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Director of Prisons Gladwin Samuels has confirmed that a fatal incident occurred at the Timehri Prison at approximately 17:00hrs today involving 26-year-old prisoner Winston Hinds who was on remand for murder. According to a release from…

The Ministry of Natural Resources has announced plans to introduce an import permit for foreign wood species, with Minister Raphael Trotman saying it was “troubling” that a forest-rich country like Guyana has to resort to importing wood.…

From September 01, 2017, the airport Passenger Facilitation fee which LIAT’s passengers are required to pay for the use of facilities at the Eugene F. Correia International Airport (Ogle Airport Inc) will be included in the LIAT ticket…

For the second time in less than 24 hours, bandits attacked another E-Networks office, this time in Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara. Police said that at about 11:45 hours today, two identifiable males armed with handguns entered the…

Police on Wednesday destroyed approximately three acres of cultivated cannabis and a camp at Suribana, Essequibo River. A 20-year-old male of La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara (WBD), who was caught tending to the prohibited plants,…

Masked gunmen have shot dead a Guyanese national, who resides in Antigua. Dead is 43-year-old William Stewart. According to the Antigua Observer, Police Inspector Frankie Thomas has confirmed that around 19:50 hrs on Wednesday, Stewart was…

Three employees attached to Cevons Waste Management, were today caught attempting to smuggle cigarettes and marijuana into the Lusignan, East Coast Demerara prison. Director of Prisons (ag), Glawin Samuels confirmed the incident.…

The School of Medicine at the University of Guyana (UG) regained its accreditation from the Caribbean Authority for Education in Medicine and other Health Professions (CAAM-HP) for four years, from 2017-2021. The School of Medicine’s…

The 39-year-old Roraima Airways pilot, Collin Winston Martin, who died after his plane crashed at Eteringbang in Region Seven on July 25, was today laid to rest. Martin was described as a humble person by his family, friends, and…

Bandits Wednesday afternoon invaded the E-Networks Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara (ECD) office, where they carted off several items, inclusive of a Digital Video Recorder (DVR). According to police sources, two male suspects, one armed…