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A man died in a fire last evening at Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice which destroyed two buildings and damaged a third. The dead man has been identified as Carl Persaud who was residing at Lot 16 ‘B’ Bush Lot Public Road, WCB, which had a two-storey wooden and concrete building. The owner, Persaud,  lived […]

An 18-year-old lad was on Saturday evening stabbed and robbed by a gang of men whilst in the washroom at MovieTowne. The incident occurred at around 19:00hrs and was reportedly perpetrated by roughly seven men. Reports are that the young man was stabbed with an icepick and had to seek medical attention. He was robbed

By Sharanya Hrishikesh, BBC News More than 50 people have been killed in a crush at a religious gathering in northern India, officials have said. The incident took place at a satsang (a Hindu religious event) in Hathras district in Uttar Pradesh state. “A figure of nearly 50-60 deaths has been reported to me by doctors,” district

By Vanessa Buschschlüter, BBC News A deadly hurricane which has been tearing through the Caribbean is intensifying as it moves towards Jamaica. Hurricane Beryl is now a category five storm, meaning its winds and storm surges could prove catastrophic. The storm made landfall on Monday on Carriacou, an island which is part of Grenada. So far, there

-warns that the drug not registered for sale here The authorities yesterday alerted the public to the possible presence here of fake versions of the diabetes and diet pill, Ozempic. Coming on the heels of a May 22nd Stabroek News story about the marketing of the wildly popular diet pill here, the Government Analyst-Food and

An 11-year-old boy of Bartica, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) has died as a result of dengue complications, his family has confirmed. Kushal Doobay had just written the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) and was awaiting his results. The child had fallen sick on Thursday last and on Satuday, as his symptoms worsened, his family took him

By Basillioh Rukanga & Ido Vock, BBC News, Nairobi & London At least 13 protesters were killed during protests in Kenya, doctors say, and a section of parliament went up in flames as demonstrations against new tax proposals escalated on Tuesday. An angry crowd broke through police lines to storm parliament in the capital Nairobi before setting

The WikiLeaks founder arrived on Wednesday in his native Australia. By Kevin Shalvey and Guy Davies Julian Assange arrived on Wednesday in his native Australia, with the WikiLeaks founder stepping off the plane in Canberra and hugging his wife, Stella. “Touchdown!” WikiLeaks said on social media. “After enduring nearly 14 years of arbitrary detention in the UK, 5 years in

-task force to be set up President Irfaan Ali yesterday stated that even as government awaits information on the allegation of the smuggling of some 10,000 kilograms of gold out of Guyana which led to sanctions on the Mohameds, it was already looking at tightening oversight here to bring “greater rigidity.”  Announcing that government has

Local authorities have intensified their collaboration with foreign counterparts to crack down on drug and gun trafficking and Guyana’s President, Dr. Irfaan Ali, Thursday said there are tangible results to show. At a press conference, the President said cocaine seizures over the past year increased by a massive 797 per cent; the cocaine seized has