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Attorney-at-Law, Nigel Hughes on Monday cited the need for scientific evidence about racial discrimination and economic disempowerment, to a meaningful National Conversation on Race and Ethnic Relations. Speaking during day-1 of the  two-day virtual event, Mr. Hughes said was needed to back-up certain statements in areas such as wealth and income distribution based on race. He said such data would ...

Criminal charges against Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh and Winston Brassington for allegedly “acting recklessly” in the GYD$900 million sale of government lands have been withdrawn. They had been accused of facilitating the sale of government lands at prices lower than valuations. The charges of had been instituted in April, 2018 under the then David Granger-led coalition administration against Dr. ...

A mason succumbed to a stab wound to his left side neck, while returning to his Bachelor’s Adventure, East Coast Demerara home after visiting his girlfriend, police said. He has been identified as 23-year old Keith Andrew Willis. Police said a resident in the area, who was heading to work, observed the deceased lying on the Bachelor’s Adventure Access Road ...

A six-year old girl was found in an unconscious state in a swamp and  Goed Bananen Land, East Canje Berbice after her mother dressed her to await a visit by her father, police said. A senior Region Six police officer said there was no reason to suspect the father as he also did not see the child on arrival. Investigators ...

Guyana’s first ever National Conversation on race and ethnic relations gets underway Monday morning under the auspices of the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC). “The Ethnic Relations Commission, (ERC), is urging Guyanese social media users to access the links from its Facebook page to follow and participate in the inaugural National Conversation on improving ethnic relations in Guyana,” the commission said. ...

Top Argentine forensic anthropologist,  Dr. Luis Fondebrider in Sunday visited the West Coast Berbice crime scenes where the Henry cousins and Haresh Singh were killed more than three months ago, ahead of a scheduled meeting with Guyanese police on Monday. President of the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA), Mr. Mike Mc Cormack, who is spearheading the visit, says the Director ...

A man Saturday night burnt his wife and two young children in their home in the south-western town Guyanese mining town of Bartica, police said. It is not clear whether he killed them first before setting the house alight. Dead are 48-year old Carolina Kennedy and her two daughters, five and three years old. The incident occurred at Four Miles ...

The man, who was shot and killed by a security guard at Industrial Site, Eccles, East Bank Demerara, has been identified by police He is 29-year old  Zadan Mohammad of Annandale Pump Road, East Coast Demerara. Police say the 28-year old security guard who was on duty at Sueria Manufacturing Enterprise has been arrested and remains in police custody. Crime ...

A man has been arrested in connection with the fiery explosion at the Arakaka Police Outpost, North West District. Police said the 29-year old unemployed man of Central Arakaka was arrested at 7:51 PM Saturday.  The fire occurred early Friday morning when police on duty heard a loud explosion. The fire was extinguished and  a partly burnt five gallon  bottle ...

A top Argentine forensic expert is in Guyana to assess whether the Argentine Team of Forensic Anthropology (EAAF) may be able to support the efforts of the Guyana Police Force in their investigations of the deaths of the three youths in West Coast Berbice, the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) said Saturday. That organisation said that “in accordance with the ...