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A 16-year old student on Friday remained hospitalised after he was stabbed several times during a robbery by five perpetrators who were armed with scissors. The incident occurred on Thursday at Annandale, East Coast Demerara. Police say the boy, who initially resisted the robbery, and stabbed five times with the scissors before he was robbed of several items. These are ...

Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GTT) says several valuable items have been stolen from its Camp and Regent Streets store during a break-and-enter. The company says the burglary occurred Friday morning. As a result of the occurrence, GTT says that branch has been temporarily closed and customers should instead use the nearest location on Brickdam. GTT spokeswoman Jasmin Harris says in ...

Home Affairs Minister, Robeson Benn is calling on escaped prisoners to surrender to lawful custody and avoid further grief. The families of Imran Ramsaywack and Ryan Jones, who escaped from the Mazaruni Prison last month, and were shot dead by police aback Better Hope, East Coast Demerara. A close associate of one of the women was also killed there. Mr. ...

The opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU) has condemned apparent efforts by the government to amend the rules of the National Assembly and move a motion to remove the current Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, David Patterson. The governing People’s Progressive Party (PPP) wants him removed because he accepted very expensive birthday gifts bought with State ...

Thirty-six years after Donald Rodney was found guilty for being in possession of explosives- a walkie-talkie with an explosive device-that killed the co-founder of the Working People’s Alliance, Dr. Walter Rodney, he is appealing the conviction on the grounds that there was no proof it was an explosive. His Defence Lawyer, Sanjeev Datadin, also wants the Court of Appeal to ...

Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn on Thursday gave skimpy details concerning the execution-style gunning down of gold miner, Ricardo Fagundes, earlier this week, and dismissed suggestions that the dead man was allegedly linked to drug trafficking. “I haven’t asked for more (from the police) other than they are working on it so there is nothing more to be said about ...

Police have found no evidence that government minister Kwame McCoy assaulted opposition parliamentarian, Tabitha Sarabo-Halley, House Speaker Mansoor Nadir said Wednesday. “From statements obtained, there was evidence to indicate that the parties indeed had an exchange of words, but there was nothing to suggest that any assault took place,” police told the Speaker. At the same time, police said if ...

President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday announced that Guyana hopes to vaccinate 10,000 persons daily, reduce the age of eligible persons to 40 years and older, and intensify enforcement of the COVID-19 measures. Dr. Ali said “early in the new week” the vaccination programme would be expanded to all persons 40 years and older. Up to now, those eligible are 60 ...

The Clerk of the National Assembly has been advised that the National Assembly should amend one of its rules to avoid the Public Accounts Committee from being held hostage by the resignation or prolonged absence of the Chairman. “To avoid any future absurdity and confusion it would be prudent for Parliament to amend Standing Order 82(2) to provide for the ...

A woman, who was among three persons shot dead by police aback Better Hope, East Coast Demerara, has been identified as 49-year old Savita ‘Debbie’ Rajkumar, police said Tuesday afternoon. She lived at Better Hope South Squatting Dam. Rajkumar and prison escapees Ryan Jones and Imran Ramsaywack were shot dead when police said they returned fire after a man in ...