Three persons, including a New York-based man, are wanted for the murder of two persons during a drive-by shooting on Joseph Pollydore (D’Urban) Street, Lodge, Georgetown, police said Monday. They were identified as 18-year-old Omalie Vieria of 47 Princes Street, Lodge, 30-year-old Dominique Darrel Osborne of 44 Princes Street, Lodge and 31-year-old Keron Hinds of 4 Smyth Street,Werk-en-Rust and 134 ...
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Submachine guns seized
Two United States-made submachine guns, a preferred weapon by organised criminals, were seized in as many days, the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) said. The latest weapon of its type was seized on Monday at 73 Stewartville, West Coast Demerara, where four persons were arrested. CANU Head, James Singh said there was no link between Monday’s seizure of the 9mm calibre ...
Read More »Man kills reputed wife, stabs intervening nephew
A woman, who moved out of her reputed husband’s home two months ago because he threatened to kill her, was on Sunday stabbed to death by him at her sister’s residence where he had gone to visit their children, police said. The assailant, 35-year-old James Lord, of Hill Foot, Soesdyke-Linden Highway was later caught by public-spirited citizens and told police ...
Read More »Girls drown during birthday outing
Two young girls on Sunday drowned in the Enchanter Creek, Soesdyke-Linden Highway during a family outing to celebrate one of the now deceased girl’s birthday, the Guyana Police Force said. The girls, who perished at about 3:30 p.m., are 10-year-old Akira La Rose of Lot 95 Stewartville, West Coast Demerara and 11-year-old Joylyn Jack of Lot 1726 Tuschen, West Coast ...
Read More »OPINION: Addiction to the statistical help in dismissing the human condition
by GHK Lall With the permission of SN’s editorial team, I am writing to preempt its weekly Cost-of-Living series that comes out on Mondays. The objective is not to steal a march on SN, but to register what is anticipated as the grim cost-of-living (food) reality of Guyanese in another place visited and another 10 Guyanese sharing their pain felt ...
Read More »Scrap all criminal defamation laws – Nigel Hughes
Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Nigel Hughes wants all aspects of criminal defamation to be removed from Guyana’s law books and no enactment of any new such legislation such as amendments to the Cybercrime Act. “The old Act should be repealed and current Act should be repealed and an Act, which is consistent with the 2001 Budapest Convention ...
Read More »Cut waste to pay higher salaries, link teachers’ salary increases to performance – former Finance Minister
Former Finance Minister Winston Jordan on Friday recommended that government cut various types of “waste” and eventually introduce employee appraisal in order to pay teachers and other government workers increased salaries. Mr Jordan said if waste, due to shoddy public infrastructure projects, corruption, political projects for votes, improper maintenance, waste of public monies and absence of feasibility studies, was reduced ...
Read More »OPINION: Stop crying ‘Uncle Sam’
By Dr. Randy Persaud. Professor Emeritus It is astounding that the same people who call for magnanimity are the very ones who make a living by pushing poison pills into the public sphere on a daily basis. GHK Lall’s “Oil has embittered and divided Guyana even more” (KN, Sept. 2, 2024) readily comes to mind. Allow me to respond to ...
Read More »Former Region 4 chairman and PNCR executive member dies
Former long-serving Chairman of Region Four, Alan Munroe died on Friday at a city hospital, his party, the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) said in a statement. Mr Munroe had also served on the PNCR’s executive for several years. He was also a staunch Anglican and a congregant of Christ Church, Waterloo Street, Georgetown. The PNCR said it was deeply ...
Read More »Guyana Lottery Company appoints new general manager
The Guyana Lottery Company Limited (GLCL) on Friday announced the appointment of its new General Manager Kalima Ali effective from Monday, August 26, 2024. Ms. Ali is an accomplished Guyanese national and senior management professional with more than 10 years of diverse management experience. The GLCL has served its players and the people of Guyana since August 1996 operating under ...
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