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A police search is underway in the North West District (NWD) of Region One for the man suspected of fatally stabbing the teenage girl who was found dead in a shop at Tenapu, then fleeing with their infant baby.
A United States-funded project aimed at boosting citizens’ engagement with local parliamentarians and improving overall governance here is about to begin its work even as the country prepares for local government elections in the coming months.
The Family Court has been identified as the headquarters for the Commission of Inquiry into the assassination of WPA leader and historian Dr Walter Rodney in 1980 and immunity from prosecution is on the cards.
Route 45 bus driver Wendell Morris has been charged with assault after allegedly punching another driver who voiced her disapproval when he cut into a line at the bus park.
A police constable, who witnessed the post-mortem examinations conducted on the bodies of the victims of the Lusignan massacre, took the witness stand yesterday when the trial of accused James Anthony Hyles and Mark Royden Williams continued.
The US-based East Canje Reunion and Family Fun Day Group recently donated US$1,000 to help continue the development of the Reliance Crematorium at East Canje, Berbice.
A 40-year old mother of eight was arrested yesterday after the decomposing remains of a full-term baby were found in the septic tank at her Victoria Street, Albouystown home.
Yesterday at an extraordinary meeting of the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown, a motion of no confidence in acting Town Clerk, Carol Ryan Sooba, was adopted by the council which recommended her immediate removal.
Head of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union, Komal Chand is urging the Guyana Sugar Corporation to be more proactive in providing information to stakeholders of the sugar industry on its status and challenges.
By Shakisa Harvey The lifeless body of 14-year-old Kelly Hope, of Wilson Street, Victoria, East Coast Demerara, was found in a clump of mangrove bushes along the shores of the Victoria Seawall yesterday, a day and a half after he went missing.
The University of Guyana’s (UG) Library was yesterday presented with a cheque by Courts (Guyana) Ltd towards its ninth ‘Reading is Fun’ programme.
Thirty-five U.S. military cadets recently graduated from a training phase at the Colonel Robert Mitchell Jungle and Amphibious Training School (CRMJATS), Makouria, Essequibo.
A juvenile was among two teens yesterday accused of breaking into the Kwakwani Student Hostel and stealing food items.
Urmilla Dabydeen, who was recently reported missing by her common-law partner, has been located.
Once a couple, Sharon Fowler and Leon Clarke yesterday appeared before a city magistrate on charges that they assaulted each other.
The Ministry of Amerindian Affairs yesterday afternoon presented the community of Orealla, Region Six with a replacement part for the community’s generator.
A post-mortem examination was today performed on the body of Gweneth Alexander, of Arakaka Village, NWD, by Dr.
The body of fourteen-year-old Kelly Hope was found washed up along the shores of the Victoria Seawall this morning after he went missing on Monday.
APNU Members of Parliament also walked out of a Monday meeting of the committee on anti-money laundering over the terrorism remark by President Donald Ramotar and they are not returning unless so advised by the Leader of the Opposition, David Granger.
President Donald Ramotar on Monday said that the government will not give up on the Amaila Falls Hydropower project and that he is prepared to meet again with the opposition to thrash out lingering questions on it.
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