June 2025

Karran Sukhan, the man accused of abusing his partner, has been arrested by Police ranks and is at the New Amsterdam Police Station, Region Six (East Berbice- Corentyne). Police Headquarters shared this information in an update on Friday. It was noted that Sukhan was arrested in Regional Police Division #5, taken to Division #6, and
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(BBC) The British man who was the sole survivor of Thursday’s Air India plane crash said he managed to escape the wreckage through an opening in the fuselage. “I managed to unbuckle myself, used my leg to push through that opening, and crawled out,” Vishwashkumar Ramesh told Indian state media DD News. Mr Ramesh, 40, was
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(Reuters) – Israel launched large-scale strikes against Iran on Friday, saying it had attacked nuclear facilities and missile factories and killed a swathe of military commanders in what could be a prolonged operation to prevent Tehran from building an atomic weapon. U.S. President Donald Trump suggested that Iran had brought the attack on itself by
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See below the full release from the Guyana Elections Commission:  The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has approved the use of a modified version of the Nomination Form that is statutorily required to be submitted along with the Lists of Candidates by Political Parties to contest General and Regional Elections. The modified version of the Form
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Rid-O-Pes Inc. has committed its support for the Demerara Cricket Board’s upcoming fund-raising T10 Cup at the LBI Ground, East Coast Demerara. Weather permitting, the one-day tournament will be held on July 6. Rid-O-Pes Inc, a second-generation Guyanese-owned pest control company, has been in business for over 40 years. The family-operated establishment, located at Sixth
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For a little while in Washington Freedom‘s chase against San Francisco Unicorns in the MLC 2025 opener, it looked like we might be in for something special. As it turned out, all the special stuff was already done in the first half by Finn Allen, whose record-breaking 51-ball 151 powered Unicorns to 269-5, and despite a promising start, scoreboard pressure told on
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Sydney Sixers have brought in Pakistan’s star batter Babar Azam as a pre-draft signing for the upcoming BBL season. Babar will join Steven Smith in the Sixers side after he was roped in as their international recruit ahead of the overseas draft, which is scheduled for June 19. As per the league rules, each BBL side can sign
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A story of domestic abuse spanning six years has surfaced in Region Six, as a woman named Joanna took to social media to detail the violence she endured at the hands of her partner, prompting an active police investigation. Region Six Police Commander Shivpersaud Bacchus has confirmed that an investigation is underway and that the
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A Nigerian national has been sentenced to six years in prison following his conviction for orchestrating a series of romance and package delivery scams that defrauded several Guyanese of millions of dollars in 2022. Matthew Ejike Nwachukwu was found guilty on Thursday by Magistrate Liverpool at the Wismar Magistrate’s Court on two counts of Conspiracy
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