April 2025

UPDATE: President intervenes as search gets underway for missing 11-year-old at Double Day Hotel

A comprehensive police search is currently underway at the Double Day Hotel following the suspected abduction of 11-year-old Adrianna Younge, with direct intervention from President Irfaan Ali. The President personally contacted Adrianna’s mother via telephone, assuring her that a full-scale search would be launched, including the deployment of sniffer dogs. Although the dogs are yet
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Gov’t to table landmark ‘Oil Spill’ Bill in National Assembly next Monday

Gov’t to table landmark ‘Oil Spill’ Bill in National Assembly next Monday

The government will table the long-anticipated Oil Pollution, Prevention, Preparedness, Response and Responsibility Bill 2025 in the National Assembly next Monday. The bill establishes a modern and comprehensive legal framework to prevent oil spills, enhance national preparedness, ensure timely and effective response, and hold responsible parties accountable for damages caused. Attorney General and Minister of
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Former Policeman wanted for discharging firearm with intend to murder arrested

Julius Cambridge, 25, now listed by the police as an electrician of Vigilance, East Coast Demerara but who is a former Constable within the Guyana Police Force was arrested on Wednesday. Cambridge was arrested and charged along with others in 2023 for the possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking and possession of ammunition
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Third place finish for Guyana as Bajans defend Rising Stars U-15 title

By Avenash Ramzan in Antigua in association with Cricket Zone USA, E4 and I&S Trading Despite a fighting half-century from all-rounder Brandon Henry, Guyana lost to Barbados in the final round of the Cricket West Indies’ Rising Stars Under-15, 50-over Championship at the Coolidge Cricket Ground in Antigua on Wednesday. The Bajans played unbeaten, winning
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Man who killed wife and in-laws was already facing charges for wounding, threatening language – Police

Man who killed wife and in-laws was already facing charges for wounding, threatening language – Police

A man who murdered his wife and two members of her family before turning the gun on himself had previously been charged with wounding and using threatening language against the same woman, police confirmed on Thursday. Detectives from Police Regional Division 4B are investigating what they have described as an apparent murder-suicide and attempted murder,
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Police hunting for driver after 11-y-o girl goes missing from Double Day Hotel 

Police are on the hunt for a man, who has only been identified as Orlando so far, following the alleged abduction of an 11-year-old girl at the Double Day Hotel, Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo. Police said the girl, Adrianna Younge, went to the hotel’s pool with her grandmother, Carol Xavier, and other relatives at about
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Man goes berserk, killing wife & in-laws at Soesdyke/ Linden Highway house 

Three women are now dead after a man went berserk and killed them at their house located along the Linden/ Soesdyke Highway on Wednesday night. Dead are Maline LaCruz; her mother, Waveney LaCruz, and her sister, Sueann LaCruz. Seon LaCruz, Waveney’s son and the girls’ brother, is critically injured. The News Room understands that Ramzan
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Olympic champion Felix Sanchez inspires Guyanese athletes to ‘dream big’ at training clinic

Two-time Olympic 400m hurdles champion Felix Sanchez is currently in Guyana, sharing his extensive knowledge with the nation’s aspiring track and field athletes. The Dominican Republic’s sporting icon, a gold medallist at Athens 2004 and London 2012, is leading a four-day elite training clinic at the National Track and Field Facility, which commenced on Wednesday.
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Archibald headlines Guyana team for South American Championships

Olympian Emanuel Archibald will spearhead Team Guyana, which is set to compete at the South American Athletics Championships in Argentina from April 25-27. Archibald, the national record holder in both the long jump (8.12m) and 100m (10.09s), will focus solely on the long jump event in Argentina, according to a press release issued by the
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Man wanted for murder found dead 

Kellon Fredericks, a 23-year-old man who was wanted for questioning concerning several murders and over 30 armed robberies, has been found dead at Onderneeming Sand Pit, Essequibo Coast. He was found with suspected gunshot wounds to his head and back Police Headquarters reported that Fredericks was seen lying motionless, with his head facing down, in
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