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Two men and a woman, who allegedly chopped and stabbed a resident of Victoria Village, East Coast Demerara, have been arrested, police said. The dead man has been identified by the Guyana Police Force as 29-year old Nico Layne. Police said one of the suspects was seen with a wound to his forehead and on his left side face. He ...

President Mohammed Irfaan Ali’s initials have formed part of the registration marking of the newly-acquired Bell 412Epi helicopter, officials said. The helicopter, before leaving the manufacturers in the United States (US) to come to Guyana, had been assigned the US registration marking N840MT.  But days after, it was assigned a Guyana registration marking, 8R-MIA . While 8R is Guyana’s internationally ...

Two Guyanese are among a group of foreigners accused of importing over US$50,000 worth of cocaine into Barbados as well as possessing a firearm and ammunition. They are  Dexter Curtis Caesar and Leon Jermine Seales. Barbados Today reports that the two Guyanese, two Trinidadians and two Venezuelans were remanded to custody by a Barbados court. They are charged with possession, ...

Amid a surge in deaths and new COVID-19 infections in recent weeks, schools will be remain closed during April, 2021 until new information that is hinged on the “robust” vaccination programme  is available, Education Minister Priya Manickchand said Thursday. “We’re advised by the Ministry of Health that we cannot reopen schools for the month of April and so schools will ...

Well-known Guyanese cricket executive, Pretipaul Jaigobin died on Thursday in a road accident in Mabura, Region 10, police said. Police say Jaigobin was travelling in a black Toyota Tundra when it toppled several times on the Mabura Access Road at about 3 PM. The mishap occurred about five kilometers from the Mabura Police Outpost Jaigobin,54, of Low Lands, East Coast ...

Two former Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guardsmen, who were convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of a Bartica-based goldminer in 2009, have filed an appeal on the grounds that the death penalty is unconstitutional. The Attorney General has since asked the Full Court of the High Court to intervene in the criminal appeals as they deal with ...

Guyana on Thursday announced that the scrap metal trade would be reopened from next week Thursday, Minister of Industry Oneidge Walrond announced on Thursday. She said exports would be allowed from authorised yards that must have 24 hours surveillance cameras. Ms. Walrond also said that no new application for scrap metal dealers/ exporters would be entertained until authorities get a ...

People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) member and Attorney-at-Law, James Bond is among three persons charged with conspiracy to defraud in the lease of lands held by the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL). NICIL’s former Chief Executive Officer, Colvin Heath-London, Mr. Bond and Jermaine Richmond were charged jointly to defraud NICIL and its sole shareholder, the Guyana government, of ...

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) has geared up the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guard with GYD$50 million worth of equipment to respond to oil spills, and has urged that military corps to ascertain other needs in the areas of emergency response. The CDC said some of the essential requirements handed over on Wednesday include 24,000 feet of containment booms, ...

A 64-year old man was arrested late Wednesday afternoon with more than four kilogrammes of compressed marijuana in a suitcase that he was rolling down a city street, the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) said. He has been identified as Clarence Wright off Bagotville, West Bank Demerara. CANU says he was arrested on Water and Cornhill Streets near the old Guyana ...