A South Ruimveldt Secondary School student was shot dead late Friday night when a hunting trip at Adventure, Soesdyke/Linden Highway went horribly wrong and up to press time last night, his father was one of two men in police custody.
-APNU condemns decision The University of Guyana (UG) Council’s dismissal of lecturer Freddie Kissoon was based on his job performance, Dean of the Social Sciences faculty O’Neil Greaves said yesterday.
The University of Guyana (UG) Council has fired lecturer and political activist Freddie Kissoon, who is weighing legal options since he believes that there was political interference and that he is being targeted.
Almost four years after being doused with acid by an unknown assailant, attorney and politician Gaumattie Singh puts up a brave face for the world while trying to regain normalcy in her life.
Attorney and politician Goumattie Singh was yesterday robbed of over $1M in foreign currency outside her home, shortly after returning to the country from Trinidad, where she underwent reconstructive surgery.
Nigel Hughes, attorney for the woman who has accused Police Commissioner Henry Greene of sexually assaulting her, yesterday said that he has received information that Jamaica will be assisting local police with the investigation.
A pork knocker was early yesterday morning stabbed to death at Blue Mountain, Mazaruni River, in Region Seven, during a drunken row—the second such incident in the interior in the past week.
Bandits early yesterday morning attacked a group of miners on the Five Star Backdam trail, in the North West District, shooting one dead and injuring two more before escaping with an undisclosed amount of raw gold.
Police have moved to the court to get phone records from Digicel to help them find the person who killed New Amsterdam taxi driver Trevor Kissoon more than a year ago.
Champa Seenarine is living every mother’s worst nightmare. More than a year ago, her daughter Babita Sarjou vanished without a trace and though she has her suspicions, gathering enough evidence and getting the police to pay an interest has been extremely difficult.
A lit molotov cocktail was thrown at the Campbellville home of politician Philomena Sahoye-Shury early yesterday morning, in the second attack on the longtime PPP activist for the year.
Seven persons are now homeless after a fire of unknown origin destroyed their Lot 24 John Street, Werk-en-Rust home yesterday and an occupant had to be treated at the hospital for burns.
The National Veterans Rest Home was yesterday officially declared open and outgoing President Bharrat Jagdeo, whose government provided some $45M to assist with its construction, committed further funding to ensure the facility’s upkeep.
Life has always been hard for ‘Betty‘ (only name given), who is mentally disabled.
The police force has announced an investigation into a report that PPP/C supporters were attacked and kerosene thrown on one of them after a party meeting at Victoria Village, East Coast Demerara on Wednesday.
After at least 15 years of planning and various obstacles including funding and a proper location, the National Veterans Home, is finally complete and will soon open its doors to impoverished veterans.
Trinidadian company MovieTowne will start construction of a multi-cinema complex and shopping mall at Turkeyen, on the East Coast of Demerara within the next four months, laying what is hoped to be the groundwork for the revitalisation of the cinema industry in Guyana.
A murder accused who was discovered lying motionless in his cell at the Camp Street prison early yesterday morning, hours after complaining of feeling unwell was later pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
Three Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) workers, who entered the agency’s Quamina Street, Georgetown headquarters just before cameras were disabled and fuel markers were stolen last Saturday, have been arrested.
Former police commissioner Winston Felix said yesterday that during his tenure the government deliberately withheld the resources needed to enhance the Guyana Police Force.
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