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Herstelling family attacked, robbed by gunmen

A family of four, including a differently-abled child, was badly beaten and terrorised after three armed bandits invaded their Herstelling, East Bank Demerara (EBD)...

Businesses along ECD urged to install CCTV cameras to mitigate crime

In an attempt to reduce and mitigate criminal activities in his division, Regional Commander of Police Division 4C, Superintendent Khali Pareshram urged members of...

Father of 11 killed by speeding car

A pedal cyclist is now dead after he was struck down and killed by a motorcar on the Golden Fleece Public Road, Essequibo Coast,...

Teen survives after car crashes, bursts into flames  

A teenager is now battling for his life, while his body remains covered in burns and two of his close friends have been burnt...

Young driver gets $275K bail for Mahaica fatal accident

A 21-year-old driver was today granted bail in the sum of $275,000 for the fatal accident which resulted in the demise of 44-year-old female...

Linden Double Murder: Killer granted leave to appeal convictions

Abdul Budhoo, who is challenging a 62 years’ jail sentence imposed on him for the 2012 killings of two brothers, was on Monday granted...

Labourer jailed for stealing from vendor

A labourer was Friday sentenced to one year in jail for stealing from a vendor on June 17, 2019. Devon Williams of Industry, East Coast...

Medical student robbed at gunpoint of car, phone & cash

A 47-year-old medical student was during the wee hours of today robbed at gunpoint of his car and cellphone in the vicinity of Ascension...

East Coast businessman wanted in connection with Belgium cocaine bust

The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) has issued a wanted bulletin for businessman Marlon Primo in connection with the massive drug bust in Belgium on...

Bandits shoot, rob Independence Blvd guard  

A 60-year-old security guard of Independence Boulevard, East La Penitence, was this morning (July 6, 2019) robbed and shot in front of his home,...

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...