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At least two fires and two serious accidents marred Easter Monday, leaving at least two persons seriously injured and several homeless, sources and eyewitnesses said. Doctors at Suddie Hospital were up to late in the night battling to save the life of Essequibo Coast mechanic, Rahul Arjune, following a collision on the Land of Plenty Public Road. Eyewitnesses said he ...

Even as popular radio Disc Jockey, Curtis “Casual” Armstrong was recovering from emergency surgery, police were up to late Monday yet to arrest anyone in connection with the shooting. Police sources said they were yet identify and arrest the shooter and his accomplice with whom the DJ had an altercation. Sources at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) said the ...

Two Jamaicans who allegedly attempted to import almost 30 kilogrammes of  marijuana to Guyana by air were Monday arrested at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), police said. “The man and woman have been arrested and are in police custody assisting with the investigations,” a Guyana Police Force spokesman said in a statement. The two were arrested by Narcotics Police ...

Well-known radio disc jockey, Curtis “Casual” Armstrong was early Monday morning shot and injured at the Providence Cricket Stadium, sources confirmed. The incident occurred shortly before 4 AM.  Sources said the 34-year old man sustained injuries to his abdomen, left side and left arm after several rounds were discharged. He was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) where ...

A man at Port Kaituma early Easter Monday morning shot and killed his common-law wife in the presence of their children before turning the gun on himself. The victims have been identified as 62-year old Victor Perez and 39-year old Pamela Martin. The  man used an improvised shot gun to commit the incident at their home on Burma Road, Port ...

It is turning out to be a fiery Easter, with two houses having been destroyed on Easter Sunday.  In the first one, a visually impaired man was rescued from his burning house at 12th Street, Dazell Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara. That fire occurred about 4 AM. Eyewitnesses said Roy Maynard, who is a former Foreign Language Teacher at St. ...

A pregnant mother and her four children were rendered homeless Holy Saturday afternoon when fire destroyed a one flat building at Nabaclis, East Coast Demerara. The head of the household has been identified as Tonza Woolford. She has been employed as a Meat Handler for several years now at Nigel’s Supermarket. When the woman received a telephone call that her ...

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) will be participating in the Commission of Inquiry into the death of Guyanese politician, Dr. Walter Rodney because that organisation is interested in bringing closure to the more than 30-year old incident, a senior official said Saturday. “Regardless of what we may think, this enquiry will go ahead and our positions before and after ...

Royston King, who acted as Town Clerk of the Georgetown Municipality, is being accused of signing a waiver for GUY$36 million in interest without authority and on a date preceding his short-lived appointment. But a source close to King has defended him, saying that the letter dated July 13,2012 might have been an administrative glitch because the Council had decided ...

(JAMAICA OBSERVER).-ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (CMC) – Grenada police have formally charged a Guyanese-born journalist with two counts of stealing, forgery and uttering a forge document. Police said that Rawle Nelson, who in July 2013,  began working as a consultant and managing editor with Moving Target, the company which owns Meaningful Television and is also the publisher of the weekly Grenada ...