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Lawrence Wayne, known as ‘Bai Bai,’ one of the men who was wounded during a drive-by shooting at D’Urban Street on Saturday, has succumbed to his injuries. Wayne is the second victim to have died as a result of the shooting. Forty-year-old Anthony Havescome, known as ‘Pandit,’ died shortly after the incident. The News Room
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Sam Melville, 44, the manager of the Markanata Ranch in Central Rupununi, Region Nine, was arrested on Sunday after he was found in possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition, which he claimed belonged to his employer. Police said that ranks, acting on information received, arrested Melville at around 00:30 hours. According to a police
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One week after he was confronted and stabbed, Leon Parahoo, a taxi driver from Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo, has succumbed to his injuries. The incident occurred between August 17 and 18 at Parika, EBE. Parahoo died while receiving medical attention at the Georgetown Public Hospital on Friday. His alleged attacker, a 30-year-old construction worker, is
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The construction of 32 concrete bridges along the Kurupukari to Lethem corridor is nearing completion, with the final bridge at Pirara expected to be finished before Christmas. This is according to statements from the Minister of Public Works Bishop Juan Edghill who announced this on Thursday during day four of the National Toshaos Council Conference.
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The Government of Guyana through the Attorney General’s Chambers & Ministry of Legal Affairs, in collaboration with the International Senior Lawyers Project (ISLP) and with the support of the ROLE UK Programme and UKAid, will be hosting a “International Arbitration in Practice” workshop from August 26th to 29th in Georgetown. This workshop is the second,
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Investigators probing the drive-by shooting at D’Urban Street, Georgetown, which left one person dead and several injured, have recovered the car used in the crime. The vehicle was allegedly stolen from a woman minutes before the shooting. The development comes hours after the shooting that left 40-year-old Anthony Havescome, known as ‘Pandit,’ dead. Five other
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A total of 26 women, all foreign nationals, were rescued by the police early Saturday morning during a raid. Five security guards and three bartenders present in the Red Dragon nightclub were also arrested. In a statement on Saturday, Police Headquarters said a team of officers, led by two Assistant Superintendents, conducted the raid between
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Please see below full statement from Impressions: Impressions notes with grave concern a Facebook post made under the name Melissa Anne Atwell (Melly Mel), on August 23, 2024 that attempted to associate the business, CEO and his family with an article posted by Travis Chase on Facebook. The purported connection is completely false, misleading and
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Minister within the Ministry of Public Works, Deodat Indar, has filed a $50 million defamation lawsuit in the High Court against social media activist Melissa Ann Atwell, known as ‘Melly Mel’, and Opposition Parliamentarian Sherod Duncan. Indar alleges that they defamed him during a Facebook Live session. In his statement of claim, Indar, through his
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(BBC) – The death of a mother-of-six from a botched abortion at an unlicensed clinic 10 years ago is one Reverend Patricia Sheerattan-Bisnauth will never forget. It had been almost two decades since Guyana passed ground-breaking abortion reform legislation, yet no public hospitals offered terminations and doctors were not licensed to carry them out. “Women
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