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Eccles man remanded for cocaine found in home

Eccles, East Bank Demerara (EBD) resident Andrew Morgan was today remanded to prison after officers found a quantity of cocaine at his home. Morgan appeared...

Man freed of 2014 murder of 19-Y-O cosmetologist

Lennox Wayne, who was on remand for eight years for the 2014 murder of 19-year-old Ashmini Hariram, a cosmetologist, was today acquitted. Before Demerara High...

Former pastor appeals 40-year sentence for raping girl

An appeal lodged by former Pastor Andrew Hannibal, who was convicted and sentenced to 40 years in prison in 2018 for raping a schoolgirl,...

Teen mom among 4 remanded for drug trafficking

A teenaged mother of a 10-month-old baby was among four persons remanded to prison on Thursday for trafficking in narcotics. The quartet appeared at...

Supreme Court rules there is no longer federal constitutional right to an abortion

(CNN) The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday, holding that there is no longer a federal constitutional right to an abortion. The opinion...

Guyanese man wanted in US for drug trafficking arrested in Kenya

A Guyanese man was arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), in Kenya after he was accused of trafficking illegal drugs. Reports coming out...

‘I need justice for my daughter’ – mother of girl who died by suicide...

Had it not been for the heinous act of a despicable man, her 14-year-old daughter would have been alive today, contends the mother of...

Girl dies by suicide after being raped by taxi driver

  Thirty-year-old Ameer Inshanally, a hire car driver of Sand Reef Albion, Corentyne, Berbice was on Wednesday charged by police with rape of a child...

CCJ orders GGMC to grant quarry licence to Diamond Quarry

  In a ruling delivered on Wednesday, the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has ordered the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) to grant...

Cop charged for stealing ganja from Timehri Police Station

Police Detective Sergeant of CID Elfannando Newman as today charged by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) for stealing a quantity of marijuana from...

Recent Articles

Venezuelan stabbed to death by co-worker

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:  A report of an alleged murder committed on one called ‘Frankie’, Venezuelan, by suspect, Cane Vincent, age...

“Words can’t express how much they mean to me” – mother demands answers, justice...

By: Andrew Carmichael “Words can’t express how much they mean to me, dem is me children,” expressed Rihanna Persaud, the mother who lost her nine-year-old...

No increase in electricity costs for consumers – Jagdeo assures amid power ship deal

Vice President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo has assured that the electricity price will not increase following the government’s move to charter a power ship to...

Govt would hire contractors without “full experience” to keep up with rapid development –...

New contractors would be hired by the government to keep apace with the ongoing rapid development in the infrastructure sector. This is according to Vice...

Stabroek Market Wharf cleanup making significant progress

Works on clearing the rubble from the collapsed roof of the Stabroek Market Wharf continued on Thursday. A 45-member crew is working assiduously to remove...

US$1M mobilisation fee for rental of power ship – GPL

  See full statement from the Guyana Power and Light: On April 13, 2024, the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Inc. signed a contract with Urbacon...

Truck involved in Water Street fatal accident was unregistered – police

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:  A fatal accident occurred on Monday, April 15, 2024, on Water Street, Georgetown, involving an unregistered motor...

Mother of 3 crushed to death by truck

A 36-year-old mother of three was last evening crushed to death by a hauler truck at High and Princes Streets, Georgetown. She has been identified...

Remigrant calls for better police response after home burglarised; over $1.5M in items stolen

A businessman’s home in Berbice was burglarized while he was overseas, resulting in over $1 million in items being stolen. The man, a remigrant is...

IDPADA-G never filed discrimination complaint with ERC – Commissioner

See full statement from the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC): The International Decade of People of African Descent Assembly – Guyana (IDPADA-G) has never filed a...