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Husband murders wife, 56, accused of having an affair
A 56-year-old Recht-Door-Zee, West Bank Demerara woman was brutally murdered on Sunday by her husband, who later took his own life.
Dead is Sarah Bacchus Arjoon, a saleswoman. The suspect has been identified as Khemraj Arjoon, 69.…
Labourer, 35, shot in front Charlotte Street church
Wesson Hinds, a 35-year-old labourer, was shot at around 09:40 hrs Sunday by two men wearing masks as he was standing in front of a church at Charlotte Street, Georgetown.
Police Headquarters reported that Hinds was reportedly targeted…
Linden man now homeless after house maliciously set on fire
Douglas Joseph, a 77-year-old resident of Ariwa Oval, Retrieve, Mackenzie in the town of Linden, is now homeless after a fire was deliberately set at his residence.
The Guyana Fire Service reported that the fire was reported at about…
Tuschen man, 50, hospitalised after allegedly beaten and robbed
David Dookram, a 50-year-old resident of Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo, is hospitalised in a serious state after he was allegedly beaten and robbed by four men on Tuesday.
The man’s brother, Ronald Dookram, told the News Room on Saturday…
Miner, 25, sentenced to three months imprisonment after assaulting cops
Alex Benjamin, a 25-year-old miner from Onderneeming Sand Pit, Essequibo Coast, Region Two, was on Friday charged and sentenced to three months imprisonment after he assaulted three Police Officers.
Police Headquarters reported that…
Man who assaulted woman nabbed with AK-47 ammo
A 36-year-old man of Middle Walk, Buxton, East Coast Demerara (ECD) was nabbed with 15 live rounds of AK-47 ammunition after he assaulted a woman and threatened her with a gun.
Police Headquarters reported that the man assaulted the…
Ex-cop gets life sentence for Meten-Meer-Zorg double murder
Prince Reid, a former Policeman, was sentenced to life imprisonment following the murder of two men in 2017.
Reid, 61, a Stewartville, West Coast Demerara resident, was sentenced by Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall at the Demerara High…
Enmore teen dies following Easter Day accident
Days after she was struck down by a speeding, intoxicated driver at Enmore, East Coast Demerara (ECD), 18-year-old Angeline Khemraj succumbed to her injuries on Friday.
Khemraj was among three persons who sustained injuries in the…
UPDATE: Baby survives, mother dies following boat collision
The Guyana Defence Force Friday morning confirmed reports of a collision between a Coast Guard vessel and a civilian boat in the Moruca River, Region One (Barima Waini), resulting in the loss of two lives.
Preliminary investigations…
Two die after collision with GDF boat in Moruca River
Two persons are reported dead after a passenger boat and a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guard vessel collided in the Moruca River, Region One (Barima-Waini) Friday morning.
One of the dead men was identified as Adrian Thomas, a…