Last Updated on Monday, 17 June 2024, 17:43 by Writer A construction worker, who lives in Bartica, has confessed to stealing beverages and one music box from the Good News Fellowship Full Gospel Church located at Lot 35 Fourth Avenue, Bartica, police said. “CCTV video footage was also reviewed, and the suspect was seen leaving the church with the stolen ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 16 June 2024, 18:56 by Writer Police on Sunday said they tested the hands of a mother and father after their six-year-old girl was shot to her head while in her bed at Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara. “The hands of the victim’s father and mother were swabbed for gunshot residue. Several persons were questioned, but ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 16 June 2024, 18:50 by Writer A sales assistant, who is employed by a well-known business entity on Sunday remained in police custody after he allegedly lashed a vagrant to his head and killed him because he did not locate his brother who is a drug addict. The dead man has been identified as Munilad “Roach” ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 16 June 2024, 18:44 by Writer Guyanese police on Sunday said they were looking for a Venezuelan man who allegedly attempted to murder a Guyanese miner by burning him severely at a mining camp in Wenamu Backdam, Cuyuni River. The badly burnt man, whose condition was listed as stable, was identified as 32-year-old Valon Evans of ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 16 June 2024, 16:14 by Writer By Dr Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus You might think that Red Thread, with so many intellectuals on its roster, would write informed and reasoned commentary on the situation in Guyana. Once, again, however, instead of reason we get rant, and instead of constructive criticisms, we are subjected to a barrage ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 15 June 2024, 21:44 by Writer by GHK Lall “They have to keep these investigations very close-hold because they can be compromised by anyone and so we tend to not share a lot of information until the investigation reaches a certain stage and so I regret that people feel they’ve been left in the dark but ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 15 June 2024, 21:31 by Writer Former Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman on Saturday said the United States (U.S.) had been conducting a separate investigation into gold smuggling involving Colombia, Venezuela and Guyana during the previous People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) administration. He also said that a local investigation by the A Partnership for National ...

Last Updated on Friday, 14 June 2024, 22:51 by Writer Incumbent Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Aubrey Norton on Friday dismissed calls by his opponent for upcoming internal elections, Roysdale Forde, for Congress Administrator Sherwin Benjamin to be removed or asked to resign because of bias and ineligibility. “I don’t see the basis for the removal of ...

Last Updated on Friday, 14 June 2024, 22:42 by Writer American Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, Bonnie Jenkins on Friday said the United States (U.S.) was satisfied with the heightened level of intelligence sharing between the two countries as part of their cooperation in combatting small arms trafficking. “I can’t say how much intel sharing is actually ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 19 June 2024, 19:05 by Writer United States (US) Ambassador to Guyana, Nicole Theriot on Friday said there was a “preponderance of evidence” against the Mohameds and Permanent Secretary Mae Thomas on whom sanctions have been imposed for alleged corruption and defended the decision not to have involved the Guyana government in the more than two ...