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Police probing double murder at Three Friends Coomacka Mines
Dead are 58yr old Leonard Reece and 36yr old Ronald Wong. The Police are reporting that the incident occurred at around 01:15 this morning at Three Friends, Coomacka Mines, Upper Demerara, Berbice Region. According to a police report, their enquiries revealed that sometime in April, 2021, Ronald Wong was released from prison after he was convicted […]
Fire rips through Montrose house. Three homeless
The Guyana Fire Service was called into action just around 1:40 this morning to put out a fire at Third Street, Montrose on the East Coast of Demerara. That fire quickly spread and completely destroyed a wooden house. Three persons were in the house at the time but they were all able to escape unharmed. […]
Trans Guyana Airways Maintenance/ baggage handler shot dead
The Guyana Police Force are probing the robbery murder of a maintenance/ baggage handler of Trans Guyana Airways. The dead man was identified as Ronald Omar Smith. That incident occurred on Friday afternoon on the western half of Camp Street between Church and Quamina Streets. The Police are reporting that the 40 year old man […]
Region’s high food import bill which is estimated at more than US$4B per annum is of concern to Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali
The president made the remarks while addressing the Caricom Regional Food Systems Dialogue. He noted that the Caribbean’s high dependence on food imports leaves it vulnerable to external shocks caused by sudden spikes in food commodity prices. The Caribbean must aim at becoming more food secure. This exercise must be sustained and must involve increased […]
News In-depth for Friday 28th May, 2021
PPP neglect of public infrastructure has contributed to extreme flooding and widespread suffering-Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon
Statement by the Leader of the Opposition Hon. Joseph Harmon, MP PPP neglect of public infrastructure has contributed to extreme flooding and widespread suffering Continuous rainfall over the past week along with high tides have resulted in flooding in Regions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 and 10. Several communities have […]
Seventeen Haitians denied entry into Guyana, Police said Haitian not banned from Guyana
The Guyana Police Force is today denying that it received instructions to ban Haitians from entering Guyana. Today, Tuesday, May 25, seventeen Haitian nationals were returned to their country of birth after being held in Guyana for two days. The force in a press statement it had not been directed by any authority, neither has the […]
7 COVID-19 related deaths recorded
A seventeen year old boy is among seven COVID-19 related fatalities recorded today by the Ministry of Health. The deaths occurred between Saturday May 22 and Monday May 24. The other fatalities are that of three females and three other males between the ages of 53 to 78 years old. These fatalities take the country’s […]