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A Guyanese American is in the run for a New York City Council District in a special election that concludes tomorrow, March 23rd. Latchmi Gopal, a daughter of Guyanese immigrants, community organizer and Bronx native, is running for New York’s City Council District 15 seat, vacated by Ritchie Torres. Torres …

Ricardo Fagundes, called ‘Paper Shorts’, a former employee of embattled gold dealer, Saddiqi ‘Bobby’ Rasul was shot to death outside Palm Court on Main Street. Fagundes who is no stranger to the law was arrested in 2017 for a massive money-laundering scheme. In 2017, SOCU investigated the gold dealer’s relationship …

Morse Archer, the CEO of Cevons Waste Management, will be questioned by police this afternoon in connection with a parcel of land bought from the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission. Attorney General Anil Nandlall had written to Archer in February, telling him that the land he had purchased belonged to …

Jaipaul Persaud sadly died on Sunday, March 14th, two days after being struck by a vehicle in the Briarwood section of Queens. Persaud, 55, was hit at about 1:30 p.m. on Friday by a 2013 Hyundai Elantra as he attempted to cross Queens Boulevard at 84th Avenue. Persaud was in or …

Guysuco staff from the Albion and Blairmont estates began a strike today, threatening to walk off the job if their demands for wage and salary raises are not met. According to the sugar union, it had resumed talks with Guysuco in the hopes of resolving the problem, but Guysuco has …

Kameel Calistro, 19, of Soesdkye/Linden Highway, was stabbed and killed around 3.45 a.m. today, according to police. Kameel was drinking and dancing to music being played from a vehicle parked in front of the unfenced yard with others at her aunt Shavon Calistro’s Kuru Kururu residence for a birth night. …

Daughther of ConradThomas, Kleisha Thomas,  was unable to contact her father on the phone on Tuesday morning. A few hours later, she received a call from someone who told her that Conrad Thomas, 56, had a seizure and died. Conrad, a Guyanese, also known as “Papa” or “P”, was on …

 United States Attorney, Gretchen C.F. Shappert for the District of the Virgin Islands announced yesterday that Warren Michael Whyte, a citizen of Guyana, was sentenced after previously pleading guilty to illegally re-entering the United States after being ordered deported and removed. According to Court documents, onMarch 14, 2020, an ICE …

A boy has died after being shot by one of two bandits who broke into his neighbor’s home yesterday when he and his mother were visiting. Anthony Cort, 11, of Lot 612 Packet Corner, ‘C’ Field, Sophia, was killed. The boy was with his mother two houses from where he …

After assault charges against them were dismissed by Magistrate Dylon Bess this morning, former APNU+AFC Minister Simona Broomes and her driver Dexter Austin walked free out of the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. The Magistrate was forced to dismiss the case when all of the prosecution’s witnesses stated that they were not …