Unidentified gunmen last night opened fire on a house at Coldingen, East Coast Demerara where a man who ran a multimillion dollar Ponzi scheme once lived, police said. Guyana Police Force spokesman, Assistant Commissioner Royston Andries-Junor said no one was injured. Authorities say the Cuban-born man, Yuri Garcia Dominguez, is yet to repay hundreds of millions of dollars to hundreds ...

A Bartica man, who allegedly killed his wife and children, was today remanded to prison  after he was arraigned on three counts of murder. Kenford Downer  appeared at the Bartica Magistrate Court on Wednesday charged with the murder of his wife and two daughters. He was not required to plead and was remanded to prison by Magistrate Crystal Lambert. Investigators ...

By GHK Lall When I write about Guyana versus the USA, I really seek to zero in and shine the spotlight on David Granger versus Donald Trump.  It is how both, in the great crucible of challenge with everything on the line, responded to the fires that came to the mantles of office that both wore in different parts of ...

Two masked bandits,, armed with handguns,, Tuesday night robbed a taxi driver of his car and other valuables totalling GYD$1.4 million, police said. The driver, 39-year old Bhagwandin  Narine of  Anna Cathrina, West Coast Demerara, told police that the gunmen pretended to be passengees and asked to be transported from opposite the West Demerara Regional Hospital, Best Village to Policeman ...

The Guyana-born United States-registered nurse who administered the COVID-19 vaccine to United States (US) Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Tuesday debunked claims that the vaccine was a farce, even as she said there has been a spike in inquiries since the jab was administered late last month. Nurse Patricia Cummings, speaking to News Talk Radio Guyana 103.1 FM, said the ...

Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony has called on elected and other officials to stop sending mixed messages in the fight against the coronavirus, COVID-19. “We have to get everybody to understand the message and we have to get everybody to model the behaviour because once we all do that, we’ll get more people complying  so if we don’t, then we’ll ...

Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony on Tuesday announced that Guyanese would be allowed to self-test for the Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV) that causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and that more at-risk persons would be given preventative drugs. “Another area we want to look at is self-testing. This is relatively new and it has been advocated around the world and ...

Two Guyanese police were captured on video assaulting a robbery suspect at the Stabroek Market area, an incident that has sparked outrage in some quarters and prompted the Guyana Police Force to order an internal probe while at the same time saying that the lawmen were forced to “defend themselves.” In the extended video seen by News-Talk Radio Guyana 103.1 ...

Guyana’s Health Ministry on Monday said two more persons died from the coronavirus – the first for the New Year- pushing the death toll to 166. The latest fatalities are a 70-year-old man Region Six (East Berbice- Corentyne) and an 85-year old man from Region 10 (Upper Demerara- Berbice). “These persons died while receiving care at our medical facility,” the ...

A Chinese’s national and his business partner were robbed and assaulted at gunpoint Sunday night on the Essequibo coast, police said Monday. Police say the robbery and assault were committed on the Chinese’s Nationals Steve Sue, age 41 years, a businessman and his business partner Yu Rong Cao, age 37 years, both of Charity Essequibo Coast. Two masked men relieved ...