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As crime spirals out of control, more cops deployed to Berbice

More Police officers will soon be deployed to Berbice to assist in the fight against crime in that county, where scores of residents are...

No leads in brothers’ murder at Father’s Beach

More than two months have elapsed since the bullet-riddled bodies of two brothers who left their home to fish were discovered at Father’s Beach,...

Guns, ammo, narcotics found during police raid; several arrested

By Leroy Smith - Ranks from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Georgetown took two men in custody on Friday, February 06 after they...

Taxi driver shot by bandits – at Cumberland

A Berbice taxi driver is now a patient at the New Amsterdam Hospital nursing a gunshot wound to the leg after he was attacked...

Essequibo residents vent frustration with Police to PCA Chairman

- Several Essequibo residents have made complaints against the Police in ‘G’ Division to Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) Cecil Kennard...

4 arrested over discovery of illegal gun, ammo

Four persons have been taken into police custody following the discovery of an unlicensed gun with six live matching rounds. Ranks of a mobile patrol,...

Hydromet Office issues high wind alert

The Ministry of Agriculture’s Hydrometeorological Service has issued a high wind alert, which remains in effect until February 18, 2021. The Civil Defence Commission has...

Kabul blast kills 80

(CNN) The death toll in Saturday's bombing in Kabul has risen to 80, according to the Afghan Interior Ministry. Three suicide attackers carried out...

Brooklyn man who murdered a 16-year-old Guyanese girl gets 41 years jail

Brooklyn District Attorney (DA) Eric Gonzalez announced today that a 26-year-old East Flatbush man was sentenced to 41 years in prison for the 2016...

Boat captain arrested with over 2kg cocaine at Bartica Stelling

Police ranks who were at the time performing duty at the Bartica Stelling contacted a boat captain who was at the time an inbound...

Recent Articles

Region Three Business Chamber makes “impactful connections” at int’l conference in Brazil

See the below statement from the Region Three Chamber of Commerce and Industry on its recent attendance at the International Roraima-CARICOM Business Meeting held...

Motorcyclist dies after colliding with tree on Tapakuma Trail, Reg. Two

A young motorcyclist was killed in the wee hours of today after he collided with a tree on the Tapakuma Trail in Region Two...

Decomposed body of male washes up at Hope Beach

The decomposed body of a male was washed up at the Hope Beach on the East Coast of Demerara. This discovery was made at about 11:30h...

Cevon’s driver shot by bandits during robbery at South Rimveldt office

A driver attached to Cevon Waste Management is now hospitalised after he was shot during a robbery at the company's Aubrey Barker Road, South...

Police suspect vessel in Port Kaituma was used for drug trafficking, transshipment – Benn

More than one week after a semi-submersible vessel was found along a river at Port Kaituma in Region One (Barima-Waini), Home Affairs Minister Robeson...

5 new chickenpox cases recorded at Lusignan Prison

In the past week, the Health Ministry recorded a total of five new chickenpox cases at the Lusignan Prison, East Coast Demerara (ECD). This was...

No seawall vendor has been dislocated – Min Edghill assures

No vendor operating at the Georgetown Seawall has been dislocated, according to Public Works Minister Juan Edghill as he responded to a statement issued...

Guyanese American Chamber of Commerce “gravely concerned” over boycott threats against Guyanese businesses

Condemnation continues to increase against the recent antics of the Caribbean Guyana Institute for Democracy (CGID), which attracted backlash after threatening to boycott any...

Region 9 produces first batch of Pharmacy and Nursing Assistants

History was made on Friday as the first batch of newly trained Nursing and Pharmacy Assistants graduated in Lethem, Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo)...

Significant boost for Region 9 district hospitals with new Ultrasound units

Ultrasound services will now be offered to residents of Annai, Karasabai, Aishalton and Sand Creek in Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo), eliminating the need...