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WBD family beaten, robbed by bandits armed with guns, cutlasses

Five men, armed with guns and cutlasses, on Sunday night invaded the Recht-Door-Zee, West Bank Demerara (WBD) home of a family where they assaulted...

New lawyer aspires to be admitted to the Bar in several Caribbean jurisdictions

“My legal education is not complete; I aspire to become a Judge and to be admitted to the Bar in several Caribbean jurisdictions. As...

Motorcyclist dies in Airy Hall accident

  A 44-year-old woman was yesterday afternoon killed in an accident along the Airy Hall Public Road, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara (ECD). Dead is Petal Payne...

Parika man stabbed, chopped, beaten to death

  Trevor Allen of Parika Facade, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) was last evening stabbed, chopped and beaten to death by four men who remain at...

Motorcyclist killed in Mahaicony accident

A 23-year-old man was on Sunday killed in an accident after he lost control of the motorcycle he was riding and plunged into a...

Detective refuses to take breathalyzer test after killing pedestrian in WCB accident

  A 36-year-old Detective Police Constable attached to the Fort Wellington Police Station has been taken into custody after the vehicle he was driving struck...

Family cries for justice after young mother, newborn die at NA Hospital

A newborn baby and her mother died hours apart at the New Amsterdam Hospital. Dead is Devi Samaroo, 24, of Bloomfield, Corentyne, Region Six (East...

Venezuelan man stabbed to death during row at Ruby Backdam

Police are investigating the fatal stabbing of a Venezuelan man during a row over two females. Dead is 24-year-old Tony Birza Birza, called “Bush”. The incident...

7 more die from COVID; 73 new cases

The Ministry of Health (MOH) has reported that seven more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died. This now takes the...

President Ali arrives in Scotland for COP26

President Dr Irfaan Ali, after departing Guyana on Saturday, arrived in Glasgow, Scotland this morning for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change...

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CXC delegation in Guyana to conduct the NGSA marking process

Dr. Nicole Manning from the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) paid a courtesy visit to the office of Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand. Present at the...

ExxonMobil, Ramps Logistics charged with submitting false declarations to GRA

Business Development Manager at Ramps Logistics, Mariska Jordan, and Steve Gentry from ExxonMobil (Guyana) were on Friday charged with allegedly inflating an invoice submitted...

Minister Bharrat represents Guyana at 19th UN Forest Forum

Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat M.P., this week represented Guyana at the United Nations’ Forests Forum, which took place at the UN’s Headquarters...

Rotary Club of Georgetown to upgrade Uncle Eddie’s Home

In recognition of the 50th Anniversary of Uncle Eddie’s Home, the Rotary Club of Georgetown Central recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)...

Berbice man nabbed in Suriname remanded for attempted murder

Sasenarine Sankar, called ‘Barber’ or ‘Wire’, the 47-year-old man who had been wanted for attempted murder committed on Sandy Persaud, has been remanded to...

Govt wants hinterland communities to be self-sufficient, supply food to mining districts

In his first trip to Batavia, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) since Amerindian Heritage celebrations in September 2023, President Dr Irfaan Ali laid out his vision...

Conversation Tree Road project likely to be completed by S Jagmohan Construction – Edghill

Work on the incomplete section of the Conversation Tree-to-Dennis Street Road Expansion Project could be executed by the contractor who completed the first section...

Govt housing heavily subsidised – Croal rejects Opposition’s motion to review costs

  Opposition Member of Parliament (MP) Annette Ferguson on Thursday night presented a motion calling for the establishment of special select committee to review charges...

‘Our Congress was funded entirely by party funds, not State money’ – Jagdeo

  General Secretary of the Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) Dr Bharrat Jagdeo has refuted claims that the party’s 32nd Congress was funded by taxpayers’ money....

Opposition’s motion to remove autonomy of Local Govt Commission voted down

The government on Thursday voted down Opposition-proposed amendments to the Local Government Commission Act to remove its autonomy in the hiring of staff for...