January 2025

The Post-Mortem Examination (PME) results of Parbhudai Boodhram, a 64-year-old housewife from Belle West, West Bank Demerara, have confirmed that her cause of death was strangulation compounded with multiple trauma to the head. Dr. Nehaul Singh, the Government Pathologist, conducted the examination at the Ezekiel Mortuary in Best Village, West Coast Demerara on Wednesday. Boodhram,
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Police ranks from Regional Division 4A made a significant drug seizure on Monday following a routine mobile patrol on Mandela Avenue. At approximately 13:00 hrs, the officers, acting on intelligence, stopped a white Toyota Axio vehicle, registration number PWW 2756, heading north along the western side of the avenue. The vehicle was driven by Earl
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Police are investigating a shooting incident that occurred on Sunday evening on Christiani Street, North Ruimveldt, Georgetown. The incident reportedly involved two security guards who were fired upon while driving a company vehicle. The victims, identified as Jamaul Brown, a 27-year-old security guard from Leopold Street, Georgetown, and Akeem Emmanuel, a 35-year-old security guard known
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The City Constabulary Department of the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has been battling a staff shortage for years now, but Acting Chief Constable Virjanan Gafur said the department is continuing to do its best with the limited resources. Overall, the constabulary has 113 staff members against a required strength of more than 200,
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The Amaila Falls hydropower project has long been a topic of contention in Guyana’s politics, and it found itself yet again at the centre of an exchange in Parliament on Wednesday. Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill and former Minister David Patterson both sought to address what each said were the facts surrounding the 165
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Guyana’s Under-17 Women’s National Team, the Junior Lady Jags, endured a frustrating start to their CONCACAF U17 Women’s Championship Qualifiers on Monday, succumbing to a 2-1 defeat against Cuba. Playing at the Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Cuba’s Yaiselis López broke the deadlock in the 44th minute, capitalizing on a one-on-one
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Anna Regina Secondary School won the CNOOC Petroleum Guyana Limited Guyana Table Tennis Association Ministry of Education National Schools’ Table Tennis Championships for Region Two. The competition, recently held at the Queenstown Community Centre, saw schools from across the region participate in this inaugural event. Following the successful Region Seven championships, the Region Two edition
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Guyana’s Matthew Nandu had a rousing start to his career, scoring a century on first-class debut and almost repeating the feat on List A debut, in 2023. He then suffered a slump in form but is rising again, having topped the run-charts for Guyana in the 2024 Super 50 competition, with 260 runs in six
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In observation of the holy month of Ramadan, Guyana’s second Ramadan Village will be launched on February 27, 2025 and is anticipated to be larger with diaspora participation. Ramadan is a month of prayer, reflection and fasting for Muslims across the world. It is expected to commence on March 1, 2025. The village will be
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In a fiery exchange during Wednesday’s budget debate, Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Sonia Parag, and Opposition Parliamentarian Ganesh Mahipaul clashed over subventions for Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs) and municipalities. The debate, which saw the two MPs trading barbs on the government’s handling of local organisations’ funding, saw heckling in the Chamber reaching
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