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A 19-year-old man is wanted for the shooting death of another man and injury to a two-month-old baby girl at Graham’s Hall, East Coast Demerara, the Guyana Police Force said. Police were told that the wanted man, whose identity was not released by police, was told moments before the gunshot by the now deceased man, 29-year-old Anthony “One Natty” Haynes ...

The New Amsterdam branch of R. Sookraj and Sons General Store has been ransacked and more than GY$400,000 worth of items have been stolen, police said Wednesday. “The businessman made checks in his store and observed that his office was ransacked and a number of items including cigarettes, Digicel credit cards, and electronic items valued over $400,000 were missing,” the ...

A man died late Tuesday night in a “massive” fire that destroyed two houses at Port Mourant, Corentyne, Berbice, the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) said. Forty-three-year-old Tookant Deoarran perished in the blaze that started at the house he was living in at Manager’s Quarters. The house was owned by 43-year-old Asti Deoaarran, the GFS said. A nearby two-storey wooden and ...

President Irfaan Ali on Tuesday announced that Ms Sonia Parag has been shifted from the Public Service Ministry to replace Mr Nigel Dharamlall who resigned last year amid sexual misconduct allegations. Dr Ali said Ms Parag, an Attorney-at-Law by profession, would join Junior Local Government Minister Anand Persaud in executing government’s agenda through the Neighbourhood, Regional and Municipal Councils across ...

A man, who allegedly attempted to smuggle marijuana into the Camp Street Prison by concealing the narcotic in a bowl of soup for an inmate, was arrested on New Year’s Day at that penitentiary, the Guyana Prison Service (GPS) said Tuesday. “While the items were being checked at the self-support area, prison staff discovered the leaves, seeds and stems suspected ...

A fire at La Grange , West Bank Demerara on New Year’s Day 2024 destroyed a house and left nine persons homeless, the Guyana Fire Service said Tuesday. “The fire reportedly started after a child was left unattended while playing with a lighter on a chair. The lighter sparked, resulting in naked flames that fell onto the chair, ignited, and ...

The more than GY$1 billion restoration of City Hall has been pushed back a second time, and the project is now expected to be finished around mid-2024 because workers have found more deteriorated parts of the colonial wooden structure, City Mayor Alfred Mentore said Monday. “They gave us a commitment when the job will be completed which is May or ...

Trinidad and Tobago’s former Prime Minister Basdeo Panday died on Monday, and already the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is mourning the loss of 0ne 0f the Caribbean’s foremost politicians. He was 90 years old. Panday, who celebrated his 90th birthday on May 25, was Trinidad and Tobago’s fifth prime minister, serving from 1995-2001. He was the founder and leader of ...

An Assistant at the Lands and Surveys Commission was shot dead and another man was seriously by bandits who invaded a wedding house at Canal Number 2 Polder, West Bank Demerara late Old Year’s Night 2023. Investigators said 40-year-old Natram ‘Vishal’ Persaud, an Assistant at the Lands and Survey Department and of Lot 43 Stanleytown, West Bank Demerara was shot ...

Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on Monday-New Year’s Day 2024- said the serving of summonses to New York-based Guyanese opposition activist, Rickford Burke, is a sign of the further deterioration of human rights by the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC)-led administration. “Its assault on our freedoms of expression and association reached even more dangerous heights, as the recent court summons served ...