Fri, Jul 3, 2026
Fri, Jul 3, 2026
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Overheated fan cause of fire at Corriverton MarketAn electric fan which was left switched on in one of the stalls at the Corriverton Market overheated and caused…
Section of Corriverton Market destroyed by fireFirefighters are still at the scene of the Corriverton Market in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) where a large section of…
Vagrant gets 18 months in jail for breaking into woman’s homeA vagrant, Mark Birch, 41, was on Monday sentenced to 18 months imprisonment after he admitted to breaking into a…
Young farmer admits to killing Timehri teenA 25-year-old Cabbage farmer on Monday confessed to fatally stabbing a Timehri, East Bank Demerara youth and wounding his father…
Essequibo boat captain found dead, family suspects foul playThe body of a 27-year-old boat captain was fished out of a river at Port Kaituma, Region One more than…
U.S citizen gets $60k bail on drug trafficking charge Daniel Islam, a 21-year-old United States of America citizen who resides at Enmore/Foulis, East Coast Demerara, was granted $60,000 bail…
Man confesses to stealing firearm, ammo from employerA 23-year-old security guard has confessed to stealing a .38 revolver with five matching rounds from his employer, Professional Guard…
French Guiana Commander leads delegation to Guyana, recommits to peace & securitySee below full statement issued by the Guyana Defence Force: Air Force Brigadier General Marc Le Bouil, Commander of the…
Bank teller, teacher charged for 'fraudulent withdrawal' from Republic BankDonna Edwards, a 44-year-old school teacher of West Ruimveldt, Georgetown and Tyrell Davis, a 19-year-old bank teller of Wismar, Linden,…
Construction worker charged with murder of friendThirty-year-old Andrew Seegobin, a construction worker, appeared at the Reliance Magistrate’s Court on Friday, charged with the murder of his…
Schoolboy in custody for wounding copPolice have arrested a fifth-form student who reportedly hit a 23-year-old Police Constable in the head with a piece of…
Wanted man stabbed to death in Region 7A man who was wanted by the Police for armed robbery was found stabbed to death on Thursday afternoon at…
‘Quicksilver’ sentenced to life imprisonment for raping woman at knifepointDinesh Seepersaud, also known as ‘Quicksilver,’ was on Thursday sentenced to life imprisonment for the 2020 rape of a woman…
OPR probing shooting of Goed Fortuin shopkeeper by copsThe Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) is investigating the shooting of a 34-year-old shopkeeper late last month by police ranks…
Murder of Accountant: Family puzzled, urges thorough probeRelatives of Chooromanie Tulsie called ‘Anita’, the single mother who was discovered dead in her Mahaica, East Coast Demerara (ECD)…
Millions in losses as furniture store, house destroyed by fireA well-known furniture establishment was destroyed by fire on Wednesday night, leaving seven persons homeless and the owners counting millions…
Guns in barrel: Two men charged for trafficking firearms, ammunitionTwo men have been charged with trafficking firearms and ammunition following the discovery of “a large cache of firearms and…
Spurned lover hacks off partner’s fingers after she refused to return home; nabbed and tied up by villagersCherriel Fredricks, a 48-year-old woman of Parika Backdam, East Bank Essequibo, is currently hospitalised after four of her fingers were…
