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A businessman who allegedly furiously struck down a man he said had stolen his footwear was Thursday placed on GUY$500 thousand and the alleged thief was placed on GUY$115,000 bail. City Magistrate, Judy Latchman imposed the custodial sentences on businessman 39-year old Burnett Hutson and the alleged thief, Marlon Dolphin when they appeared before. They were ordered to return to ...

The “money changer” was robbed of GUY$1 million after he was shot dead by one of two gunmen early Thursday morning, police said. Investigators said that about 8:10 AM, money-changer 42-year old Brijlall Persaud if Herstelling, East Bank Demerara was driving his motor vehicle along Lombard Street when he was attacked by two men. One of them fired several shots ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Feb 20.- American Professor of Economics, C. Fred Bergsten Wednesday night advised flagging tourism-dependent Caribbean countries to turn to China as a potentially booming source of visitors to insulate themselves from future external shocks.  “Those economies here that are so heavily linked to tourism, I would commend to your outlook what’s going to happen with China,” he said ...

The man who allegedly raped and killed the female taxi driver near Dakara Creek, Soesdyke was Wednesday arraigned on a charge of murder. Sylvester “Rambo” Bristol was- not required to plea to the indictable charge that he killed Savitri Mya Palmer between February 16 and 17,2014.  The prosecutor asked for three weeks to complete the investigation and Sylvester was remanded ...

Guyana has joined a Caribbean-wide battle against Chikungunya, a mosquito-borne disease, Chief Medical Officer Dr. Shamdeo Persaud said on Wednesday. While there were no reported cases in Guyana, he said authorities would be waging a war against mosquitoes and be on the look out for persons complaining of symptoms. “The Ministry is coordinating with all stakeholders both locally and regionally ...

At least two persons were killed in an accident at Falls Top, North West District where an All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) collided with a truck, well-placed sources said. The bodies of the ATV driver, Kana, and the passenger, Cougar, were up to late Tuesday night being transported to a mortuary at Port Kaituma. Demerara Waves was told that police at ...

The estranged husband of the female taxi driver who was raped and killed near Dakara Creek, Soesdyke was Tuesday night detained by investigators for questioning, police sources said. The sources said inconsistencies and questions have surfaced during the probe into last Sunday’s death of 31-year old Savitri ‘Mia’ Parma. A labourer at Bashir’s Loam and Sandpit has been charged with ...

A Barbadian man, here for Mashramani, was Tuesday arraigned for stabbing a minibus driver several times. Mike Clarke was remanded to prison until February 20 after he was refused bail on a charge of with intent to main or disfigure inflicted grievous bodily harm on Shawn Mc Allister. He appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry. The prosecution objected to bail ...

One man was Tuesday afternoon reported missing and feared dead following a boat collision on the Pomeroon River late Monday night, police said. Investigators were told that the man is only known as “Blacker” of Grant Phoenix Park, Lower Pomeroon. “He is believed to have drowned,” said police force spokesman, Ivelaw Whittaker. One of the boat captains fled the scene ...

A former policeman was Sunday night shot and injured after assaulting and wounding several policemen at the Stabroek Market outpost. Leon Prince was up to Monday afternoon hospitalised under guard at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC). He was shot to his left leg. The bullet exited and entered the right leg, fracturing a bone in the process. Police sources said ...