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March 20, 2026

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A one-year-old boy, Talesh Bhudram, died Thursday morning in a fatal accident involving a motor tractor at a residence in Canal #1, West Bank Demerara, police said. Preliminary investigations indicate that the child’s father, who was driving the tractor, had left the boy sitting on the front step before taking the vehicle onto an access […]

October 31, 2025

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Parika gets new fire station to enhance emergency response A new fire station was commissioned in Parika, Region Three, on Friday, marking a major step forward in strengthening emergency response and improving community safety. Home Affairs Minister Oneidge Walrond, who led the ceremony alongside Permanent Secretary Andre Ally and Chief Fire Officer Gregory Wickham, said […]

August 29, 2025

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Police are investigating the killing of a 40-year-old boat operator, Ryan Fredericks, whose body was found at a hotel on the East Bank of Demerara late on Thursday. Police said Fredericks, of Mongrippa Hill, Bartica, checked into the Safari Inn Hotel at Friendship with a woman whose identity is not yet known. The pair rented […]

August 27, 2025

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A 64-year-old man was killed early Wednesday after his car collided with a lorry at the intersection of Heroes Highway and Mocha Access Road on the East Bank Demerara, police said. Charles Richards of Sandy Babb Street, Kitty, died at the scene after his car failed to stop at a sign and was struck by […]

August 25, 2025

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A 60-year-old man died on Sunday after his motorcycle collided with a car on Mocha Access Road, East Bank Demerara, police said. The victim, identified only as Sookram, of 153 Barr Street, Kitty, Georgetown, was taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation in an unconscious state but died from his injuries at about 09:50hrs, authorities […]

August 18, 2025

A pedestrian was killed in the early hours of this morning after being struck by a car on Montrose public road, East Coast Demerara, police said. The accident occurred around 04:00 hrs and involved motorcar PAC 8964, driven by a 24-year-old welder of Martyrsville, Mon Repos. Police said the pedestrian, who has not yet been […]

July 21, 2025

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Leon Defreitas, a 36-year-old DJ from Kuru Kururu, Soesdyke-Linden Highway, and Ryan Rajnarine, a 30-year-old office assistant and music selector from Soesdyke Back Road, East Bank Demerara, were today charged with incitement in connection with the recent sexual assault incident at Raghoo’s Bar, Soesdyke. They reportedly incited Barry Sullivan—who is the subject of a police […]

July 5, 2025

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Jamal Green, a 26-year-old mechanic of Durban Street, Lodge, was allegedly murdered on Friday. Police stated that the incident occurred at approximately 13:30 hrs between Robb and Albert Streets, Georgetown. The suspect, Keon Belgrave, a 30-year-old taxi driver from the Sophia squatting area, was arrested and remains in police custody. Investigations revealed that the suspect […]

June 5, 2025

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Prominent Guyanese businessman and former police officer Mark Cromwell—known locally by the aliases “Diamond” and “Demon”—has been sanctioned by the United States government. Cromwell is among five individuals named in the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) latest sanctions update. These sanctions come under the OFAC program “ILLICIT-DRUGS-EO14059”, which, according […]

May 30, 2025

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The second autopsy conducted on the body of 11-year-old Adriana Younge has found that the initial post-mortem examination conducted in Guyana was thoroughly and competently done. However, given the circumstances surrounding the girl’s death and the fact that drowning in autopsy is diagnosed after all other possible causes of death have been ruled out, the […]

Tag: breaking news

One-year-old dies in West Bank Demerara tractor accident

Parika gets new fire station to enhance emergency response

Bartica man found dead in Friendship hotel

Elderly man dies in early morning accident

Kitty man dies in Mocha accident

Pedestrian dies in Montrose accident

DJ, Selector remanded for inciting rape of Amerindian woman

Mechanic stabbed to death during fight

Guyanese businessman Mark “Demon” Cromwell, others sanctioned by US Government

Second autopsy finds first competently done but cannot confirm drowning

Boat captain feared drowned in Barama River accident

Labour market squeeze tightens as firms seek skilled, experienced staff

MACORP opens US$35 million headquarters at Covent Garden

Boat captain feared drowned in Barama River accident

Labour market squeeze tightens as firms seek skilled, experienced staff

MACORP opens US$35 million headquarters at Covent Garden