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A man was shot and injured Wednesday night in Warlock, East Ruimveldt after he went to enquire from five youths why they moments earlier took advantage of his stepson, the Guyana Police Force said Thursday. Investigators said they were informed that 41-year old Calvin ‘Gun Butt’ Johnson of East Ruimveldt Trench Road was shot and has been hospitalised in a ...

A truck Wednesday afternoon struck down three soldiers who were on annual walk on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway, resulting in one death, the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) said. Dead is Sergeant Deslyn Nicholson who was among a number of soldiers who were participating in the GDF’s 30 kilometre walk when tragedy struck. “While in the vicinity of the Splashmin’s Fun Park ...

The Guyana government is constructing a GY$600 million abattoir at Onverwagt, West Coast Berbice, and that facility is expected to be the country’s main slaughtering area, authorities said. “When completed, the facility will become the main slaughtering area for cattle in the country as Region Five is poised to become the hub for the ‘cattle industry’,” government said. The state-of-the ...

Three juveniles were Wednesday charged with the murder of a teenaged boy at Patentia, West Bank Demerara, police said. The Guyana Police Force said the accused appeared at the Wales Magistrate Court before Magistrate Rhondel Weaver. They were remanded to the Juvenile Holding Center until 30th April, 2024. Seventeen year old Aaron Bess was stabbed with knife and lashed with ...

Even as the Ministry of Health continued its chicken pox vaccination drive at the Lusignan Prison, East Coast Demerara, the Guyana Prison Service (GPS) on Wednesday said there was no new case of the viral disease at that penal facility. “So far, there have been no new cases of chickenpox detected at the prison facility,” the GPS said in a ...

Guyana’s Attorney General, Anil Nandlall on Tuesday urged members of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) to condemn the Venezuelan government’s violation of international law by most recently passing a law to incorporate Essequibo as part of its territory. “While time will not permit us at this conference to collectively condemn the actions of Venezuela, there is still much to be done. ...

The Dominican Republic (DR)-headquartered electricity company, InterEnergy Group (IEG), said it is ready to assist the state-owned Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) to manage its electricity supply including the 300 megawatts that would be generated from the natural gas-fired power plant being built at Wales, West Bank Demerara. “We believe that we can bring to Guyana Power and Light ...

The Ministry of Health (MOH) on Tuesday confirmed that an outbreak of chicken pox at the Lusignan Prison has afflicted 53 prisoners at that East Coast Demerara penal institution, but denied claims by the opposition coalition that nothing was being done to prevent the disease from spreading. The Health Ministry, in confirming that there were 25 active cases of chickenpox ...

Three girls on Tuesday evening dr0wned in a fish pond at Massara Village, North Rupununi, the Guyana Police Force said. Commander of Regional Police Division #9, Senior Superintendent Raphael Rose said the children had gone to the Razor Grass pond in the village to swim. Those who perished were six-year-old Nia Jeffreys, five-year-old Michelle Jeffreys, and nine-year-old Alicia Dorrick. “Upon ...

A Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) Councillor has been arrested in connection with allegedly firing a handgun in Alexandee Village, Georgetown on Monday- Phagwah, police said. Head of the Guyana Police Force’s Criminal Investigations Department, Assistant Commissioner Wendell Blanhum confirmed that a report was made and an investigation was launched. He said the suspect has since been arrested and the firearm seized ...