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Guyanese fashion designer knifed to death in Trinidad
Guyanese fashion designer Marcus Anthony Singh was found stabbed to death in Trinidad on Tuesday.
Trinidad Police said they were called to an apartment in El Dorado at 18: 30h by one of Singh’s roommates.
The roommate said he arrived…
Man found floating in river after visiting friend
Police in a statement said Mohan Khowsal left his home at about 17:00h on Monday to visit a friend at Supenaam Creek.
Former Health Minister charged for rental of controversial Sussex Street Bond
Former Minister of Health, Dr George Norton was on Tuesday slapped with a charge of Misconduct in Public Office by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) for the rental of the controversial Sussex Street Bond.
Dr Norton appeared before…
Man admits to shooting sleeping family; also confesses to executing man in minibus
Orpheus Johnson, on Tuesday, confessed to killing two men in 2015, along with the attempted murder of a woman and her 18-month-old son, which occurred in 2015.
Johnson, formerly of Second Street, Craig Village, East Bank Demerara (EBD),…
Inmates hospitalised following fight at Lusignan prison
Two inmates of the Lusignan prison on the East Coast of Demerara, are nursing chop and stab wounds, following a fight at the penitentiary on Sunday, April 11.
Police Headquarters in a statement noted that remand prisoners, Gerald Jones,…
CANU raids Alberttown houses, residents caught with ganja
Two residents of Alberttown, Georgetown, are slated to appear in court on Wednesday after they were reportedly caught with marijuana on Saturday, April 10.
A statement from the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) noted that a raid was…
Man, 50, busted with ganja in suitcase after arriving at CJIA
A 50-year-old Guyanese man, who is also a United States (US) citizen, is in police custody after he was allegedly found with 2.036 kilograms of marijuana which was discovered stuffed inside his suitcase at the Cheddi Jagan International…
‘Short Boss’ confesses to 2018 execution at Sophia birthday celebration
Travis Evans called "Short Boss" on Monday confessed to the execution-style killing of Ronsley Clarke, who was gunned down outside of a ‘C’ Field, Sophia, Georgetown shop in 2018.
Evans appeared before Justice Sandil Kissoon at the…
Police Officers charged for falsifying payment for meals during riot training
Superintendents of Police, Loraine Saul and Kurt Smith on Monday appeared before the Chief Magistrate, Ann McLennan, in connection with a multimillion-dollar fraud committed in the Police Finance Department.
The duo denied that between…
Linden poisoning: Baby boy succumbs a day after mother
A 6-month-old baby boy, Malique Newton of Linden, Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice) succumbed while receiving medical attention at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) on Monday morning, one day after his 24-year-old mother,…