The Guyana Police Force is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of 55 year-old Donna Taylor of Agricola East Bank Demerara. Taylor's body was found last Friday night on her premises with a wound to her throat and her hands tied behind her back.                       

The fatal shooting of two persons in Port Mourant, Corentyne backdam on Thursday afternoon (30/01/14) may have been motivated by revenge for a 2013 murder, a reliable source close to investigations said.

The Ministry of Home Affairs says that it has launched an investigation and is awaiting the findings into the allegation of the sexual assault of a young boy by Police Ranks in downtown Georgetown.

In one of today’s newspapers another citizen is alleging abuse by a police officer.  This is the umpteenth complaint against the police and at the same time serious crime is on the increase.  This is an untenable situation for the citizens and ought not to be allowed to continue.

A  GEB Security Services guard this morning committed suicide by shooting himself in his head at the Russian Embassy to where he was attached.

Calvin Booker, 49, of South Ruimveldt Georgetown was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPC).

Two of Guyana Graphic’s followers Walt and Nancy Knupp lost their home, entire possessions and most of their pets to a fire in West Virginia, USA. Nancy was severely burned in the blaze and is in hospital fighting for her life, Walt was treated and released.

Businessman and licensed firearm holder Ian Evans shot and killed one of three criminals who robbed the family's grocery store located in Dazzell Housing Scheme East Coast Demerara. The robbery happened at 2:15 pm today.

However, the other two bandits made good their escape with an undisclosed sum of cash and jewelry belonging to the family.

A recent accident report of a Spanish airline Manx2 Flight 7100 (NM7100/FLT400C) accident in Cork Ireland, is a great example of why vigilant oversight of the aviation industry is necessary and independent investigation of aircraft incidents/accidents is an absolute necessity, along with timely reports for implementation of remedial action.

U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of New York - January 28, 2014 - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Brian Ramnarine pled guilty yesterday to fraud charges arising from his attempt to sell a bronze sculpture that he falsely represented to be a genuine work of art by Jasper Johns, as well as his sales of bronze sculptures that he falsely represented to be the work of two other artists, Robert Indiana and Saint Clair Cemin. Ramnarine pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District Court Judge John G. Koeltl on the fifth day of a jury trial.

In a statement, the outgoing Local Government Minister Ganga Persaud unequivocally removed himself from reports which allege that he was involved with a young female inappropriately which led to his removal from the ministerial post.