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October 26, 2018

Minibus driver charged with rape of school girl

Senior Magistrate, Fabayo Azore on Friday remanded a 41-year-old minibus driver to prison for allegedly raping a 14-year-old school girl. Sherwayne Brandt was not required to plea to the charge which alleged that on October 7, 2015, at…

Midwife found dead by daughter in Kwakwani

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of 37-year-old Paulette Wade, who was found dead in her home at Kwakwani, Region Ten, this morning. News Room was reliably informed that Wade, who worked as a midwife at…

Porter killed in East Bank accident

A horrific accident in front the Guyana National Stadium at Providence on the East Bank of Demerara Friday morning has claimed the life of a porter whose body was crushed and trapped inside the passenger seat of a truck. Dead is Kirk…

Mahdia receives township status

The Region Eight community of Mahdia on Thursday became the country’s tenth township. Mahdia was first recorded a settlement in 1884 and achieved township status on August 09, 2018. Mahdia now joins three other new townships; Bartica…