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(LATIMES.COM).-The cremated remains of nine victims of the 1978 Jonestown Massacre, a mass suicide in Guyana, were discovered inside a former Delaware funeral home on Wednesday, state officials said. Members of the Delaware Division of Forensic Science and the Dover Police Department conducted an excavation at the Minus Funeral Home after 38 small containers were discovered inside, according to a ...

The family of Gregory Smith- the late suspected hit-man in the bomb-in-walkie-talkie explosion that killed Guyanese politician Dr. Walter Rodney 34 years ago- has begun taking steps to clear his name posthumously. Lead Counsel for the Rodney Commission of Inquiry, Glen Hanoman on Thursday confirmed receiving correspondence from a New York-based lawyer, Edward Meertins George, seeking guidance on the procedures ...

Less than one day before the Alliance For Change (AFC) presented its No Confidence Motion to the National Assembly on Thursday, that party warned of street protests and international isolation if government ignores the vote by the opposition-controlled House. AFC General Secretary, David Patterson on Thursday delivered the motion to the Clerk of the National Assembly, Sherlock Isaacs in that ...

The Guyana Police Force’s (GPF) high-tech fingerprint system has netted another suspected murderer; this time a 23-year old man for the killing of a 75-year old woman at her home earlier this year Arraigned for the capital offence is Junior Williams also known as Kevin Alfred. He is accused of the murder of Joyce Lewis at her North Ruimveldt home ...

Former Police Intelligence Chief, Senior Superintendent Leslie James on Thursday said Working People’s Alliance (WPA) Co-leader, Dr. Walter Rodney’s apparent recklessness might have been partly responsible for his bomb-in-walkie-talkie death 34 years ago rather than state-sponsored terrorism. Walter’s brother, Donald, has said in a statement that back on June 13, 1980 he had collected a device from then Guyana Defence ...

A brake has been put on the award of contracts for rehabilitating a badly constructed building that will eventually house the headquarters of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) after authorities were told that one of the new contracting entities includes old principals who were responsible for the flawed and long-delayed construction of the same structure. Head of the ...

The man, who allegedly stabbed to death a minibus driver at the Plaisance bus park because he objected to him urinating on his vehicle’s wheel, was Wednesday arraigned on a murder charge. The charge was read to Orin Jerrick of Ann’s Grove, East Coast Demerara by Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine-Beharry. Jerrick was not required to plea to the indictable charge ...

President Donald Ramotar could possibly call early general elections rather than await the inevitable passage of a no-confidence motion, even as the House Speaker Raphael Trotman ruled out a parliamentary debate before the House goes into recess on Sunday. “Nothing is impossible…I don’t believe that it’s a question of strategy that determines response to the no-confidence,” he said when asked ...

An attempt was made to fire-bomb the home of Town Clerk, Carol Sooba ear‎ly Wednesday morning, police said. Police force spokesman, Ivelaw Whittaker said that a Molotov Cocktail was lobbed at Sooba’s premises, Duncan Street, Campbelville about 1:30 AM.‎ ‎Police said the ‎device failed to ignite, but damaged a glass window of the security hut. Investigations are in progress. The ...

Guyana’s Lisa Punch, who rose to international stardom after competing in ABC’s Rising Star competition will perform at the Guyana Festival Opening Concert on August 8th and the Concert Next on August 10th, the Tourism Ministry announced on Tuesday. The ministry said the songstress confirmed that she would be among the headline acts and that she would join the star ...