22-year-old Brain Samuel, a private in the Guyana Defence Force is fighting for his life at the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was struck down by a motorist at Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice. The motorist also suffered minor injuries and has been admitted to the Fort Wellington Hospital. His only name given is ‘Ramraj’, […]
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Guyana gets CXC mobile app to improve communication with stakeholders
The Caribbean Examination Council has finally launched the ‘CXC Connect’ mobile application to make communicating with the body easy and accessible to students, teachers, and parents. The ceremony took place on Monday at Giftland Mall and saw several stakeholders attending including Minister of Education Nicolette Henry who commended CXC for the initiative. CXC’s Director of […]
70 single houses set to be built for the Lombard squatters-Minister Adams-Patterson
(DPI) – Seventy single houses will be built to relocate the Broad and Lombard Street squatters, each costing $1.2M, with funding provided by the Ministry of Communities and Food for the Poor. This was disclosed during the ministry’s mid-term review and budget proposal held at the Regency Hotel, Hadfield Street on Monday (July 31). Minister […]
“We are not out of the woods yet. We have a lot of work to do to recapture prisoners and maintain order” – Minister Ramjattan
Camp Street prison escapee, Uree Varswyck also known as ‘Malcolm Gordon’ who is also an ex-cop was the trigger man in the fatal Camp Street jailbreak and sequence fire. Director of Prisons Gladwin Samuels said that his comment is based on eyewitness accounts Varswyck shot the late officer Odinga Wickham and wounded his fellow officers […]
Woman killed on East Bank Highway finally identified
The woman who was killed last Saturday in a road accident on the East Bank Demerara Highway has finally been identified. The woman was identified as 64-year-old, Ingrid James of Golden Grove, East Bank Demerara. The identification was made by her daughter, Ernecia Nicholson on Monday at the Lyken’s Funeral Parlour. The woman was allegedly […]
UPDATE: Mother of murdered Berbice teen said she did her best to protect daughter; accused almost killed ex-lover (VIDEO)
The mother of the murdered Berbice teenaged girl who was brutally murdered by her common -law husband has finally broken her silence. Indrawattie Narine is sharing her side of the story after she was ridiculed for allowing her 16-year-old daughter to ‘live home’ with a 25-year-old man. She explained that her daughter took off with […]
VIDEO: Top cop ‘suggested’ suspect in assassination plot against President Granger be released on bail
Top Cop Seelall Persaud told the Commission of Inquiry set up to investigate the alleged assassination plot against President David Granger, that he gave a ‘suggestion’ not an instruction to have businessman Nazim Khan placed on bail. The City businessman is accused of plotting to assassinate President Granger. This shocking allegation was leveled against him […]
Teen returning from church shot during robbery attempt
A 16-year-old girl was shot Sunday evening (July 30) on the West Minister Access Road, West Bank Demerara during an attempted robbery. Police stated that the teen was shot by an ‘identifiable male’ who was armed with a handgun. The victim, her parents, and a 17-year-old female friend were returning home after attending church when […]
Another Lusignan prison escapee nabbed
Prison escapee Shawn Harris called ‘Shawny’ was today (July 31) apprehended by joint services ranks in Mocha, East Bank Demerara without incident. He was hiding in the bottom flat of a two story house in the village. A husband and wife who occupied the upper flat and were present, have been arrested on suspicion of […]
JUST IN: Prison escapee killed in shoot out with Joint Service
Acting Police Commissioner David Ramnarine has just confirmed that acting on information provided by the public the Joint Services executed an operation at midday today (July 30) in East Ruimveldt, Georgetown which led to a confrontation with Lusignan Prison escapee Clive Forde aka ‘El Sinkie’. Forde is reportedly mortally wounded. Joint Services received information that […]