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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 ...

Agents of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) have arrested a 33-year old taxi driver at Moleson Creek, Corentyne, Berbice with more than 50 kilogrammes of marijuana in his car. Also arrested is a juvenile who cannot be named for legal reasons. CANU said the driver, Imran Johara,  of 59 Line Path C, Corentyne, Berbice was arrested on December 10 after ...

President Irfaan Ali on Friday announced that Guyana Defence Force soldiers would receive a two-week tax-free year-end bonus, during a visit to the military base at Kaikan in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni). “He also announced to the ranks that in their next pay slip they will receive two weeks of tax-free bonus,” the Office of the President said in a news ...

A man, who was previously charged with the murder of a money changer, is to be charged with the murder of a contractor earlier this month. He is 28-year old Kacey Heyliger of Shell Road, Kitty, Georgetown. Police Friday afternoon said the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) advised to “proceed with the charge of murder.” The Guyana Police Force said ...