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More than 1,000 persons in the mining district of Aranka in Region Seven were Thursday reeling from the effects of severe flooding caused by heavy rainfall, the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) said. The CDC said the Region Seven Chairman and the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) “confirmed that about half of the village’s population has been affected. Aranka is ...

A guard attached to North West Security Service has been arrested in connection with the accidental discharge of a shotgun cartridge while he was on duty. Police say the 12-gauge shotgun, cartridge casing  and live ammunition have been seized and the guard, whose name is Dequan James,  has been arrested. At the time of the accidental discharge of the firearm ...

A waitress of Sita’s Bar at Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara and a man have been arrested in connection with an armed robbery committed on several persons there last night. Among those robbed is 34-year old Glezel Roberts of Diamond, East Bank Demerara. Mr. Roberts says he was robbed of GYD$260,000 cash, and two cell phones valued GYD$174,000. He told ...

The Suriname-based Assuria Insurance company plans to construct an GYD$800 million five-storey main office in Georgetown, Managing Director Yogindra Arjune said Wednesday. Speaking at the symbolic turning of the sod on the plot of land at Church and Carmichael Streets, Georgetown, he said the five-storey modern building would be finished in 14 months. “We are here to stay and contribute ...

As the coronavirus death toll continues to rise steeply in recent weeks, Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony said on Wednesday that Guyana does not know what variants of the virus are here. “As it pertains to what variant or variants we have in Guyana, we don’t know because while we would have sent samples to CARPHA for genetic sequencing, results ...

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on Wednesday told an opposition-associated High Court election petition hearing that that elections management authority did nothing wrong by formulating a recount order because difficulties had plagued the March 2, 2020 general and regional election process. “Even if your Ladyship may find a breach, then there were no consequences which effected the conduct or result ...

Two girls under the age of 16 years old in Region One (Barima-Waini) have complained that they have been sexually abused by persons close to them, police said Wednesday. Investigators said the Child Care and Protection Agency (CCPA) is involved in the probes. Police said that they received a report on April 6 that one of the girls was allegedly ...

A  22-year old clothes vendor from Sophia, Greater Georgetown is to appear in court for two armed robberies including the stealing of GYD$3.5 million in cash, jewellery and phones from two men who were dining at a Chinese restaurant at Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara. Due to appear at the Wales Magistrates’ Court is Christopher Cornett who police said was “positively ...

A hire-car driver of Number 60 Village, Corentyne, Berbice has been chopped by his girlfriend during an argument. The injured man has been identified as 29-year old Parmanand Thakur. The incident occurred last night at about 10:30 East Berbice-Corentyne Divisional Commander, Senior Superintendent Jairam Ramlakhan says the woman has not yet been arrested. Investigators were told that during the argument, ...

Investigators into the shooting death of Ricardo ‘Paper Shorts’ Fagundes on Tuesday said they were trying to improve the quality of surveillance video of the incident outside Palm Court, Main Street, Georgetown. “The Police Force emphatically states that investigators of the Major Crimes Unit have retrieved footage from one of the cameras mounted in the vicinity of the crime scene ...