A 47-year old woman and a 16-year old girl were Sunday night robbed of several pieces of gold jewellery worth $420,000 by three men who invaded their home at Number 55 Village, Corentyne. The Guyana Police Force says during the incident at about 11 PM Sunday, two of the perpetrators were armed with handguns and the other was wielding a ...
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Vehicle used in gunning down of man in Linden found burnt
Police on Monday said they believe they have found a burnt vehicle that was used by two gunmen who killed a man and shot and injured his friend while they were taking directions from a woman. The Guyana Police Force said the fully burnt silver-grey Fielder wagon was found by a patrol in the vicinity of an area known as ...
Read More »Intoxicated bus driver admits to speeding; two dead, nine injured
Two persons were Sunday night killed and five others hospitalised as a result of a road accident at Diamond, East Bank Demerara. Four others were treated and sent away. Those who were pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital are 18-year old Anthony Persaud of Lot 108 Land Of Canaan, East Bank Demerara and Aaliyah Edwards of Lot 16 Land ...
Read More »Health Ministerial Adviser endorses vaccination proof or weekly negative COVID tests for frontline workers
Health Ministerial Adviser, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy on Sunday endorsed France’s model to only allow vaccinated or weekly negative tested frontline workers to go to work. “If you want to exercise a right to not take the vaccine you must be prepared to face the consequences at your cost, not mine. France is doing the right thing. We must all do ...
Read More »Man gunned down, friend injured in Linden while taking directions from female
A 23-year old man was Saturday night gunned down and his friend injured on Sunflower Street, Wismar. Linden. The dead man has been identified as Delron McKenzie of Roxanne Burnham Gardens Georgetown. Injured is Calvin Daly. He received two gunshot wounds on the left and right lower arm with abrasions to both of his arms. He was taken to the ...
Read More »Trio in Rockstone Junction robbery arrested in Konawaruk
The three suspects in the robbery of a 57-yeat old businesswoman and her grandson at their grocery at Rockstone Junction were hours later arrested and several of the stolen items were recovered, the Guyana Police Force said. They are a 29-year-old man of Georgetown and two 25-year-old men of Linden. Police said the arrest was made at about 1:15 PM ...
Read More »Lone elected PNCR executive member dissociates herself from anti-Granger statement
A lone elected member of the Central Executive Committee of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) and three regional representatives on Saturday dissociated themselves from a statement that castigated their party leader David Granger and General Secretary Amna Ally for not abiding by decisions of their decision-making body. Those signing the first letter as “elected members” are Jennifer Ferreira-Dougal who ...
Read More »Way cleared for law reform with appointment of seven-member commission
A seven-member Law Reform Commission has been appointed to advise on revamping Guyana’s laws as it sees fit under a US$8 million project being funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Attorney General Anil Nandlall announced on Saturday. The Chairman is Retired Justice of Appeal B. S. Roy and the other members are Attorneys-at-Law Teni Housty, Clarissa Riehl, Emily Dodson, ...
Read More »Police hunting bandits who robbed Rockstone Junction businesswoman
Police say they are searching for three men who allegedly robbed a businesswoman at her shop at Rockstone Junction in Region 10 of more than GYD$400,000 worth of jewellery, cellular phones and other items. The robbery occurred at about 10 O’clock last night by the men who were riding XR motorcycles without number plates. The 57-year old businesswoman told police ...
Read More »Inter-Religious Organisation supports Rastafari use of marijuana
The Inter Religious Organisation of Guyana (IROG) on Saturday endorsed the decriminalisation of the possession of small amounts of marijuana for religious use by Rastafari, and at the same time urged authorities to ensure there is no widescale abuse of the plant. “While the IROG is not calling for indiscriminate smoking of marijuana to be legalized, it calls on the ...
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