About 2100h. last night, the police say that mini bus driver Alvin Lorrimer, 53 years, of Kara Kara, Linden, was standing on the roadway at the Linden Bus Park, Hadfield Street, Georgetown, when two men drove up on a motor cycle, one of whom discharged rounds at Lorrimer and they drove away.
(Trinidad Guardian) Two longtime friends were murdered yesterday afternoon at Guaratta Hill, Upper Maracas, St Joseph, in what police believe was a hit ordered from behind prison walls.
BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – At least 26 people were killed in twin attacks on Brussels airport and a rush-hour metro train in the Belgian capital today, triggering security alerts across western Europe and bringing some cross-border transport to a halt.
The Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) said yesterday that of the 507,584 people eligible to vote in Friday’s Local Government Elections (LGE) 239,070 people (47.1%) chose to exercise their franchise.
Another fire was lit in the Georgetown Prison, Camp Street yesterday afternoon, this time in Capital Block C, but was quickly extinguished.
An elderly woman was yesterday morning discovered dead in her home at Triumph, East Coast Demerara, just hours after alerting family that bandits were trying to get into her home.
The PPP yesterday said that it has made a “massive sweep” of the just-concluded local government elections, having won 48 out of the 71 local authority areas it contested.
The suspects in the murder of farmer Anthony Breedy are expected to make their first court appearance today, according to Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum.
With Local Government Elections (LGE) over, residents of Bartica are hoping that the historic vote rejuvenates their community and addresses key problems like unemployment.
Diplomats representing the American, British and Canadian (ABC) governments in Guyana said yesterday that low voter turnout was par for the course in Local Government Elections (LGE) the world over.
The further examination of inmate Owen Belfield by the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) established to investigate the March 3, prison unrest, which saw 17 inmates perishing as a result of a fire, was yesterday deferred.
Members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community and supporters took to the streets outside the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts yesterday to protest a magistrate’s decision to bar transgender persons from cross-dressing in his courtroom.
Twenty-nine-year-old Stacy James walked out of the High Court a free woman yesterday after a 12-member jury found her not guilty of attempting to murder her neighbour.
The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) is seeking consulting services to establish a shoreline change monitoring programme, and facilitate knowledge transfer for coastal zone management as it implements a US$30 million sea defence project.
The New Building Society Limited (NBS) registered a profit for 2015 of $1.259 billion, 12.9% down from the $1.446 billion in 2014.
A lawman was arraigned on four traffic charges yesterday and fined $107,500 after pleading guilty.
A large amount of gunpowder residue was found on the hands of Morris Prince, who is the suspected triggerman in the killing of Smyth Street resident Oriley Small, who was gunned down last Saturday.
PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee yesterday said that no final decision has been taken on how the party would deal with a tie at the just-concluded Mabaruma town council elections.
A Bartica Hospital lab technician pleaded not guilty and was remanded to prison yesterday after being slapped with two charges of illegal gun and ammunition possession.
KAMPALA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As coordinator of a shelter for pregnant teenagers in central Uganda, Ritah Ssetumba has seen thousands of young girls struggling to cope with having a child but even she was shocked when an 11-year-old girl arrived pregnant and married.
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