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A man, who robbed a businessman and a  policeman, of cash, jewellery and other items at a house at Goed Intent, West Bank Demerara was Thursday afternoon cornered by the victims and police, police sources said. A number of the stolen items were found in his possession but the suspected firearm which he used to attack the men at a ...

Political activist Gavin Matthews was  Thursday granted GYD$100,000 bail on a charge of using a computer system with the intention of damaging the reputation of Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport , Charles Ramson Jr. Chief Magistrate, Ann Mc Lennan ordered that he return to court on June 10. He appeared in court  and pleaded not guilty to the offence ...

A 52-year old man was early  Thursday morning chopped and badly beaten with cutlasses by two of five bandits during a home invasion and robbery, police said. They eventually left, carting off $546,000 in cash and valuables as well as six birds. The home invasion and robbery occurred at Kaneville, East Bank Demerara at about 2:30 AM. The man told ...

Even  as the Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield and two other senior officials of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) are expected to show cause why they should not be dismissed immediately for alleged infractions during the 2020 general and regional elections, opposition coalition-aligned Elections Commissioner Vincent Alexander said the move to fire them is racially motivated. “This move is obviously ...

An outgoing passenger has been arrested after Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) agents allegedly found 1.520 kilogrammes of cocaine in hand luggage belonging to him, that agency said Wednesday night. He has been identified as Adyemi Dumisani Hinds. CANU said he was arrested after CANU officers at about 10:36 Tuesday night “pulled a small, black hand luggage” at the screening point ...

The People’s Progressive Party’s commissioners on the Guyana Elections Commissioners on Tuesday tabled three motions for the “immediate dismissal” of the Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield; Deputy Chief Elections Officer, Roxanne Myers and the Region Four Returning Officer, Clairmont Mingo. The motions are to be debated at a date to be decided. “Without any lawful authority or proper justification or ...

A gold miner was killed and two others were injured on Monday when a tree fell on them during a storm at Sandhill Backdam, Cuyuni River, police said. The Guyana Police Force says Olrick Matthews of Port Kaituma, North West District, died while 49-year old Edwin Garraway of Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara and 40-year old Bryan Richards of ...

A 44-year old man was early Tuesday morning robbed of $1.2 million dollars in cash by two men, police said. The robbery was committed by two known men at Parika, East Bank Essequibo at about 1:30 AM. Investigators were told that the victim, along with his son and a work-man, came from Leguan after conducting business. The victim reported to ...

Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon on Monday called on President Irfaan Ali to resign for allegedly interfering in the work of the Police Service Commission (PSC), but the governing People’s Progressive Party (PPP) accused him of double-standards. “The attempt to influence the work of the Police Service Commission is reprehensible and renders the President unfit to hold office and he should ...

Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony on Monday announced that Guyana has purchased 150,000 of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine to be administered to persons mainly in the interior regions, as part of the overall plan to build up resistance to the coronavirus by most Guyanese. “I think once we are able to get that, it will be very appropriate ...