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Persons using computers to engage in child pornography or the sharing nude images of others could be jailed and fined if found guilty under the Cyber Crime Bill when it becomes law. “A person who uses a computer system to arrange a meeting with a child with the intent of abusing or engaging in sexual activity with a child or ...

An argument over the need to close a minibus window because of rain Boxing Night left one person dead and another injured, police said. The incident occurred in the vehicle on the Demerara Harbour Bridge at about 6:30 Saturday evening, December 26, 2015. The dead man was yet to be identified. The injured man is 28 years old Rudolph Williams ...

A phone credit vendor was Boxing Night shot several times near the Vendors’ Arcade, Georgetown. Police identified the injured man as 29-year old Keron Herbert. The eyewitness said the incident did not appear to be a robbery but more like a planned hit. Police said Herbert was shot to his buttocks. The lone gunman, who is of East Indian descent, ...

Though elated that the coalition has been voted into government, the African Cultural and Development Association (ACDA) on Saturday pledged to be vigilant and hoped to have a say in candidates for upcoming local government elections. Delivering the Kwanzaa Message, ACDA Executive Member, Elton McRae believed that most attendees voted for the A Partnership for National Unity+ Alliance For Change ...

One person was killed and two others seriously injured in an early Boxing Day- Saturday-collision on the West Coast Demerara public road, police said. Investigators were told that at about 4:40 Saturday morning, December 26, 2015, Dawson Bess, 22 years, of Crane Housing Scheme, West Coast Demerara, was driving a motor car along the Ruimzight Public Road, West Coast Demerara, ...

Fire of unknown origin Friday- Christmas Day-damaged the Subs and Salads fast food outlet at Grove Public Road, East Bank Demerara, reminiscent of a similar blaze at another branch in Georgetown more than one year ago. Residents said fire fighters rushed to the scene at about 11: 30 AM after nearby residents saw smoke billowing from the building. One of ...

President David Granger Friday- Christmas Day- promised to improve working conditions at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation and in particular the Maternity Wing. Speaking with nurses at the end of his tour of the Maternity and Children’s wards at the state-owned health care institution, he  As Guyana sat down to Christmas morning breakfast, President David Granger and First Lady, Mrs. ...

President David Granger has expressed concern about the circulation of hate speech on Social Media. Delivering remarks at a ceremony organised by the Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) in observance of Youman Nabi, the birth anniversary of the Prophet Muhammad,  Granger said “We must look. We mustn’t take things for granted because nowadays there are so many means of ...

The holding up of a consignment of Guyanese rice  by authorities in Belize has reached the High Court in that sister Caribbean Community (Caricom) member state. Under Caricom’s trade rules, the grain is eligible for free movement of goods, but the Belize Agricultural Health Authority (BAHA) has blocked the release of the rice on the local market. If the 75 ...

The Sea and River Defence Department (SRDD), under the Ministry of Public Infrastructure,  Thursday night said it was responding to a sea defence breach at Bush Lot/Maida,Corentyne. The breach was reported shortly after 19:00hrs this evening, December 24, 2015, in a critical section of sea defence. The stretch, spanning 800 metres, is currently having permanent works conducted on it by ...