Two of four men, who allegedly scaled the fence of SOL Guyana Inc at Agricola, Georgetown, were arrested following a shootout with police that resulted in one of them being injured. “At the scene the police ranks came under fire and returned fire hitting Michael Gobin, 30 years, of Hogg Street, Albouystown, to his hand and foot,” police said in ...

The oldest Jesuit Priest in Guyana died Sunday at the Georgetown-based residence of that Roman Catholic Order. He is 96-year old Father Peter Britt-Compton. Former Jesuit Superior in Guyana, Father Malcolm Rodrigues said his colleague succumbed to cancer for which he was diagnosed about four years ago. Britt-Compton, who hailed from the United Kingdom, spent more than 50 years working ...

Two knife-wielding mini-bus robbers were arrested Sunday at Pouderoyen shortly after stabbing and attempting to rob a gold miner on the West Bank Demerara. “Public spirited citizens who were in the vicinity responded and went to the assistance of the victim and arrested the perpetrators after a short chase. They were both handed over to the police and are in ...

Guyana on Sunday warned it would “stoutly resist” plans by Venezuela to register residents in Essequibo and issue them identification cards for the neighbouring Spanish-speaking nation, even as a United States-based Political Scientist has urged government to aggressively educate Guyanese about Venezuela’s territorial claim to the Essequibo Region. “We will stoutly resist any effort to have our people issued with ...

A United States (US)-based Guyanese Political Scientist and security expert has urged the ruling coalition to engage in all-out efforts be made by the ruling coalition, several top officials are ex senior members of the security forces, to keep its electoral promise to reduce the high incidence of crime. “Part of the expectation, part of the anxiety for something to ...

by Zena Henry Minister of Public Health Dr. George Norton has opted to hire a Deputy Director of the Vector Control Department to temper a bitter row between the head of that department and staffers. A letter of complaint dated June17, by Keith Moore, Senior Training officer, Global Fund-Malaria, was sent to the Public Health Minister purporting to be on ...

Guyanese police on Sunday said the man arrested in connection with the shooting death of political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing could be charged shortly. Head of the Criminal Investigations Department, Senior Superintendent Wendell Blanhum told Demerara Waves Online News that the arrest, which marks a “significant development” in the probe, was not as a result of willy-nilly action by police. “Let ...

An employee of the Department of Culture, Youth and Sport was among several persons arrested in connection with the death of a middle-age man Saturday afternoon as a result of a road accident on the Essequibo Coast. Dead is Derek “Pudding” Glasgow of Queenstown, Essequibo Coast. He was a labourer. Eyewitnesses said he was walking along the Queenstown Public Road ...

A man has been arrested by police in connection with the beating and stabbing to death of another man who allegedly hacked a woman to death and chopped her husband, Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud said Saturday. He said the detainee allegedly identified the suspected killer at the Stabroek Market area Friday night, placed him in a car under the pretext ...

Buoyed by a 15 percent reduction in serious crimes last year due attributed to a Social Crime Prevention Programme, the Guyana Police Force on Saturday widened the involvement of the religious community in helping to building trust between police and the public. Police Commissioner said since the engagement of a church and mosque in Albouystown about two years ago and ...