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Police in Mabaruma are probing the desecration of a tomb and the stealing of the corpse’s head, according to well-placed sources. Investigators have so far been only able to retrieve an axe and one pair of gloves nearby one of the tombs. The tomb of Chris Allicock was broken into, the body partly removed and the head chopped off and ...

A prisoner was stabbed by a fellow inmate at the Mazaruni Prison on Sunday, police and prison sources confirmed. The victim has been identified as Theon Smith,21, and the alleged assailant’s name has been given as Akeem Edwards. The incident occurred around noon. A team of investigators from the Bartica Police Station was dispatched to the Mazauni Prison to probe ...

At about 2335h. last night Saturday September 13, 2014, two men, one of whom was armed with a handgun, held up a man in a shop at James and Non Pariel Streets, Albouystown, and took away his gold  jewellery and escaped.. The body of one of the perpetrators was later found on Sussex Street, Albouystown, with a suspected gunshot wound ...

Police on Saturday said they were investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 5:30 Friday afternoon in Lethem. Investigators said the accident occurred in the Poke Bridge, Lethem Trail area, and which resulted in the death of motor cyclist Lindy Ambrose, 27 years, of Haiwa, Central Rupununi. The probe has so far revealed that Ambrose attempted to overtake a ...

A day after Popeyes opened its new branch on Camp Street, robbers struck its first outlet on Vlissengen Road and grabbed GUY$1.1 million. The robbery occurred at about 10:15 Friday night. Police said two men, one of whom was armed with a handgun, entered the restaurant. They held up the supervisor, 27-year old Mahendra Persaud, and collected the cash. Police ...

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Friday night accused the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) of attacking the Chief Elections Officer (CEO), Keith Lowenfield by raising repeated concerns about the voters list and the management of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM). “There is a new CEO and the PPP attacks, in my view, they are aimed- they are not calling his ...

Opposition Leader, David Granger on Friday urged the 14 independent Caribbean Community (Caricom) member states to craft a unified position on Russia’s annexation of Crimea and military action against Ukraine. “It is not in our interest now to adopt one or the other position before understanding the issues involved and I think it is a very complex matter,” he told ...

Well-known owner of Sanjay’s Jewellery, Bishnarine “Sanjay” Persaud on Friday pleaded not guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and he was granted bail. Appearing before City Magistrate, Judy Latchman, the 39-year old Persaud of 26 Sheriff Street, Campbelville was granted GUY$1.5 million bail. The bail was originally set at GUY$2 million but it was reduced after Defence Lawyer, Glen ...

They have braved strong currents, sailed against the winds and dared to do something new by deciding to sail south. The yachtsmen, courageous men and women have arrived in Guyana, on the second Nereid Rally and are anchored in their boats in the mighty Essequibo, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported. Sailing off from the twin island republic, Trinidad and ...

At least 44 jobs have been created with the opening of a new branch of the American fast-food chain, Popeyes, closer to the heart of the city. Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh said that number of jobs does not include those created indirectly as a result of the opening of the GUY$700 million restaurant. “This investment creating over 40 jobs ...