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A Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) employee has been stabbed to death and his pregnant wife taken into custody. Dead is 38-year old Kurtis Mc Kinnon of Plantain Walk, West Bank Demerara. Residents said the two had an argument and she slit his throat late Sunday night at their residence. Investigators have recovered the murder weapon. His 37-year old wife was ...

The two gays, who were stabbed to death early Sunday morning, were not the intended victims but were attacked by a man who was angry that his  long-time gay lover had jilted him. Fatally stabbed are Jason Samuels of Lamaha Street, Alberttown and 24-year old Carlyle Sinclair of Vergenoegen, East Bank Essequibo.  Samuels’ body was found near Leopold and High ...

Two gays were stabbed to death early Sunday morning in Georgetown- incidents that have been already attributed to Finance Minister, Juan Edghill’s utterance on homosexuality. Dead are Justin John Samuels of Lamaha Street and 24-year old Carlyle Sinclair of Vergenoegen, East Bank Essequibo. Sinclair’s body was found High and Leopold Streets and Samuels’ on Lombard Street. Several gay sex workers ...

A suspected smuggler, who allegedly opened fire on a number of customs officers during an operation, has been arrested, police said Saturday. “Two men have been arrested, including the main suspect, and are in police custody, police spokesman Ivelaw Whittaker said. However, a Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) official has dismissed claims by the police that the customs officers have so ...

President Donald Ramotar on Friday said his administration was ready for early general elections if the opposition-controlled National Assembly approves a no-confidence motion in the government but they would have to answer the electorate on number of key issues. Responding to Alliance For Change (AFC) leader Khemraj Ramjattan’s letter, the Guyanese leader said the ruling Peoples Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) was ...

A teenager was Friday convicted for robbing a couple in the Promenade Gardens and he was jailed for 50 months. He is Dwayne Christopher of 12A Rosemary Lane, West End (Tiger Bay) South Cummingsburg, Georgetown. The sentence was handed down by City Magistrate, Judy Latchman after he changed his plea to guilty on June, 17. He is currently on probation ...

The smaller opposition Alliance For Change (AFC) has told President Donald Ramotar that it is going ahead with its vote of no confidence in the government that will inevitably see Guyana going into early general elections before year end if approved by the combined opposition-controlled House. AFC Leader Khemraj Ramjattan told the Guyanese leader that he was pushing ahead with ...

(JAMAICA OBSERVER).-A number of flight delays have rocked Fly Jamaica Airways Limited over the past month, leaving passengers angry at the inconvenience. Yesterday, news emerged that a flight to New York from Georgetown, Guyana, scheduled to leave last Friday, was delayed for two days. Before that, on July 10, the Kingston to New York flight was cancelled, an irate passenger ...

Two females were seriously injured early Friday morning when the car in which they were travelling ran off the Ogle Public Road, crashed into a utility pole and flipped over. Their names were not immediately available. Public spirited citizens used tools to remove the persons from the wreck. One of the women sustained severe head injuries and the other a ...

In the wake of the discovery of the body of one the fishermen after what is believed to have been piracy, Guyanese police hope their Surinamese counterparts will deport the captain for him to be grilled by crime sleuths. Head of the Criminal Investigations Department, Senior Superintendent Leslie James said his investigators would like to question boat captain, Feroze Hack. ...