Two accused admit to killing elderly women
Two men who were in 2017 charged with the murders of Constance Fraser, 89, and Phyllis Caesar, 77, yesterday admitted to committing the crime and now await sentencing.
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Two men who were in 2017 charged with the murders of Constance Fraser, 89, and Phyllis Caesar, 77, yesterday admitted to committing the crime and now await sentencing.
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) yesterday decided to proceed with a 42-day long Claims and Objections (C&O) process, which began yesterday, although opposition-nominated commissioners maintained that a 35-day process had previously been agreed upon.
A man yesterday admitted to chopping his mother-in-law and step-daughter to death during a 2014 attack.
Sherwin Roberts, the Sophia man who was two years ago accused of killing his one-year-old niece, was yesterday sentenced to life imprisonment after pleading guilty to the crime.
Guyana has agreed to the creation of a Regional Information Card for the thousands of Venezuelans who have fled hardships in their country.
A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guardsman is one of two persons who were arrested by the police on Monday afternoon following the discovery of an unlicensed firearm and a quantity of cannabis in the vehicle in which they were travelling.
Armed bandits on Monday evening shot an 18-year-old in her head after she attempted to alert her mother that their family business was being robbed.
The Public Health Ministry is working to ensure that free radiation treatment is provided to cancer patients across the country, according to Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence.
Tenders were yesterday opened for the rehabilitation or construction of a number of access roads, including those at Hauraruni, St Cuthbert’s Mission and Kuru Kuru.
Most of the residents of West Coast Demerara villages that were flooded on Sunday after the overtopping of sea defences due to spring tides have not experienced any recurrence, which they credit to the prompt response to the situation by the Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDC) and other authorities.
Three months after being deemed fit to stand trial, Shamar Harvey, who is charged with the murder of Albouystown teen Christopher Mansfield, was yesterday given a date for the commencement of the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the charge.
Residents of Sheet Anchor Village, East Canje Berbice, were flooded on Sunday after the expected high tide. However,
The Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) has drawn attention to the lack of “independent scrutineers” in Guyana’s electoral process.
Six persons from West Coast Berbice are now homeless after a relative allegedly set their house on fire yesterday afternoon.
President David Granger has once again committed to using revenue earned from oil and gas to improve Guyana’s education sector.
Minister of State, Dawn Hastings Williams yesterday presented 85 food hampers to residents of flood-affected Zeelugt and visited Anna Catherina and Den Amstel, West Coast Demerara to do some further assessment of the flood related damage.
The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) says the 50th anniversary of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) is a worthy celebration but the threat to the Scheme’s viability overshadowed the occasion.
A Covent Garden man has been fined $15,000 after a city court heard he was seen jumping the fence at Stabroek Market after the market had closed.
Two young men accused of robbery offences were released on bail yesterday after they denied the allegations.
A privately-owned and operated Cessna 182 aircraft upon landing at Bethany, Region One hit a pile of dirt and flipped at approximately 5.37 pm today, according to the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA).
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