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Friday, May 17, 2024

UPDATE: Lusignan man dies at hospital after being taken from Sparendaam lock-ups in unconscious...

A Lusignan, East Coast Demerara (ECD) man, who was arrested in an intoxicated state and taken to the Sparendaam Police Station lock-ups two Mondays...

Mother of 3 fighting for life after being stabbed 7 times by ex-husband

A woman was stabbed about her body on Tuesday morning by her ex-husband whom she had been separated from for a number of months. The...

US court orders stay on Bisram’s extradition while matter being appealed

A New York Court has allowed Marcus Bisram, implicated in the murder of a Guyanese carpenter to appeal his extradition to Guyana. The Court reportedly...

Death of 3 children: Amidst concerns of GPHC investigating itself, PAHO to assist

...as calls mount for external, independent investigation into tragedies While the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has promised to conduct its own investigation into the...

Corentyne businessman robbed by armed bandits in fifth encounter

...2 in custody  A Corentyne businessman was shot at Sunday morning when two men broke into his Clifton Village home and carried away cash and...

Security to be heightened at Nations as shot Director sets record straight

In light of several varying articles being published regarding the shooting incident targeting Director of Nations University, Dr Brian O’Toole, the compassionate educator on...

Autopsy on Mae’s student lists cause of death as undetermined

The autopsy conducted on the sixth form student attached to Mae’s Secondary School who died while receiving medical attention at a private city hospital...

Teen busted with unlicenced firearm heading to court- Police

18-year-old Akelo Nurse of Independence Boulevard was on Saturday around 21:15h busted with an unlicenced pistol with no rounds. According to the police, ranks were...

Diamond resident busted at Stabroek Market with counterfeit $5000 notes

An intelligence-led operation on Saturday resulted in the apprehension of Alston Pires, 23, of Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara, at the Stabroek Market...

O’Toole “stable, well” following shooting, Nations closed for today

School of the Nations Principal, Dr Brian O’Toole was shot on Sunday night at his home. He was reportedly shot twice in the arm near...

Recent Articles

Lusignan prison escapee spotted in Parika, GPS offers reward for his arrest

Days after Jose Awad escaped from the Lusignan Prison, East Coast Demerara, he was reportedly spotted in the vicinity of Parika, East Bank Essequibo. ...

QC teacher sent on leave after allegedly beating students

An investigation has been launched into the beating of some 10 students of Queens College. According to reports, the incident occurred around 10:15h on Thursday...

Essequibo shopkeeper busted with cocaine, ganja

A 47-year-old shopkeeper of Dartmouth Village Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) was on Wednesday taken into custody following the discovery of a quantity of...

Guyanese among 2 killed in Upstate NY head-on collision

A Guyanese woman was among two killed in a head-on crash in White Creek, upstate New York. Dead are 39-year-old Shumeka Burgan-Mentor formerly of Timehri,...

Taxi driver busted with 22kg ganja gets 4 years, fined $19.8M

Fifty-three-year-old Eusi Wilson, a taxi driver who was interception with 22 kilograms of cannabis in his motorcar on April 21, 2024, along High Street,...

2-year-old-old among 3 injured after lorry crashes into concrete bridge

A two-year-old was among three persons injured after the motor lorry in which they were travelling crashed into a concrete bridge along the Glasgow...

8 illegal structures halt major infrastructural works in Linden – CH&PA

The Chief Executive Officer of the Central Housing and Planning Authority, Sherwyn Greaves, on Wednesday morning, went with a team on a fact-finding mission...

T&T Govt denies blocking importation of milk from Guyana

claims importer returned goods to DDL   The Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ministry had very strong words for Trinidad and Tobago’s (T&T) decision to...

Conciliation talks: Govt rejects GTU’s 20% across-the-board increase ultimatum

…says demand shocked Ministry, unreasonable The sudden ultimatum by the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) to demand that the Government pay all teachers a 20 per...

Fmr. PNC General Secretary, Oscar Clarke passes

Former General Secretary (GS) of the People's National Congress (PNC) reportedly died on Wednesday after complaining of feeling unwell. He died at a private...