Murder accused Basil Morgan yesterday said that the spread of the fire which led to the death of 17 inmates at the Camp Street prison could have been the result of water being cut from the facilities by prison officials.
President/Founder of the Camal International Home for Homeless and Battered Women Carmen Kissoon was robbed of her 60-year-old diamond and gold ring, along with other cash and valuables at her Albion Public Road home, just after midnight on Sunday.
A single mother of a minor boy has expressed disgust and disappointment after her son was placed in the lockups at the Springlands Police Station over the weekend.
The lifeless body of a farmer, his limbs bound, was found in his Hill Foot, Soesdyke/Linden Highway home yesterday afternoon following a suspected robbery.
There has been a 20% decrease in the number of registered disciplined service members who voted on March 8, when compared with the numbers from last year’s general and regional elections.
Christina Edwards, a daughter of the Rupununi, felt so strongly about representing her community at this Friday’s polls that she resigned from her post as Discount and Securities Officer at the Republic Bank at Lethem.
A man who stripped his wife naked and beat her unconscious was yesterday sentenced to 15 years in jail after a jury found him guilty of attempting to murder the woman.
A Number 77 Village, Corriverton man yesterday appeared in the Springlands Magistrate’s Court charged with murdering his reputed wife on March 8.
Though the same amount of murders have taken place between January 1 and February 29 this year, in comparison with the same period last year, the number of murders committed during robberies has increased.
There has been a slight decrease in road deaths for the first two months of this year, according to the Guyana Police Force.
The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) officer who led the search of Barry Dataram’s Diamond Housing Scheme property, where authorities say 129.230 kilogrammes of cocaine (equivalent to 284 pounds) was found in seafood, yesterday began his testimony at the trial of the accused.
Dr Carl Max Hanoman was elected Chairman yesterday, when the new Board of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) was sworn in at the facility’s Resource Centre.
While acknowledging that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people are not accorded equal rights in the work environment, Social Protection Minister Volda Lawrence last week called for their inclusion in the promotion of gender equality.
Candidates for the First-Past-The-Post election on Friday in East La Penitence-Riverview have underlined drainage as a key issue in their flood-prone areas.
Though locals are preferred, the government of Guyana is actively considering hiring foreign prosecutors to assist in the prosecution of cases which may arise from the more that 50 audits instituted under the new administration.
President David Granger says government has not yet finalized a plan for the retrenched workers of Wales Sugar Estate.
Guyana is willing to approach the United States government to facilitate access to convicted drug lord Roger Khan if local investigations provide sufficient cause, President David Granger says.
Bernadette Nero yesterday recounted that her former partner, Calvin Bailey, fatally chopped her infant son, Shaquan, during an attack on her.
Three months after the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) first submitted its request for salary increase it is still awaiting an official response from the government of Guyana.
PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee yesterday said that the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) is not doing enough to educate the nation on this week’s local government elections.
The ePaper edition, on the Web & in stores for Android, iPhone & iPad.
Included free with your web subscription. Learn more.
