May 3, 2021

A post-mortem examination conducted on the body of 20-year-old Shonnette Dover, who was missing for more than three weeks, found that the woman died as a result of a single gunshot injury to the head. The young woman’s body was found in…

Orpheus Johnson was on Monday handed two life sentences for killing two men in 2015, along with the attempted murder of a woman and her 18-month-old son, which also occurred in 2015. Johnson, formerly of Second Street, Craig Village,…

Vickram Persaud was on Monday convicted by a 12-member jury for the rape of a 16-year-old girl in 2009. Persaud was on trial before Justice Brassington Reynolds at the Demerara High Court. The jury found him guilty of the indictment…

Guyana on Monday recorded a total of 46 new COVID-19 cases from 834 tests, taking the country’s overall number of confirmed cases to 13,564. The majority of new infections were recorded in Region Four with 18 new cases, followed by…

A Triumph, East Coast Demerara businessman was relieved of his gold chain by two gun-toting bandits who accosted him and forced their way into his home. Police said that incident occurred on Sunday at around 19:45hrs.  At the time of the…

Delroy Adonis, a taxi driver of Crane Housing Scheme, West Coast Demerara was relieved of his motorcar, cash, and cellphone by two men and a female who posed as customers. Police reported that on Saturday, at around 21:35 hrs, Adonis…

The Ministry of Health has announced that there were two more COVID-19 deaths recorded on Sunday, which means that a total of four persons died that day. The latest fatalities are a 72-year-old from Region 4 (Demerara-Mahaica) and a…

Two weeks after he suspended all meetings of Parliamentary Committees and Sub-Committees at the Parliament Buildings with a promise to give approval for virtual meetings, Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzor Nadir, on Monday said that…

The government has granted approval for two regional airlines to begin plying the Georgetown route soon. With no start up date announced, Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill, on Monday said the Cabinet approval was granted recently to…

Police in Linden are investigating the circumstances relating to a fire at the house of Mary Alleyne, the grandmother of wanted Linden shallow grave murder suspect, Shaquawn Alleyne. Her house, located at Block 22 Wismar, Linden, was…