19 year old, Shawn Dos Santos and 18-year old Stephon Howard this morning appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court and were charged with the murder of Albion businessman, Fazal Shaheed. Shaheed was shot and killed when gunmen invaded his parents East La Penitence home, two weeks ago. His brothers Talin and Shalim Shaheed also suffered […]
Category Archives: News
Man in custody for allegedly killing his neighbour
The police are probing the murder of an Industry East coast Demerara man which occurred just after 10 this morning. Dead is Alan Bagwandeen. There are reports that the dead man had an altercation with his neighbor who allegedly hit him to the head with a piece of wood. Neighbors said the two men were […]
Mother of dead 13-year-old boy skeptical of her other children being around males
Abigail Archibald says she plans to be more protective of her other children now that she is faced with the dreadful demise of her 13-year-old son, Leonard Archibald. Holding back tears she said this brutal experience has now caused her to implore to her other children to be more careful among males. She […]
6 year old killed after football goal post fell on him during school sports practice
Grief filled the air at the Georgetown Public Hospital as teachers and relatives of 6-year-old, Glenshon Skeete were greeted with the news of his death. The lad just moments before his demise was with a group of children at the Plaisance Community center ground practicing for tomorrow’s school sports when a football goal post fell […]
Rape/ Murder suspects arraigned in court
The two men who Sodomized and murdered 13-year-old Leonard Archibald appeared in the New Amsterdam Magistrates’ court this morning to answer to the indictable charge. The men, 29 yr. old Hillary Edwards and 19 yr. old Omardai Christopher appeared before Magistrate Alex Moore and were remanded to prison until December 8th. Inside the courtroom, the […]
Cocaine in saturated hammocks found at Ogle Airport
The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit( CANU) has issued a wanted bulletin for a 26-year-old woman, who is said to be the shipper of 4 hammocks that were saturated with suspected cocaine to an address in the USA, through a Shipping Company in Georgetown. Canu has identified the woman as Tiffini Collison, an unemployed female, and mother […]
Brothers shot during home invasion in East La Penitence
One of the men succumbed to his gunshot wounds, while another is critical and the third one is out of danger. It was just after midnight when the family were preparing for a one-year religious function for their father who passed away when masked gunmen armed pounced on them. The Police say the bandits took […]
Sodomized and murdered 13-year-old boy’s body recovered
A family’s worst fears were confirmed this afternoon when the body of 13-year-old Leonard Archibald was discovered on a mudflat at the Korthberaadt River. That’s 3 miles from Brothers Village, East Bank Berbice. Residents who were part of the search party said that the body was in the advanced stage of decomposition. The lad went […]
Govt to facilitate GuySuCo with $2B bailout in exchange for lands
The Government of Guyana will be offering the Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) a $2B bailout in exchange for lands, for the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA). This was announced by Minister of State, Joseph Harmon on Thursday. On September 18, a meeting was held between GuySuCo, Acting President and Prime Minister, Moses Nagamootoo, […]
Govt to regularise ‘sweeper/cleaners’ employment
Sweeper/cleaners can expect better working conditions and remuneration, as the Government is moving to regularise their employment as Public Servants. This was announced by Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, during his post-Cabinet press briefing, on Thursday. Sweeper/cleaners are a category of workers employed by the Ministry of Education to maintain a clean and healthy environment […]