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Three men have been arrested for allegedly maliciously damaging a car at the Blankenburg gas station, West Coast Demerara after the driver honked his horn at them because they were in the pathway leading to the gasoline pump. The man, whose car has been damaged, has been identified as 49-year old Harricharran Alfred of Zeelugt New Housing Scheme, East Bank ...

A man from Chateau Margot, East Coast Demerara is in police custody in connection with the seizure of a gun from his home. The 43-year old man told police that he had found the gun on the St. Cuthbert’s Mission trail. Investigators say they went to the man’s home Friday afternoon shortly before 4 PM and  found the point-38 revolver ...

The opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU) on Friday signaled strongly that it would be registering its objection to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) cleaning up the voters’ list by holding a claims and objections period. APNU General Secretary, Joseph Harmon expressed strong concern that GECOM Chairman, Retired Justice Claudette Singh had refused to meet with the ...

Amid concerns by sections of the public that the three men, who were Friday arraigned for the murder of the Henry cousins last September, were facing trumped up charges because the police were under increasing pressure, top police officials insisted that investigators have incontrovertible evidence. The police sources said the Major Crimes Unit of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) have ...

Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony on Friday said Guyana is on high alert for the Brazilian coronavirus variant of concern that could spready much faster and pose serious problems for the country. He said health officials in Region Nine (Upper Takatu/ Upper Essequibo), which is much closer to the border with Brazil, are monitoring the situation in that Portuguese-speaking nation. ...

President Irfaan Ali on Thursday promised that his administration would build 1,000 houses in Region 10, 50 of which will be for young professionals by this October, and already A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) has said the announcement was in response it its call and that it would ensure government keeps its promise this time, The plans, ...

Investigators have been advised to charge three men with the murder of the Henry cousins inn West Berbice in early September, 2020, according to well-placed sources. Sources said the advice was provided by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Chambers earlier Thursday that Vinod “Magga” Gopaul and Anil “Tampoie” Sanchara be charged jointly with the murder of Joel and Isaiah ...

A 26 year old woman met a fiery death Wednesday morning when fire destroyed her family home at Little Diamond, East Bank Demerara, Fire Chief Marlon Gentle said. The woman was identified as Krystle Chung, the elder of three siblings. Her parents, younger brother and sister escaped with minor burns. Eyewitnesses confirm that they saw smoke coming from the building and ...

Total and Apache Corp. have made a new significant oil and gas discovery at the Keskesi East-1 well, in Block 58 off the coast of Suriname, Oilfield Technology reported. This follows previous discoveries at Maka Central, Sapakara West and Kwaskwasi, The well was drilled by a water depth of about 725 m and encountered a total of 63 m net ...

An Indian company and the Transport and Harbours Department of the Ministry of Public Works on Wednesday signed an agreement to build an ocean-going vessel at a cost of US$ 12,733,403 to ply the Georgetown-North West District route, the Indian High Commission said. The Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd (GRESL), a Government of India Undertaking under the Ministry of ...