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Two days after they allegedly robbed and shot electrician Joshua Denny, two young men were shot dead by police in the vicinity of the University of Guyana (UG) Access Road, Cummings Lodge, Greater Georgetown, the Guyana Police Force said. They have been identified as Quacy Jupiter called ‘Ding Dong’ and David Smith called ‘Burlyn’. The law enforcement agency said the ...

Reproduced from Reuters MOSCOW, Oct 2 (Reuters) – All the barriers to register Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine with the World Health Organization (WHO) have been cleared and only some paperwork remains to be completed, Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said on Saturday. The Sputnik V shot, widely used in Russia and approved for use in over 70 countries, is ...

Junior members of the Guyana Police Force on Friday night chased a senior police officer, eventually intercepting the car that he was driving and allegedly finding a quantity of marijuana in the trunk, the law enforcement agency said. The police force identified him as Deputy Superintendent Dexter Brown. Investigators said he was at a roadblock at Helena No. 2 Public ...

All detainees at the Brickdam Police Station lockups, firearms and ammunition were accounted for, but several vehicles and vital records were Saturday destroyed by fire that swept through virtually all of the colonial wooden buildings that made up Guyana’s major police divisional headquarters. Aided by steady and brisk north-east wind, the blaze quickly engulfed the Brickdam Police Station’s main building ...

Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) agents have arrested six persons and a large quantity of marijuana that was being loaded on three go-fast boats that were destined for the Leeward Islands, CANU Head James Singh said Friday night. He said the operation began Thursday night and ended Friday afternoon. Mr. Singh said the drugs bust occurred at the mouth of the ...

A footballer was Thursday morning shot dead while he was on his way to work, relatives said. He has been identified as 19-year old Joshua Denny, a  night student of the Guyana Industrial Training Centre (GITC). Relatives said he was pursuing studies in Electrical Installation while working in the same field during the day. He was robbed of his cell ...

Reproduced from The Hill A New York federal judge declined to dismiss musician Eddy Grant’s lawsuit against former President Trump for using his song “Electric Avenue” in a video posted to Twitter last year, the Hill reported on Wednesday. U.S. District Judge John Koeltl issued an order on Tuesday denying Trump’s motion to dismiss the suit, finding that the defendant failed ...

A Jamaican businessman on Wednesday pleaded guilty to illegally departing Guyana and he was fined G$20,000 or three weeks imprisonment, police said. Thirty-eight year old Payton Maurice Smith of Kingston Jamaica appeared at the Number 51 Village Magistrates’ Court to answer the charge. Police said he pleaded guilty before Magistrate Mr Rabindranauth Singh. Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) Divisional Police Commander, ...

A Guyanese woman from West Coast Demerara has complained to police that her ex partner has posted her nude pictures and videos on the Social media platform, TikTok, after they broke up and he accused her of being unfaithful, police said Thursday. Police, however, said the male is “unknown” and he lives in Albouystown, Georgetown. Investigators are treating the complaint ...

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) on Wednesday announced that it has extended its data rollover expiration from one hour to 24 hours. However, the telecoms provider said customers would be unable to access the remaining data until they have subscribed for a new plan within the 24 hour period. “Prepaid mobile subscribers who have not exhausted their mobile ...