afternoon in her leg. Reports are that the...

Plane with cocaine crash-lands at Orealla

A cocaine-laden plane has crash landed at Orealla, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne). INews understands that two Brazilian nationals were onboard the aircraft when it landed...

12 Brazilians remanded to prison for entering Guyana illegally

The 12 Brazilian nationals who were arrested along the Rockstone Trail in Region Ten (Upper Demerara-Berbice) have been remanded to prison for illegally entering...

Husband arrested for wife’s murder; statement riddled with inconsistencies

By Leroy Smith - Deoram Sookchand, who is the husband of murdered cash crop farmer, Pamela Kendall has found his self in the hot...

Police intensify search for gunman who shot Kuru Kururu teen

By Kristen Macklingam Police have intensified the search for a man who allegedly shot 18-year-old Kevin Batson during an argument which they had over a...

Woman gets 9 months for assaulting inmate

A woman who is presently on remand for attempted murder was on Tuesday slapped with an eight-month sentence for assaulting an inmate while being...

Berbice labourer found dead in hammock

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 28-year-old man who was on Monday found dead in a hammock at his home...

Recent Articles

“Gunbutt” shot by armed men who took advantage of stepson

An investigation has been launched into a shooting incident involving 41-year-old Calvin Johnson, called “Gunbutt”, of East Ruimveldt Trench Road in Georgetown. That incident reportedly...

Man chops reputed wife after threatened with eviction

Overseas-based Guyanese Deomattie Rampersaud of Highbury Village, East Bank Berbice (Region Six: East Berbice-Corentyne) is now a patient of the New Amsterdam Hospital after...

18 areas earmarked for new housing developments

The government has revealed a comprehensive strategy aimed at further reducing the backlog of house lots within the Ministry of Housing and Water’s database. Minister...

Legal icon Justice (rtd.) Désirée Bernard dies

Former Chancellor of the Judiciary of Guyana Justice Désirée Bernard has died. Justice Bernard’s biography is chronicled on the CCJ’s website. It states that she...

Traffic Advisory for Easter Monday

Traffic Advisory from the Guyana Police Force: Be informed that in on Monday 1st April, 2024 Easter activities will be celebrated country wide with an...

UK donates drone to GMCS for mangrove monitoring

A group of young indigenous girls and boys are being trained to champion conservation efforts in the Barima Mora Passage. They are being trained...

Counselling, other support for families of girls that died in Massara

The government has pledged to provide counselling and other support that may be necessary to the families of the three young girls who lost...

Current dry spell to persist until end of April, desist from lighting fires –...

Public Advisory from the Ministry of Home Affairs:  In recent developments, there has been a significant decrease in visibility attributed to a combination of ground...

Death of GDF rank: Truck driver says highway was dark, soldiers were not wearing...

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:  Police are investigating a fatal accident which occurred at about 21:00 hrs last night (Wednesday) at Madewini,...

Texas-based Lindsayca to work on petrochemical plant, refinery & oil block in Guyana

Texas-based oil and gas firm Lindsayca has revealed that it will be doing critical work on three major local initiatives: a petrochemical plant, as...