Carjackers ambush driver in Leopold st attack
A man was yesterday robbed of his car and other valuables in an ambush at Leopold Street, Georgetown.
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A man was yesterday robbed of his car and other valuables in an ambush at Leopold Street, Georgetown.
A man was yesterday arrested and is awaiting charges for illegal possession of a gun and ammunition while his accomplice is out on station bail.
The Ministry of Health today said that as of June 23, 2021, four more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.
The Special Organised Crime Unit has recruited extra staff in the areas of forensic auditing and investigations to help it discharge its obligations under the anti-money laundering act.
The World Bank has approved a US$6.7m ($1.4b) grant from the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) for the Guyana Education Sector Programme Project.
A Detailed Damage Sector Analysis (DDSA) organised by the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) is underway with teams active in all flood-affected regions.
With fields still inundated from recent heavy rainfall and water overtopping from the Canje Creek, the Albion sugar estate has been forced to postpone the commencement of its second crop by a month and around 30% of the canes are under severe threat.
A Mahaica truck driver died on Tuesday midday after he drove off of the John Fernandes Limited wharf at Water Street, Georgetown into the Demerara River.
A file is being prepared for advice from the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) over the fatal stabbing on Tuesday of Robert Bizzette, a vendor at the Stabroek Market.
(Reuters) – A Massachusetts state judge has rejected Exxon Mobil Corp’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit by state Attorney General Maura Healey accusing the oil company of misleading consumers and investors about its role in climate change.
A 19-year-old Corentyne lad is now hospitalized at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital after he was allegedly stabbed by his father who is presently on the run.
A 30-year-old miner died on Tuesday morning after he was shot in his chest by a man at Apaiqua Landing, Middle Mazaruni River in Region Seven.
Five local companies yesterday received short-term trade financing assistance under a US$7m facility established between the IDB and Demerara Bank Limited (DBL).
Permission has been granted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for a two-acre wharf at Eccles, East Bank Demerara to be developed by Timur Mohamed of TKK Properties Inc.
A Canefield man pleaded guilty to assaulting a 17-year-old girl when he appeared at the Albion Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday and he will return to court at the end of the month for sentencing.
Another 86,000 doses of the Russian-made Sputnik V vaccines have been ordered by the health ministry to continue the ongoing vaccination programme.
A 44-year-old father of three was on Tuesday found dead after his car slipped into the outfall at the Abary River, Mahaica-West Berbice on Monday.
A porter who is accused of stealing a purse from a US military officer was yesterday remanded after denying the charge.
Two step-sisters have been ordered to undergo counselling after a city court heard that they had an argument over a bucket in their yard.
The indigenous community of St Ignatius has been seeing a spike in COVID-19 cases and even two deaths within the last month, but its co-dependency and proximity to Lethem has made in impossible to implement stringent measures.
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