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Five persons are now homeless following a fire which gutted their Hibiscus Street ,West Ruimveldt home Thursday midday. Reports are that smoke was seen emanating from the single flat, five bedroom home of the Walcott family at Lot 638,West Ruimveldt around 11:40 this morning when an alarm was raised. An occupant of the home was reportedly sewing at the time. ...

Police arrested at least two persons and seized  two big bags of marijuana Thursday morning, Head of the Criminal Investigations Department, Assistant Commissioner Leslie James said. Another high-ranking official in ‘A’ Division told reporters that gunshots were fired during the chase in Kitty. Residents in the vicinity of David and Lamaha Streets, Kitty reported hearing gunshots about 10 AM. It ...

President Donald Ramotar on Thursday urged the Guyana Police Force to take seriously a United States (US) research that recently found that the local law enforcement agency recorded the lowest level of trust in the Caribbean. A survey conducted in June and July, 2014 by the Latin American Opinion Poll (LAPOP) project at the Vanderbilt University found that the trust ...

The opposition coalition of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) on Wednesday appealed for calm, in the wake of the execution of political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing. “To the citizens of Guyana, we appeal for you to be both resolute and reasoned in your condemnation of the impunity with which human rights abuses are carried ...

Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission, Dr. Steve Surujbally on Wednesday announced that April 7, 2015 would be Nomination Day for political parties to officially declare their interest and submit their list of candidates for the May 11, 2015 general and regional elections. “That Nomination Day I officially announce will be Tuesday April 7, 2015,” he told the opening session ...

More than two hours after opposition political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing was gunned down, the Home Affairs Ministry condemned the killing, called for a thorough probe and urged Guyanese to be wary of politically orchestrated violence. “Though it is early yet to draw any specific conclusion or motive in connection with the perpetration of this dastardly act, the Ministry of Home ...

The man, who protested for several days outside Attorney General Anil Nandlall’s office, was Tuesday night gunned down at Third Street, Diamond while urging people on a loud hailer to go out and vote. He was identified as Courtney Crum-Ewing, a former soldier, who had led a one-man crusade against Nandlall outside his office on Carmichael Street, Georgetown. Crum-Ewing’s family ...

Residents of a section of West Ruimveldt blocked the roads in the area Tuesday afternoon, citing their deplorable state over the years. Shortly after 2:30 PM , persons in the area placed various items including old refrigerators,stones and pieces of wood , blocking traffic on School Street,WaterLilly Street ,Cross Street and several small connecting streets there. Police were called in ...

A construction worker was Tuesday jailed for two years for robbing a police intelligence officer and another man at knifepoint at the Promenade Gardens earlier this year. Neil Clark of 164 East Ruimveldt, Georgetown was found guilty of robbery under arms and attempt to commit  a felony by City Magistrate Ann Mc Lennan Clark pleaded guilty to the offences that ...

A Guyanese mother of three, who wanted to travel to Barbados, was Tuesday convicted and fined GUY$40,000 for falsely signing a declaration to obtain a Guyana passport. Sealy Munroe,35, told the court that she had signed a declaration stating that she was Elena Bacchus to obtain a passport. She confessed that with intent to defraud she had signed the document ...